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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...
Read moreShort 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,...
Read moreJesuit 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...
Read moreJRS 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...
Read moreRTE 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...
Read moreRaising 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...
Read moreUpdate 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...
Read moreVisit 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...
Read moreBlessing 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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