20081118

Murdered in Limerick

November 18, 2008

Shane Geoghegan, who was murdered in Limerick on 9th November, in a case of mistaken identity, was a past pupil of Crescent College Comprehensive. When he graduated in 1999, his...

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Angles on Hugh O’Flaherty

November 18, 2008

Jesuit Archives and Todd Morrissey SJ helped TnaG make a documentary on Mgr Hugh O’Flaherty, the extrarodinary Kerry-born, Mungret-educated priest who saved the lives of thousands of Jews and Allied...

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Peter McVerry stirs up the drugs debate

November 18, 2008

The Northside People West on 12 November published an interview with Peter McVerry SJ in which he urged a discussion of the legalisation of all drugs. “We have already legalised...

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Israel, our elder brother

November 18, 2008

In a public lecture given at Haddington Road Church, John McDade SJ, Principal of Heythrop College, explored Catholic-Jewish relations since Vatican II. He drew twice the usual attendance at this lecture series....

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Fr Sullivan: the last witness

November 18, 2008

Fr John Fitzgerald SJ, the last surviving Jesuit to have been taught in Clongowes by Fr John Sullivan, shared some precious memories at the commemorative Mass which takes place in...

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Art and the spiritual

November 18, 2008

On the 6th November Colm Brophy SJ led ten spiritual directors in a Galway workshop on art. His first objective was to free them from any perfectionism, or sense of...

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In the news

November 18, 2008

As well as Fr Todd Morrissy, Jesuit historian, featuring on the TG4 documentary on the life of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, Cathy Molloy, theologian with the Jesuit Centre for Faith and...

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No continental divide

November 18, 2008

The Jesuit-run parish of Matero in Lusaka, Zambia this week linked up offcially with Star of the Sea Parish, Sandymount, Dublin. Fr Leonard Chiti SJ spoke at all masses in the...

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Richard O’Dwyer in Addis Ababa

November 18, 2008

Richard O’Dwyer SJ has been assigned to work with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Ethiopia for the next two or three years, and he generously registered his first impressions of...

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Induction course at IMI

November 18, 2008

The Partners in Mission office hosted an induction course on 13 November for a group of seven people who have recently begun working with various apostolates in the Province. The...

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