Brendan McManus SJ

‘To give and not count the cost’

August 8, 2016

Irish participants in MAGIS 2016, the international meeting of young people interested in Ignatian spirituality, reflect on their experience of living in community, working with others and reflection.

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Magis2016 in full swing

July 19, 2016

Young people from Ireland are working with children with special needs; on pilgrimage; or learning about Christian-Jewish relations; all at Magis2016.

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‘Sacred heart devotion is apostolic’

June 8, 2016

Brendan McManus SJ drew on themes from the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius to explain devotion to the Sacred Heart in contemporary terms, during the Gardiner St Novena.

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Remembering Joe Palmisano SJ

January 13, 2016

US Jesuit Joe Palmisano (centre), who spent many years studying in Ireland, passed away on Christmas night after a lengthy battle with cancer. Brendan McManus (right) remembers him.

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Jesuits assist at Youth 2000 retreat

January 13, 2016

Nine Jesuits attended the Youth 2000 Christmas retreat with 700 young adults in Newbridge, Co.Kildare. They hope to attend further Youth 2000 retreats and events in the year ahead.

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Conference explores ‘finding soil for the seed’

September 30, 2015

Alan McGuckian SJ gave the keynote address at the second annual Faith and Life Convention in Belfast.

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Getting to know each other on pilgrimage

July 30, 2015

Brendan McManus SJ reflects on the meaning and significance of a pilgrimage which he and other Jesuits from North Western Europe are undertaking along the ancient pilgrimage route from Knock...

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Pilgrims on a journey

July 28, 2015

Six Jesuits are taking part in a walking pilgrimage in County Mayo, along the ancient pilgrimage route from Knock Shrine to Croagh Patrick. It is part of an interprovincial project...

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Restoring the lost art of listening

July 1, 2015

Brendan McManus SJ has moved to Belfast in recent years as part of the Jesuit's Northern ministry. His own ministry in Spiritual Direction is growing steadily there.

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Pray, learn, practise

May 22, 2015

Brendan McManus SJ was part of an ecumenical team giving an innovative course in Spritual DIrection to students at Regis College, Toronto. It involved theory, practise and a retreat.

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