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Fast girls on water
August 11, 2009
Zoe Mannion and Aifric Keogh of Coláiste Iognáid won the silver medal in the women’s junior pair on Sunday, August 2, finishing second to Britain, who won the event overall....
Read moreFast girls on land
August 11, 2009
Crescent Comprehensive College’s junior girls 4 x 100 meters relay team were in devastating form at the All Ireland schools Athletics meet in Tullamore. They lifted the gold medal for...
Read moreShort Notices
August 11, 2009
Two thousand of Fr Frank Browne’s photographs formed the basis of a highly recommended TV programme shown on RTE on 10 August: “Day before yesterday: Birth of a Nation”. Take a...
Read moreEarly Irish brothers
August 11, 2009
Joe Ward SJ of Manresa has been visiting the Province archives on an interesting quest: the links between pre-Suppression Irish Jesuit brothers and South America. Starting with the dates of...
Read moreJESUITICA: Saint Jean de Brébeuf SJ
August 11, 2009
Lacrosse began life as a sport to instil manly virtues and preparedness for war in the youth of Native American tribes. St Jean de Brébeuf SJ observed the game being...
Read moreJohn moves on
August 11, 2009
The Jesuit Communication Centre has lost a highly valued colleague and friend in John White, who left this week to work for the Discovery Programme, a public institution for advanced research in...
Read moreFaith and Justice in Tehran
August 11, 2009
Patrick Riordan, the Irish Jesuit who teaches philosophy in Heythrop College, London, and is superior of Copleston House there, has other strings to his bow. Media reports of the show...
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