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JCFJ keeps tabs on justice and reform
July 8, 2008
An Ceann Comhairle, John O’Donoghue, will launch the Jesuit Centre of Faith and Justice’s web-based Oireachtas Watch service. The launch will take place on Wednesday 9 July at 7.00pm in...
Read moreSlí Eile volunteers go far and wide
July 1, 2008
After ten months of preparation, more than 30 young adults are setting off across the world on Slí Eile volunteer programmes. One group will leave on 2 July for St...
Read moreNew Jesuit General debunks ‘black pope’ myth
June 19, 2008
In an exclusive interview given recently to the editors of Jesuit journals, Father Adolfo Nicolás, the new Superior General of the Society of Jesus, was questioned about the challenges now...
Read moreThe 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...
Read moreReading Ignatius’ diary
June 17, 2008
Dr. Terence O’Reilly addressed the Milltown Summer School on Ignatian Spirituality on Tuesday 17 June, on the theme of Ignatius’ spiritual diary. Based in University College Cork’s Department of Hispanic...
Read moreBallymun choir does gig for Simon
June 11, 2008
The Ballymun Gospel Choir and Band is scheduled to perform at a special event to highlight the plight of homeless people and the work of the Dublin Simon Community. It...
Read moreJCFJ give evidence to Oireachtas Joint Committee
June 10, 2008
On Wednesday last, the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice (JCFJ) gave evidence to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice in relation to a planning motion for the new prison...
Read moreIreland’s literary patron saint
June 3, 2008
In the May issue of America Magazine, Irish Jesuit Tom Casey writes an incisive article on what we have to learn from Ireland’s unofficial, or literary, ‘patron saint’ – Leopold...
Read moreModras and Ignatian spirituality for today
May 27, 2008
In a series of seminars in Dublin last weekend, Professor Ronald Modras spoke about the humanistic perspective of Ignatian spirituality and what this can contribute to contemporary life – to...
Read moreExpert calls for wiser policy on women and prison
May 23, 2008
In her keynote speech at the Women in Prison seminar on 22 May, Baroness Jean Corston urged Ireland not to make the same mistakes Britain did in the matter of...
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