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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....

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Fast 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...

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Short 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...

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Early 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...

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JESUITICA: 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...

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John 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...

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Faith 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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