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Emergency response to rescue homeless
March 7, 2018
The Peter McVerry Trust sheltered hundreds of homeless people in what was the largest single mobilisation of emergency beds
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Religious Imagination and Public Life
February 27, 2018
Edmond Grace SJ argued in a recent lecture that the exclusion of religious discourse from public life gives free rein to fundamentalism and crass populism.
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Lent, the bible and the housing crisis
February 12, 2018
Kevin Hargaden, social justice theologian with the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice has written a lenten retreat with a difference, in order to make a difference
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Getting under the skin of racism in Ireland
February 12, 2018
KEVIN HARGADEN :: We Irish have no right to imagine that racism is a problem just for other countries, particularly given the way we treat the Travelling Community
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Would you help a refugee?
February 7, 2018
Students of Crescent College SJ won first prize at the BT Young Scientist awards for their study into bias for or against refugees and migrants in moral decision making
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Pope highlights consequences of corruption
February 5, 2018
In the February edition of 'The Pope Video' Pope Francis speaks about the consequences of corruption and calls for the condemnation of this evil
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The Church and #metoo
February 2, 2018
KEVIN HARGADEN :: In the last year a remarkable shift has begun in attitudes around sexual abuse that, while very difficult, demand the attention of Christians
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The Jesuit mission in Myanmar
February 1, 2018
Mark Raper SJ says it's a blessing to be a Jesuit on mission in Myanmar at this critical time of both hope and persecution
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Rowers race across the Atlantic
January 31, 2018
Old Clongownian Tommy Browne (2010) and the 'Relentless Rowers' set an Irish record rowing 5,000 km across the Atlantic Ocean, and raised funds for sick children
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What happened in Chile?
January 24, 2018
Michael O'Sullivan SJ lived in Chile in the 1980s, when the Church was seen to be on the side of the people. Much has changed, as Pope Francis's visit has...
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