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Mass of closure: homily of Fr Nicolás
March 18, 2008
The homily given by Father Adolfo Nicolás at the closing Mass of General Congregation 35 has been released in English. Speaking in Italian at the Church of the Gesù on...
Read more‘Lent Matters’ on local radio
March 18, 2008
There’s been a great response to RNN’s Lenten series ‘Lent Matters’ according to Eileen Good, Director of RNN. Five half-hour programmes on the theme of ‘journey’ have been broadcast on...
Read moreStations of the Cross on Sacred Space
March 18, 2008
Sacred Space presents a set of Kenyan-themed Stations of the Cross that are suitable for individual reflection and prayer. Both the images and the words are challenging and topical as...
Read moreGardiner Street garden prayer
March 13, 2008
Prayer and reflection on the events of Holy Thursday will take place in the garden of Gardiner St Church, starting at 8.45pm on Holy Thursday evening. Scripture readings and hymns...
Read moreArrivederci Roma
March 11, 2008
The former head of the Jesuit order left Rome for his new assignment on Sunday 9 March 2008. Father Kolvenbach left the Jesuit headquarters in Rome which had been his...
Read moreLiam Greene remembered in Galway
March 9, 2008
The late Liam Greene SJ will be specially remembered at the 11 o’clock mass in St Ignatius Church, Sea Road, Galway on Sunday 16 March 2008. John Humphries SJ will...
Read moreGospel Choir – in concert
March 7, 2008
The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir invites you to Saint Francis Xavier Church on Thursday 13 March at 8.00 pm. for what is essentially a free concert. The choir’s live performance...
Read moreGC35 adopts first three decrees
March 4, 2008
Three decrees have been adopted by the General Congregation in Rome in recent days. The first of them (29 February) concerns ‘Governance at the Service of the Universal Mission‘ and...
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‘Not Christian, not Catholic.’
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