Bill Toner SJ
Is it harder being a priest today?
April 9, 2025
BILL TONER SJ :: Being a Catholic priest nowadays is more complicated than when I joined the Jesuits over fifty years ago.
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Imagine there’s no heaven
March 19, 2025
BILL TONER SJ :: The charge that religion discourages people from “living for today” must be called into question.
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Breathing new life into ecumenism
December 12, 2024
2025 is the 1700th anniversary of the first Council of Nicaea. The year could prove to be a pivotal one for Christian Unity. A lot done, and a lot more...
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What lies beneath
November 27, 2024
BILL TONER SJ :: A new book claims that none of Hitler's close associates could be described as natural thugs.
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Reflections on a dream
June 7, 2024
BILL TONER SJ :: A recent dream, centred on identity and masks, opened up a new way of seeing Christ in others.
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Meeting Jesus
April 10, 2024
BILL TONER SJ :: The Bible tells us that, without knowing it, we encounter Jesus in every person we meet. We are all “members of Christ’s body”.
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Maynooth honours MacGréil SJ’s moral compass
March 28, 2024
Irish Jesuits were among those who honoured the memory of Micheál MacGréil at a three day event in Maynooth and Westport.
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What will it mean to be a Catholic?
February 20, 2024
BILL TONER SJ :: There is no disguising the fact that the number of priests in Ireland is declining at an alarming rate. What lies ahead?
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Rathfarnham Castle: A Potted History
February 6, 2024
Bill Toner SJ details the history of Rathfarnham Castle which dates back to 1199. The Jesuits were the owners from 1913 to 1986.
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Let there be light
January 16, 2024
BILL TONER SJ :: Evolutionists who debunk God need to look a bit further back beyond the start of evolution and 'lighten up!'
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