family
Pope Video: For the elderly
July 14, 2022
The Pope invites people to pray that the experience and wisdom of the elderly may help young people to look towards the future with hope.
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Pope Video: For families
June 7, 2022
As the three-month Pope Video series on the family continues, Francis speaks about the family environment as a bridge between generations.
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Pope Video: Our families
July 7, 2020
The Pope Video for July calls for prayer that today's families may be accompanied with love, respect and guidance
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A Covid-19 economic boom?
March 20, 2020
NIALL LEAHY SJ :: The current pandemic will certainly lead to dramatically lower consumer spending, but another kind of valuable economic activity may well thrive
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Schools of Human Development
August 20, 2019
In The Pope Video for August, the Holy Father asks that families, through their life of prayer and love, become true places of human growth
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Clongowes ‘mirrors’ family life
April 17, 2019
Mr Chris Lumb, Headmaster of Clongowes Wood College SJ, spoke about the boarding school's sense of family and togetherness at a recent event in Dublin
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Pope Francis on the family – a view from Rome
audio April 8, 2016
According to Dr Gerry Whelan SJ, the Pope's document on the family, Amoris Laetitia ('The Joy of Love'), is hugely significant – more than a superficial reading would let one...
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Studies on the Synod
September 24, 2015
The upcoming Ordinary Synod on the Family dominates the Autumn issue of Studies. The chief focus throughout is Pope Francis himself. What does the lead-up to this synod tell us...
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Visions of Ireland, North and South
March 19, 2025 - An Taoiseach Micheál Martin is one of a dozen writers in the new issue of Studies on the history and present reality of Irish partition.
Crisis as opportunity for Christians
March 19, 2025 - JCFJ's Social Justice theologian of the Dr Kevin Hargaden reflects on how Christians can respond to the chaos the world is now facing.
Symbolising betrayal and sorrow
March 15, 2025 - The commissioned sculpture honoring the memory of those who have suffered abuse has been installed in the entrance to Gardiner St Church.
Fr. Kevin Casey SJ RIP – “Always full of hope”
March 11, 2025 - Jesuits, family and friends, joined together as they bade a final farewell to the "always cheerful" Fr Kevin Casey SJ
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