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Movies that matter

February 5, 2008

The Jesuit Communication Centre has organised a number of public events this month for Richard Leonard SJ, lecturer in cinema and theology. Richard’s recent book, Movies that Matter: reading film...

Crescent past pupil ordained

February 5, 2008

The ordination of a past pupil of the Crescent, Limerick, took place last week at Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight. Brian Kelly OSB, a Benedictine monk who graduated...

Clongowes students become teachers

February 5, 2008

12 students from Clongowes will be visiting JRS on Thursday 7 February. These 12 students have completed Teaching English as a Foreign Language accreditation. They will be participating in a...

Housing Minister visits JCFJ

February 5, 2008

On Wednesday 30 January Mr Batt O’Keeffe TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Housing at the Department of the Environment, visited the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. Accompanied...

GC35 looks at youth ministry

February 4, 2008

For what seems to be the first time in the history of Jesuit General Congregations, apostolic activities for youth was the subject of discussion at the plenary sessions on 1-2...

Tertians take to the road

February 4, 2008

The European Tertainship based at Manresa is on the move, with many of the tertians on placement in different centres in Ireland and abroad. Three of the group are involved...

Bob McGoran Centre opens in Galway

February 4, 2008

Colaiste Iognaid’s new Bob McGoran Centre for special needs students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) was officially launched recently. Dedicated to Bob McGoran SJ, a former headmaster who took a...

Studies: Art, literature and national identity

September 26, 2023 - The autumn 2023 issue of 'Studies' has as its main theme the "web of indebtedness" into which Irish art and literature is woven.

Ireland’s most vulnerable groups

September 26, 2023 - 'Unheard Voices: Irish Travellers and the Struggle for Social Justice', is the theme of the latest edition of Working Notes published by the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice.

Demystifying mysticism

September 26, 2023 - Ignatian scholar Brian O’Leary SJ is the author of a new book Ignatius Loyola: Christian Mystic. Examining how Ignatius's mystical experiences affected him and guided him on his life’s journey. Brian hopes the reader will intuit for themselves something of relevance regarding Ignatius's mysticism in today's world.