Education
Food4Soul Food4Body
October 20, 2009
Leon O Giollain SJ has a strong ecumenical dimension to his Chaplain’s ministry in UCD. On 30 September he and fellow-chaplain Gillian Kingston hosted an evening of prayer and fellowship for about...
Read more“Ancient pop” at CCC
October 13, 2009
When Limerick composer Bill Whelan heard that the Crescent College Comprehensive past pupils orchestra wanted to play MacArthur Park at their celebratory concert last weekend, he rang Jimmy Webb, who actually composed the song. Jimmy...
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Big moves for Michael
October 13, 2009
Michael O’Sullivan has been appointed Head of Theological Studies at All Hallows College, and Head of the Systematic Theology Department. He will also assume responsibility for the Moral Theology Department...
Read moreStraight paths for Belvederian boys
October 13, 2009
Gardiner Street’s parish priest Donal Neary works with Belvedere Religion teacher Helen Barden in lending variety to her 5th Year class. Donal introduced the boys to Ignatian Spirituality in the...
Read moreCeltic Tiger and Christian values
October 6, 2009
“We spent money we didn’t have on things we didn’t need” was Peter McVerry’s summary of the Celtic Tiger in his keynote address to the bi-annual Irish Religious Education Conference...
Read moreMarking Gonzaga’s maturity
October 6, 2009
In a year’s time Gonzaga College will be sixty years old. On 4th October Fr. John Dardis, Jesuit Provincial, marked its maturity when he blessed and formally opened the college’s new...
Read moreSchool Mass
October 6, 2009
Opening Masses are a feature of the beginning of the school year in most Catholic schools. Frs Donal Neary (Belvedere and Kings’ Inn St) and William Reynolds (Gardiner St Primary...
Read moreGiving boys an advantage
October 6, 2009
Orlaith Carmody discussed educational choice in the Irish Times: “After a lot of thought I’ve deliberately chosen a school with a Jesuit tradition because I hope it will bring out the...
Read moreTaking a taxi to heaven
September 29, 2009
The Irish Times on 23 September noticed Brenda Niall’s “Riddle of Father Hackett”, a wonderful book. William Hackett, the son of a Kilkenny doctor, moved into the Jesuits after schooling in Clongowes. Through...
Read moreSaturday in Milltown
September 15, 2009
The gathering of Jesuits for the five o’clock Mass in Milltown was an event in itself, because the brethren were greeting friends they had not seen for perhaps twenty years, and they...
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