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Talking movies
February 19, 2008
Richard Leonard SJ was interviewed by Dave Fanning (standing in for Ryan Tubridy) on RTE radio on Tuesday. He was asked about how he squares his work as a Jesuit...
Read moreKeeping people posted
February 19, 2008
The GC35 section of SJWeb.info, the website of the Jesuit Press Office in Rome, draws attention in a recent post to the defining nature of its own role in Jesuit...
Read moreTime-out for legal people
February 19, 2008
Manresa are holding a day of reflection for people in the legal profession. The Jesuit Centre of Spirituality in Clontarf, Dublin, extends an open invitation to legal practitioners to attend...
Read moreRetreating to Clongowes
February 19, 2008
Slí Eile is holding a retreat in Clongowes Wood this Easter. It will run from Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 March. It is for young adults between the ages of...
Read moreDeath of Walter Burghardt SJ
February 19, 2008
Fr Walter Burghardt SJ, one of the most distinguished Catholic preachers of the 20th century, has died, aged 95, in the provincial infirmary on the campus of St Joseph’s University...
Read moreA Jesuit Off-Broadway
February 19, 2008
Currach Books (a division of Columba Press) has announced that it is now distributing in Ireland the latest book of James Martin SJ, A Jesuit Off-Broadway. James Martin is author...
Read morePilgrims on the Aran Islands
February 19, 2008
Debbie Moore of Slí Eile and Conall Ó Cuinn SJ, Jesuit Vocations Director, are leading a group of young adults on their first pilgrimage this Easter. The venue will be...
Read moreLiam Greene RIP
February 15, 2008
Please pray for the soul of Fr Liam Greene SJ, who died unexpectedly Friday morning, 15 February 2008 after taking ill suddenly. He was 65 years old and was working...
Read moreJesuits for a networking age
February 14, 2008
The emergence of the internet has impacted on a lot more than how society communicates, argues Nicolas Standaert SJ. It is symptomatic of a much more profound shift in the...
Read moreJesuits in the rare oul times
February 13, 2008
The Winter 2007 issue of Company, the quarterly magazine of the US Jesuits, has an article by Eddie O’Donnell SJ on ‘Father Browne’s Jesuit Ireland’. It includes some great Fr...
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