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Broken Faith – breaking ground?
April 19, 2011
Up to 200 people attended the Broken Faith? Re-visioning the Church in Ireland conference in the Milltown Institute, 9 to 12 April. Guest speakers included counsellor and abuse survivor Bernadette...
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Mother Teresa and a Preferential Option for the Poor
April 5, 2011
Excerpts from a talk given during a course of public lectures on Mother Teresa, March-April, 2011 at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. Mother Teresa and a Preferential Option for the...
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Colwell challenges Galway
April 5, 2011
Mary Colwell, a Bristol-born producer of TV shows, spent a day in Galway last month talking to students and staff of Coláiste Iognáid and the general public on an ecological...
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Rwanda: light and dark
April 5, 2011
Gerry Clarke SJ faces problems of darkness at Gihembe refugee camp, where there is no electricity supply and therefore no possibility of doing homework after six in the evening. But a...
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JRS news is good news…
April 5, 2011
The news was good when Jan O’Sullivan TD, Minister of State, Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade launched the Progress Report on the Limerick City and Council Integration Plan, in...
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Entrepreneurs have ‘Trust’
March 8, 2011
Dermot McKenna SJ and John K. Guiney SJ were among over 100 guests at the annual Bolton Trust Awards ceremony (in conjunction with Hothouse and PcW) in the Price Waterhouse...
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Vote for justice
February 22, 2011
With the General Election in full swing, the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice has called on whoever gets into government to give priority to those who are suffering most in these...
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African exchange
February 8, 2011
Claire Broderick and the students of Elements Xavier, Belvedere College, along with John Guiney SJ and Deirdre Connolly from the Jesuit Mission Office, are working on a link project with...
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JRS spreads Christmas cheer
January 25, 2011
JRS Ireland Dublin office ran a successful Toy Appeal, receiving toys for more than one hundred asylum-seeking and refugee children. The organiser of the appeal was Audrey Hogan of MAGIS...
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Restoring women to a recovered diaconate
April 2, 2026 - Dr Phyllis Zagano continues her straight-talking exposition of the history of deacons in the church. She seeks to 'recover' the diaconate and 'restore' women to it.
The privilege of life-changing work
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Our Mother Too: Mary Embraces the World
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The challenge of co-creating
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‘Not Christian, not Catholic.’
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Pray with the Pope: For priests in crisis
April 13, 2026 - Pope Leo XIV: In the spirit of the Gospel, we are invited to recognize our shared responsibility in supporting, encouraging and accompanying priests.
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March 13, 2026 - Pope Leo: Renounce weapons and the arms race. May leaders have the courage to choose dialogue instead of conflict.
Pope Video: For children with incurable diseases
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Is the universe ‘done and dusted’?
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‘Dangerous as hell’
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Theology in a changing world
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