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Short notices

November 23, 2010

Sunday 5 December at 7.30pm in St Patrick’s Cathedral: Fr Peter McVerry will be the Guest Speaker at a Christmas Carol Concert  in aid of the Peter McVerry Trust, hosted by Pat...

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Ireland a model for Europe

November 23, 2010

John Dardis SJ, President of the Conference of European Jesuit Provincials, launched a report on vulnerable asylum-seekers and the detention process. The event marked the 30th anniversary of the Jesuit...

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Richard in Sudan: politics and oxen

November 23, 2010

A couple of messages from Richard O’Dwyer in Lobote, Southern Sudan, show the range of his concerns, including the  political: “People here are more tense than usual with the upcoming referendum...

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Black and white in Ballymun

November 23, 2010

Eoghan Keogh teaches religion to the Sixth Year in Belvedere.  As he explained “a faith that does justice”, he looked for aspects of Dublin that bring a sense of injustice. Following...

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Gordon’s 50th cap

November 23, 2010

Clongowes Wood College old boy Gordon D’Arcy has won his 50th cap for Ireland. He has played (at full back, wing and centre back) on Lions’ tours to New Zealand and...

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Steps to spiritual sanity

November 23, 2010

Dr Richard Leonard is a 47-year-old Australian Jesuit and Director of the Australian Catholic Film and Broadcasting Office. His new book, Where the Hell is God? debunks many myths about...

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JESUITICA: Tennis, music and martyrdom

November 23, 2010

What Jesuits call the Catalogus is published round this time every year, giving the name and ministry of every Jesuit in the Province.  Three hundred years ago that would have...

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Belvedere’s Chinese connection

November 23, 2010

Gerry Foley, Headmaster of Belvedere College, was one of sixteen school principals who travelled to China recently for a seven-day visit to Beijing and Shanghai. It was the first formal...

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Yeats and Fr Browne

November 23, 2010

Much praise was heaped on Eddie O’Donnell SJ at the launch of The Father Browne Yeats, the latest in a long list of books of Fr Browne photos which Fr...

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