20101109

JRS Ireland 30th anniversary

November 9, 2010

Thirty years ago, on 14 November 1980, Fr. Pedro Arrupe founded the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in response to the plight of the Boat People fleeing Vietnam. Since then the number...

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Forthcoming events

November 9, 2010

9 November: Manresa Dollymount at 8pm. ‘Wake up to life’ De Mello prayer exercise a series of 3 evenings, 9,16 and 23 November will be conducted by John Callanan SJ....

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Papal reputations examined

November 9, 2010

An entertaining and informative time was had by all in the Milltown Institute on Monday 1 November, for the launch of The Papacy since 1500, edited by Jim Corkery SJ and Thomas Worcester SJ...

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President’s fond farewell

November 9, 2010

At the Conferring ceremony of the Milltown Institute  on 20 October, when they called for the address by the Valedictorian, what stepped up to the podium was not your typically bright...

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Bridge-builder

November 9, 2010

Irish Jesuit Tom Casey, professor of philosophy at the Gregorian University, is also Director of the Cardinal Bea Centre for Jewish Studies in Rome. The latest issue of the Centre’s...

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Induction in Kilkee

November 9, 2010

These happy faces on the beach in Kilkee, Co. Clare, belong to new teachers in Crescent College Comprehensive who are being inducted into its ethos by a two-day period of...

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Pioneers on the run

November 9, 2010

There were three runners representing the Pioneers in the Dublin City Marathon – the first such entry by the Association. Its CEO, Padraig Brady (pictured here in his running gear),...

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Short Notices

November 9, 2010

Fr Gerard Clarke SJ, National Director of JRS Rwanda, sends word about an online retreat, starting 1 November, offered by Jesuit Refugee Service USA, to give viewers another way to...

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Sentimental journey

November 9, 2010

What started as a good one-off idea – let’s visit the old noviciate in Emo – has become an annual fixture, thanks to John Adams’ logistical skills and Conor Harper’s...

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JESUITICA: The price of a Jesuit

November 8, 2010

Three hundred years ago, with Penal Laws at their stiffest in Ireland, the bishop of Kerry recorded the scale of rewards for priest-hunters. It was: £30 for a simple priest;...

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