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So long, farewell, auf wiedersehn, goodbye
June 19, 2006
Conall Fitzgerald, outgoing School Captain in Belvedere, looks back on his six “unforgettable years” of secondary school, his veritable “home from home”. Reverend Fathers, Headmaster, Esteemed Members of the teaching...
Read moreCelebrating the past, looking with hope to the future
June 19, 2006
In his address to the congregation at the farewell Mass in Limerick, the Irish Provincial, John Dardis SJ, finds reason to celebrate and honour the many Jesuits who have ministered...
Read moreSacred Heart Church in Limerick closes
June 19, 2006
Almost a thousand people attended the farewell Mass of the Jesuits in the Sacred Heart Church, Limerick. It was a milestone event in the long history of the Jesuits in...
Read moreLiving among the poor, listening to their silence
May 19, 2006
Mary Stokes spent a year as a Jesuit volunteer among the socially deprived people of the Ballymun flats in north Dublin. She reflects on the unsung heroes she met there,...
Read moreSunny Sudan surprise!
May 19, 2006
Katherine Butterly had her eyes opened wide by her experience of working with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Sudan for a year. Life is hard in the Sudan, but the...
Read moreSlí Eile Easter experience in Clongowes Wood
May 19, 2006
Breda Lannigan remembers a truly meaningful Easter with Slí Eile in Clongowes. Going to the Slí Eile Easter Experience, she says, is like “going home for a family reunion”. It’s...
Read moreSinging Gospel behind bars
May 19, 2006
Anne Hallahan of the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir remembers the choir’s experience of singing two Masses in Wheatfield Prison. They went down well with the inmates, though they thought it...
Read more3R Productions relaunched as RNN
May 19, 2006
3R Productions, founded by John Dardis in 1990 as a news syndication service of religious and social affairs, was relaunched by Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, on May 18, as Religious News...
Read moreRelics of St. Claude la Colombière come to Ireland
May 19, 2006
The Jesuit community at Paray-le-Monial is making the relics of Saint Claude la Colombière available to Irish dioceses. St Claude was the spiritual director of St Margaret Mary, recipient of...
Read moreBelvedere honours Jesuits with hand-written book
May 19, 2006
Belvedere has presented the Irish Province with an extraordinary book – a record of all Jesuits who have served in the school since its foundation in 1832. The book was...
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