Bill Toner SJ

The experience of grace: a reflection

October 21, 2020

BILL TONER SJ :: Notes for an online group reflection on the experience of God's grace, with a little help from Karl Rahner

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Evolution – does God interfere?

August 13, 2020

Bill Toner SJ :: What role, if any, does God play in the evolution of our planet, or is there no room for God in natural selection?

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Conspiracy theories and Covid-19

May 21, 2020

BILL TONER SJ :: The pandemic has led to a raft of conspiracy theories, which shows a sense of alienation and powerlessness and a loss of trust in public bodies.

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Infallibility in the Church: blessing or shackle?

April 7, 2020

BILL TONER SJ :: The Church's doctrine of papal infallibility is problematic on a number of fronts, both theological and historical

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Renewing the face of the earth

March 3, 2020

The Jesuits in Britain and Ireland are divesting from companies whose major income is from the extraction of fossil fuels

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Reflections on Original Sin

January 9, 2020

BILL TONER SJ :: A note to introduce an article by the late John Moore SJ, Professor of Botany, on scientific problems raised by the doctrine of original sin

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What did Jesus teach us about Hell?

December 3, 2019

Bill Toner SJ :: Whatever the reality of Hell, the stress of the New Testament is decidedly on the eternal life of joy awaiting us and the infinite mercy of...

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Reflecting on Jesuit times past

November 20, 2019

After reading through the 'Irish Jesuit Annual Letters' published recently, Bill Toner SJ reflects on the shape of Jesuit life in 17th century Ireland

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John Guiney SJ – a man of ‘unfailing courtesy’

November 20, 2019

Mourners at his funeral Mass heard that John Guiney SJ was a man of shrewd judgement who is remembered with great fondness

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‘Above all I believe in people’

November 20, 2019

Jesuits at home and abroad along with friends and colleagues have been paying tribute to the late Winnie Ryan of Irish Jesuit Missions

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