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Short notices
September 29, 2009
Two Coláiste Iognáid brothers captain Connacht teams: Shane Conneely, who captained the Jes to win the senior cup has captained the Connacht U20’s in their recent victory over Munster. His...
Read morePersecutions in Orissa
September 29, 2009
Like any newsletter, AMDG Express has to be selective in what it publishes from the quantity of reports that come in; generally there is some Jesuit involvement in the stories....
Read moreTaking a taxi to heaven
September 29, 2009
The Irish Times on 23 September noticed Brenda Niall’s “Riddle of Father Hackett”, a wonderful book. William Hackett, the son of a Kilkenny doctor, moved into the Jesuits after schooling in Clongowes. Through...
Read moreVolunteer tourism?
September 29, 2009
The Irish Aid Responsible Volunteering Fair took place in the Irish Aid offices in O’Connell St on Saturday September 26th,2009. John Guiney SJ and Deirdre Brady of the Mission Office...
Read moreForthcoming events
September 29, 2009
Professor JJ Haldane, a distinguished philosopher and papal adviser, will give a lecture in St Mary’s Haddington Road Dublin on Thursday October 1st at 8pm on the topic “A response...
Read moreO’Hanlon draws Manresa crowds
September 29, 2009
On 24 September over a hundred people gathered in Manresa to hear Gerry O’Hanlon SJ talk on God and the recession, and field questions in a lively session. Convinced of...
Read moreJESUITICA: First musical textbook
September 29, 2009
The first musical textbook in the English language, A brief introduction to the true art of musicke (1584), was the work of William Bathe, born in County Dublin, who became a...
Read moreLatest News
Climate workshop in Milltown
March 22, 2023 - The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice ran a climate workshop in Milltown to explain the science behind climate change and to encourage people to address it in their lives.
The ‘beautiful’ shepherd
March 22, 2023 - Aidan Mathews' Lenten retreat focuses on the parable of the Good Shepherd, with an interesting commentary on the appropriateness of the translation of the word 'good'
Pope Francis: The ‘zig-zag Pope’
March 22, 2023 - Gerry Whelan SJ, Director of the Department of Fundamental Theology in the Gregorian University in Rome assesses the last ten years of Pope Francis' papacy.
‘Reimagining Religion’
March 22, 2023 - Jim Maher SJ's book @Reimagining Religion' addresses a fundamental spiritual malaise that expresses itself through injustice, wars, xenophobia, narcissism, exclusion, and other dehumanising behaviours.
Latest Podcasts
Pope Francis: The ‘zig-zag Pope’
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‘A heart larger than the world’
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Final thoughts
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Words matter
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Rediscovering Saint Patrick
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Living with Ignatius
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‘Stations of the Cross’ book for Lent
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Dancing with loneliness
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