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Short notices

October 26, 2011

A meeting of the Jesuit University Pastoral Care Europe (JUPC) will take place in Mount St. Joseph Retreat House, Malta, on 3-6 November.  The theme is: ‘Spirituality in Action: Chaplaincy...

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On the airwaves

October 26, 2011

Senator Marie Louise O’Donnell, reporting for the Pat Kenny Show on RTE 1, paid a visit to Crescent College Comprehensive in Limerick on Tuesday 18 Oct. In her ten-minute slot...

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Marking Mission Sunday

October 26, 2011

The Star of the Sea parish Sandymount, which is twinned with the Jesuit parish of Matero, Lusaka, Zambia, received greetings and thanks from the local children in the parish and...

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Forthcoming Events

October 26, 2011

Thursday 3 November: 3 p.m. in Emo Court: annual Mass for all who have lived and worked in Emo. The house and grounds will be open, courtesy of OPW. All...

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‘Sixty years of service’

October 26, 2011

The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin (pictured here listening to Br Eamon Davis SJ), recently launched a DVD and history booklet of The Belvedere Society of our Lady of Lourdes....

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President visits Clongowes

October 26, 2011

“Clongowes Wood College has given a very special form of education for over 200 years.” So said President Mary McAleese on her recent visit to the school in the closing...

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Ring-side seat for Jesuit

October 25, 2011

Gerry Whelan SJ was recently appointed ecclesiastical assistant to the “World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations” (WUCWO) by the Vatican. His day job is teaching theology in the Gregorian University...

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This was some party

October 25, 2011

Fifty years ago the Noviciate in Emo opened its doors to 31 new novices. Last month John Humphreys organised a head-count and a reunion, locating all but two of the...

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JESUITICA: Bishop? No. Cardinal? Maybe

October 25, 2011

Some of the most inspiring stories of 20th century theology are about theologians who maintained an obedient silence in face of ecclesiastical censorship. In the early 1950s Karl Rahner SJ...

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Fr Jim Corkery meets online

October 25, 2011

It is two years since Michael Paul Gallagher, sitting in a video-conferencing studio in Blackpitts, Dublin, ran a seminar for 600 educationalists gathered in Wellington, New Zealand. They already had...

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