Damien Burke
Roscrea remembers a heroic Jesuit
October 11, 2017
Roscrea Library is marking the 100th anniversary of the death of Fr Michael Bergin SJ, from nearby Fancroft, with an exhibition curated by Irish Jesuit Archives
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Jesuits open doors on Culture Night
October 10, 2017
Hundreds of visitors came to events in Manresa and Gardiner St Church as part of Culture Night 2017
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Fr Willie Doyle SJ – a lesson for Europe
August 30, 2017
Renowned journalist Robert Fisk has used the life and death of Irish war chaplain Fr Willie Doyle SJ, who died at Passchendaele in 1917, as an anti-Brexit morality tale.
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Hugh Duffy – ‘a gentle Jesuit’
May 3, 2017
Brian Grogan SJ gives the homily at the funeral mass of Fr Hugh Duffy SJ on 3 May, 2017
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Jesuit life in Rathfarnham Castle
November 9, 2016
Province Assistant Archivist Damien Burke writes about Jesuit life in Rathfarnham Castle during the years of rebellion and revolution in Ireland.
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Following the Jesuit trail
September 13, 2016
For this year’s Heritage Week, archivist Damien Burke gave a number of walking tours focusing on sites of Jesuit history on the north-side of Dublin.
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A sparrow to fall
June 29, 2016
Damien Burke :: A new BBC documentary on the Battle of the Somme explores the letters, postcards and personal possessions of Jesuit chaplain Fr Willie Doyle held at the Irish...
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Commemorating the sesquicentenary of the arrival of Irish Jesuits in Australia
September 17, 2015
The Jesuit Archives record the role of the Irish Jesuit mission to Australia from 1865 to 1931 in the building up of the Catholic Church and Catholic education in Australia.
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Anzac, archives and the bullshit detector
May 6, 2015
DAMIEN BURKE :: Six Jesuits, five of them Irish-born, served with the Anzac forces at Gallipoli. There are good reasons to commemorate this ill-fated event. Jingoism, however, is not one...
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Irish Jesuit chaplains in the First World War
December 15, 2014
At a time of great turmoil at home in Ireland, thirty-two Irish Jesuits signed up to minister to Catholic soldiers on the European battlefields of the First World War. Damien...
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Humour and humility: Pope Francis RIP
April 21, 2025 - Irish Jesuits have been gathering together in sadness, and in gratitude for Pope Francis, their fellow Jesuit, who died this Easter Monday morning.
Gonzaga celebrate 75 years
April 16, 2025 - Gonzaga College celebrates its 75th anniversary with various events and an anniversary Mass.
Women of Easter
April 15, 2025 - RNN Archives: Dr Noirín Ní Riain says we can learn great lessons from the women who stood at the foot of the cross.
Loving the place we are in
April 14, 2025 - Siobhan McNamara of the JCFJ: How parishes can restore biodiversity on their grounds.
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