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South Africa Project
October 20, 2009
This summer eighty Slí Eile Volunteers went to South Africa to work on two projects – the building of a three-classroom school block for Ntabeni, JSS, Hillside, and the building...
Read moreNaomh Iognáid as Gaeilge
October 20, 2009
Scéal an Oilithrigh, Iognáid Loyola ina chuid focal féin. Tháinig aistriúchán a rinne Alan Mac Eochagáin ar dhírbheathaisnéis Naomh Iognáid amach le déanaí. Towards the end of his life Saint...
Read moreRoving new laptops
October 20, 2009
Back in June, Coláiste Iognáid (the ‘Jes’) won a Hewlett Packard Innovation in Education grant to provide a mobile classroom of tablet PCs. The school was selected for its commitment...
Read moreFood4Soul Food4Body
October 20, 2009
Leon O Giollain SJ has a strong ecumenical dimension to his Chaplain’s ministry in UCD. On 30 September he and fellow-chaplain Gillian Kingston hosted an evening of prayer and fellowship for about...
Read moreRichard in mud and boulders
October 20, 2009
Last week Richard O’Dwyer was coping with deafness and malaria, and feeling as sick as he had ever felt in his life. This latest bulletin makes no mention of sickness,...
Read moreWestern Pioneers gather and plan
October 20, 2009
On Saturday 10 October last the Connaught membership of the PTAA met in the Park Hotel, Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo for a day-long session of discussion and debate. It brought the...
Read moreShort notices
October 20, 2009
On 13th October the Coláiste Iognáid Debating Society, joined by students from Scoil Ursa, debated whether Religion should be taken out of the school curriculum. The motion that Religion should be...
Read moreForthcoming events
October 20, 2009
Former Taoiseach John Bruton, currently the EU’s representative in Washington, USA, will give the Fourth Public Lecture sponsored by Studies and The Iona Institute: on ‘The role of religion and Christianity...
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