Education

Working in the light of Arrupe’s inspiration

November 9, 2007

Arrupe’s inspiration is recalled by by Bruce Bradley SJ

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Celebrating 400 years of the Irish College, Louvain

June 19, 2007

This year the 400th anniversary of the foundation of St Anthony’s College, the Irish Franciscan College in Louvain, is celebrated. Brian Mac Cuarta was in Louvain for the occasion. From...

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Asking for trouble!

May 19, 2007

Andrew Bates, a former Belvedere student, is taking a 1990 Toyota Starlet across 10,000 miles of every kind of terrain, as he and his team make their way to Mongolia....

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Solemn greetings from Virginia Tech

May 19, 2007

Mia Ortega, a JVC volunteer some years ago, wrote from Virginia Tech just after the horrendous shootings which took 32 lives. A good friend of hers was killed after he...

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Jesuits to net €150m from move to new UCD site – Irish Examiner

March 22, 2007

Conor Ryan draws on some publicly available information to pad out the news that Milltown Institute is in discussion with UCD about relocation of the MI campus.

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The politics of Podge and Rodge… – Irish Independent

February 19, 2007

The writer asks what Michael McDowell learnt in Gonzaga,<br /> <blockquote>Had he learned irony from the Jesuits, you might see this as a brilliant stroke: as a mockery of auction...

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Sunday Miscellany – RTÉ Radio1

January 28, 2007

<br /> This morning’s programme featured “North Side, South Side” by Paul Andrews SJ .It was a reflection on the buying of Belvedere College.<br /> <a href=”http://jesuit.ie/blog/serendipity/exit.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ydGUuaWUvcmFkaW8xL3N1bmRheW1pc2NlbGxhbnkvMTEyMTQ4OS5odG1s&amp;entry_id=88″ title=”http://www.rte.ie/radio1/sundaymiscellany/1121489.html” onmouseover=”window.status=’http://www.rte.ie/radio1/sundaymiscellany/1121489.html’;return true;”...

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The Ignatian dimension of Clongowes life

January 19, 2007

Recently appointed Director of Ethos in Clongowes Wood College, Frank Clarke poses some interesting questions and outlines some new programmes which will further emphasise the role of Ignatian spirituality and...

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‘I sincerely hope we won’t need to call on your services this year, Father’

December 19, 2006

Some people in college think that chaplains are only there to perform duties at crisis times. But for Leon Ó Giolláin, one of the UCD chaplains, there is much more...

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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...

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