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Strings to his bow
January 29, 2008
Colaiste Iognaid student Finn Gormley was featured in last week’s Sunday Tribune as he not only plays left wing for the Connaught Under-18 Schools Rugby, but he also is the...
Read moreDistinguished thinker speaks at Milltown
January 29, 2008
One of the world’s leading thinkers on religion and science, Dr John Polkinghorne, will give a public lecture in the Milltown Institute on the theme of ‘Human personhood: the context...
Read moreInsight into theology of Pope Benedict
January 28, 2008
Michael Paul Gallagher SJ will give an insight into Pope Benedict XVI’s theology in a lecture in St Mary’s University College, Falls Road, Belfast, on Tuesday 29 January 2008. The...
Read moreFr Adolfo Nicolás meets the Pope
January 26, 2008
After a busy first week as newly elected Fr General, Fr Nicolás met with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and renewed his vows before him. The Saturday audience began with...
Read moreFr General gives homily at Mass of Thanksgiving
January 23, 2008
The text of the homily delivered by Adolfo Nicolás at the Mass of Thanksgiving celebrated on Sunday 20 January has been issued by S.J. Press Office, Rome. Above all I...
Read moreGC35: the Jesuit mission
January 23, 2008
Word from the SJ Press Office in Rome for 23 January: At 09.00 sharp, the clear pure sound of Father Vlastimil Dufka’s clarinet pierced the conversation of those gathered in...
Read moreGC35: beginning the second part
January 23, 2008
Word from the SJ Press Office in Rome for 22 January: With the election of the new Superior General completed, the General Congregation now takes up the second part of...
Read moreJesuit Congregation elects Superior General
January 22, 2008
Saturday, 19 January, saw the General Congregation of the Society of Jesus elect Father Adolfo Nicolás as their new Father General, the 29th successor to the order’s founder, Ignatius Loyola....
Read moreLecture on Dead Sea scrolls
January 22, 2008
Milltown Institute and the Church of Ireland Theological College will co-host a lecture on the Dead Sea scrolls by an internationally acclaimed expert, Prof. Hanan Eshel. It will take place...
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