20090113
Church Unity week
January 13, 2009
Tom Layden SJ in Belfast is the Province coordinator of ecumenism, working as a quiet leaven rather than a city on a hilltop. He worships regularly with Christians of other...
Read more“They cooked my dinners”
January 13, 2009
Comedian Dermot Whelan gave an interesting perspective on his Jesuit education in an Irish Times article this week. “Coming from Limerick to Trinity, I found Dubliners a bit strange. They...
Read moreNewsboy remembers
January 13, 2009
On the RTE Documentary on One, 11 January, John, a former newsboy, recalled being in the Children’s Court in 1952, along with other youngsters who came before the judge for...
Read moreJohn Dunne SJ: funeral homily
January 13, 2009
The death of Fr John Dunne has drawn condolences from near and far, including, from Zambia-Malawi, Declan Murray SJ and Provincial Peter Bwanali. Also, there have been numerous requests for...
Read moreWorld Day of Migrants
January 13, 2009
‘Floods of refugees’, ‘waves of migrants’, ‘immigration flow’… In an incisive article for World Day of Migrants and Refugees (18 January), Eugene Quinn, director of JRS Ireland, identifies a dehumanising...
Read moreJesuit students at Young Scientists
January 13, 2009
This year’s Young Scientists Exhibition discovered a couple of stars from Jesuit schools. For the second year running, Clongowes scientist Henry Glass, from Maynooth, was runner-up in the overall individual...
Read moreFollowing a star
January 13, 2009
On Tuesday 6 January, the feast of the Epiphany, Michael Hurley made a brief appearance on the RTE 1 programme Witness. He could be seen star-gazing through a telescope in...
Read moreShort notices
January 13, 2009
Fr Todd Morrissey’s book on Jesuits in Hong Kong, South China and Beyond will have its Irish launch in Milltown Park on Wednesday 28 January at 7.30pm. The Provincial, Fr...
Read moreBelvedere hosts China
January 13, 2009
Back in the 1960s they used to say the optimistic Irish schools were teaching Russian and the pessimists Chinese – so Belvedere’s Fr Schrenk taught Russian. Things have changed, though,...
Read moreLatest News
‘A heart larger than the world’
March 20, 2023 - Brian Grogan SJ has just received a US Independent Press Award for his biography of Pedro Arrupe SJ .In this interview he gives a short synopsis of his life.
Good news from Syria
March 7, 2023 - Tony O'Riordan SJ has a message of hope and gratitude for the people of Ireland whose generosity has enabled the distribution of food boxes for Syrian families.
Ireland in 2030: Thinking ahead
March 7, 2023 - The spring 2023 issue of Studies publishes papers from an RIA seminar that asked: 'What would we like Ireland to look like in 2030?'
Jesuits honour Dr Tony White
March 7, 2023 - The Dominic Collins SJ medal was presented to Dr Anthony White by Fr Leonard Moloney SJ at a ceremony in Milltown Park, Dublin.
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