James Joyce

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A great Bloomsday was had by all

June 27, 2024

Gardiner St Church was the venue for a novel Bloomsday event , 'Joyce and the Jesuits', hosted by RTE's Eileen Dunne, and complied by Gerry McArdle.

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James Joyce and the Jesuit connections

June 22, 2022

St Kevin's Oratory in the Pro-Cathedral was packed on Bloomsday when the centenary of Joyce's 'Ulysses' was marked with a series of Jesuit-themed readings.

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The Macardles of Dundalk

June 12, 2018

NCI lecturer Desmond Gibney writes in 'Studies' about Jesuit Andrew Macardle, immortalised in Joyce's 'Portrait of the Artist', and his Dundalk brewing family

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The Dead of Winter

March 7, 2018

DECLAN O'KEEFFE :: Snow is much more likely to arrive during Lent and to coincide with our remembrance of His 40 days in the desert.

Studies: ‘The Suffering of Innocents in War and Beyond’

June 2, 2026 - The summer issue of Studies responds to the current state of global affairs, in which, as Pope Leo put it, "war is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading".

Called to the frontiers

May 20, 2026 - "What is God calling us to do today?" A question posed by Jesuit Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ on his recent visit to Poland.

Art as prayer: Evie Hone and the Ignatian vision

May 20, 2026 - The Loyola Institute TCD hosted an illuminating lecture exploring the intersections between modern Irish art, patronage, and Ignatian spirituality.

‘Community, punishment, forgiveness’

May 18, 2026 - The importance of 'not knowing' was a key theme of prison chaplain Pieter De Witte's lecture at the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice.