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New principal for Crescent
May 19, 2008
Dermot Cowhey is stepping down after five years as headmaster of the Crescent Comprehensive, Limerick. Nicholas Cuddihy, current principal of St. Dominic’s College in Dublin, has been appointed to take...
Read moreCapuchin for Gardiner Street Novena
May 19, 2008
This year’s Gardiner Street Sacred Heart Novena will be given by the Capuchin priest, Séan Donohoe OFM. The Novena runs from May 22-30. Weekday times are 11am and 7.30pm; Saturday...
Read moreTertians host new Nuncio
May 19, 2008
The European Tertianship in Dublin was the venue for the visit of the new Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza, on Monday evening, May 12. The Irish Provincial, John Dardis SJ...
Read moreMilltown holds double book launch
May 16, 2008
The Department of Spirituality at Milltown Institute is launching two books on May 30 at 5pm in the Institute Theatre. The first book is entitled With Wisdom Seeking God: The...
Read moreJesuits in Rathfarnham remembered
May 14, 2008
A photographic exhibition of Rathfarnham village and castle is being held in the castle itself, from 19-24 May, and it will include many shots relating to the time when it...
Read moreSlí Eile’s May debate
May 14, 2008
Noreen Mackey, author and former comtemplative nun was guest speaker at the 8th Slí Eile debate, held yesterday Tuesday, 13 May at 7:30pm at the Belvedere Hotel in Great Denmark Street. The...
Read moreThe EU, Lisbon, and ineffective leadership
May 13, 2008
Edmond Grace SJ, author of Democracy and Public Happiness, wants to see the Lisbon treaty succeed. But he pulls no punches in this broadside against the ‘ineffective leadership’ of politicians...
Read moreGerald O’Collins SJ presents portrait of Jesus
May 13, 2008
“Gerald O’Collins is one of those rare Christian theologians who can combine deep scholarship with accessible language and personal experience.’ So says Lord Carey of Clifton, former Archbishop of Canterbury,...
Read moreReflections on Zambia
May 13, 2008
A group of fifth year students from Gonzaga College SJ travelled to Zambia with Habitat For Humanity over Easter 2008, the third year that the college students have being involved...
Read moreGospel Choir for Africa
May 12, 2008
The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir will be performing at Africa Day in Dubh Linn gardens, Dublin Castle on Sunday the 25th of May. This is the culmination of, “Africa Week,”...
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