Podcasts

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A Lutheran take on mercy

May 5, 2016

Lutheran Amanda Berg endorses Pope Francis' message of mercy offers her own views on mercy and grace.

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Mercy from the womb of God

April 27, 2016

Dr. Jessie Rogers, a lecturer in Biblical Studies who describes herself as 'an ecumenical Christian', welcomes the Pope's Year of Mercy.

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Attracting young people to religious life

April 27, 2016

Those involved in promoting vocations need to think differently and understand youth culture today, according to Bernhard Eckerstorfer OSB, an Austrian Benedictine speaking at a recent SpIRE event.

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From grief to hope on the Camino

April 26, 2016

Daniel Lynch, a parishioner of Moyross has just returned from leading the parish pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. It was his lifeline after the tragic death of...

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‘Good riddance or good influence?’

April 13, 2016

'Good Riddance or Good Influence? The Role of Church in a Pluralist Society' is the title of an international conference to be held in June and organised by the Loyola...

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Jesuits and the 1916 Rising

April 8, 2016

Damien Burke of Irish Jesuit archives has been researching the material in the archives concerning the role of the Jesuits in 1916 and their reaction to the Rising.

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Hammarskjöld – Prophet for the 21st century

March 14, 2016

Dr Roger Lipsey is author of a new book on the life and spirituality of Dag Hammarskjöld. He believes his death in a plane crash in 1961 was no accident...

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Virginia Woolf: spirituality without God

March 9, 2016

Virginia Woolf may have been an atheist but she had a rich spirituality, according to Professor Stephanie Paulsell in her 8 March lecture organised by SpIRE.

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‘We must regain our outrage’

March 2, 2016

Peter McVerry SJ says we must regain our outrage and make it felt, if we as a society are to have any hope of effectively tackling the issue of homelessness...