20081209

Taking to the road

December 9, 2008

Inspired by the example of the early Jesuits, two of the staff of Slí Eile, Padraig Swan, director, and Noelle Fitzpatrick, took off recently on a ‘pilgrimage experiment’. What this...

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Short Notices

December 9, 2008

Robert Faricy SJ (pictured right) will give an elective course at the Milltown Institute on ‘The Practice and Theory of Contemplation’ from 2 to 4pm, on eight successive Wednesday afternoons,...

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Jesuit College to track GAA history

December 9, 2008

To mark the 125th anniversary of the GAA next year Boston College in Ireland will undertake one of the biggest ever oral history surveys relating to a sporting organisation. The...

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JRS leads the way with migrants

December 9, 2008

Both JRS Ireland and Belvedere College received visits on 5 December from representatives of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD is currently conducting a thematic review of...

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RTE celebrates two birthdays

December 9, 2008

Barney McGuckian SJ had the rare pleasure of looking up to his altar boys as he celebrated a televised Mass for the 120th birthday of the Sacred Heart Messenger, and...

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Raising awareness of missions

December 9, 2008

Jesuit Missions Ireland, under its current Director John Guiney SJ, is undergoing a process of strategic planning for the coming five years. High on its priority list is creating ways...

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Update on Bill Johnston’s condition

December 9, 2008

Irish Jesuit Bill Johnston, who has been living and working in Japan since the 1950s and who is known worldwide for his books on Buddhism and Christianity and on mystical...

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Visit of Antoine Kerhuel SJ

December 9, 2008

Father Antoine Kerhuel, Assistant to Fr General for the Provinces of Western Europe, arrived in Dublin on 7 December. He is a neat little Breton (pictured here at the Blessing...

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Blessing Cherryfield

December 8, 2008

The New Cherryfield was where an enemy would drop his bomb on 8 December, if he wanted to cripple the Irish Jesuits. Fr Assistant Antoine Kerhuel was there with the...

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