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Is it still relevant to have devotion to saints?

March 28, 2007

Spirit Moves is a topical discussion programme on RTE which explores ethical issues that arise from current news events. Presenter, Susan McReynolds, and guests also explore questions of life and...

The female face of AIDS

March 28, 2007

March 28, 2007 The female face of AIDS Women and HIV/AIDS in Africa by Michael Kelly SJ Excerpts from ’The Female Face of HIV and AIDS’, Annual Trócaire Lecture at...

Reflections on the Sobrino Notification

March 28, 2007

March 28, 2007 Reflections on the Sobrino Notification by Michael O’Sullivan SJ Michael O’Sullivan has taught liberation theology at third level and with community groups for over 20 years and...

The Vatican and Jon Sobrino

March 26, 2007

March 26, 2007 The Vatican and Jon Sobrino Notes on the Vatican Notification of March 2007 by Gerard O’Hanlon SJ Readers of AMDG may have noted the recent Notification from...

Democracy and madness at Croke Park

March 19, 2007

Edmond Grace’s Dialogue on Democracy project continues apace. A recent seminar in Croke Park conference centre was a great success. A group of about fifty people gathered in Croke Park...

A different kind of pre-nuptial agreement

March 19, 2007

The early stage of a marriage can be fraught with difficulties. Perhaps, David Gaffney suggests, a pre-nuptial agreement to keep commitments under review and to be open to counselling might...

The European Union: broadening the vision

March 19, 2007

For the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, the Irish Jesuit Provincial, Fr John Dardis, addressed a gathering in St Patrick’s Cathedral. Faith communities, he remarked, have much to...

Paul Miki: Japanese samurai and Christian martyr

March 16, 2007

March 16, 2007 Paul Miki: Japanese samurai and Christian martyr by Mgr. Denis O’Callaghan With changes in the liturgical calendar in recent years many feastdays of obscure saints no longer...

The woman at the well

February 26, 2007

February 26, 2007 The woman at the well A lenten reflection by Brendan Comerford This year 2007, we’re listening to the scripture readings for Year C in the Sunday Lectionary,...

Poems for Lent

February 19, 2007

These four poems were written by Colm Lavelle SJ. The first two are in keeping with Lent. The third is on the Eucharist (compare Phil 2, 5-11). The final poem...

‘Community, punishment, forgiveness’

May 18, 2026 - The importance of 'not knowing' was a key theme of prison chaplain Pieter De Witte's lecture at the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice.

Swift return to St. Ignatius Church

May 18, 2026 - There has been much collaboration to ensure the safe return of an endangered bird species to St Ignatius' Church, Galway.

Mary’s ‘yes’

May 18, 2026 - May is the month of Mary. And Fr Gerard Condon reflects on her 'yes' to God at the annunciation in an article from the Messenger magazine.