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Figures in a landscape

September 1, 2008

Paddy Heelan SJ, John Moore SJ, Jimmy Hurley SJ, and Hugh O’Neill SJ were among a group of Jesuits who celebrated together the golden jubilee of their ordination. Hugh O’Neill...

Jesuit School reborn

August 13, 2008

Trócaire, 15.7.08: The Loyola School in Wau, South Sudan, was forced to close over twenty years ago during the on-going civil war. Many of its students fled Sudan and the...

Moodle, as every schoolboy knows, stands for Modular Organic Online Dynamic Learning Environment. To moodle also means to meander, wander about aimlessly. But there was nothing aimless about the day...

Anniversary celebrations for St Declan’s

July 8, 2008

2008 marks the 50th anniversary of St Declan’s School, a remarkable venture begun by the Jesuits in 1958. With premises on Northumberland Road, Dublin 4, it helps children who, for personal or...

Evening theology course in Milltown

July 7, 2008

The Milltown Institute is still accepting applications for its Certificate in Theology, a two-year evening programme which is accredited by NUI. The programme begins in September, with lectures taking place...

Clongowes star named ‘Young gun’

July 1, 2008

Gareth Ó Súilleabháin, who plays under-15s rugby at Clongowes, has been selected as a Young Gun (most promising young Irish rugby player) by Emerald Rugby Magazine, Ireland’s leading rugby magazine....

Clongowes farm on show

June 23, 2008

In the 1931 Clongownian, Editor Arthur Little pictured a well-endowed shorthorn bull in his editorial, over the caption: “The only prize-winner in the community”. His flippancy seems to have cost...

Lecture on canon law anniversary

June 19, 2008

On 25 June at 7.30pm, Professor Emeritus Frank Morrisey, OMI of St Paul’s University, Ottawa will speak on The Code of Canon Law – Twenty Five Years on. Father Frank...

The churches and education

June 17, 2008

The summer 2008 issue of Studies, the Irish Jesuit quarterly review, addresses a series of matters relating to Irish education. Under the title ‘Educating ourselves’, it carries articles about Catholic...

Belvedere Youth Club celebrates 90th year

June 10, 2008

Belvedere Youth Club held a special mass and a concert in April to celebrate their 90th year in operation. Their after-schools programme continues to see more than 160 children a...

The Pope and the President

April 20, 2026 - Fr. Donal Godfrey SJ, reflects on the recent remarks of Pope Leo XIV and the response to them from Donald Trump and his administration.

‘A privilege to be part of it’

April 15, 2026 - The celebratory event to mark the historic Silver Jubilee of postgraduate studies in Applied Spirituality was a special day for all involved.

An attitude of gratitude

April 14, 2026 - Gratitude: The solution to worry, Kierkegaard claimed, was to make a leap of faith and put our trust in God’s enduring love.

April Messenger: Hope, renewal and growth

April 13, 2026 - In these uncertain times, the April Messenger offers rest and reflection, with themes of hope, renewal, gratitude and transformation in everyday life.