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Remembering Joe Palmisano SJ

January 13, 2016

US Jesuit Joe Palmisano (centre), who spent many years studying in Ireland, passed away on Christmas night after a lengthy battle with cancer. Brendan McManus (right) remembers him.

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Death of Michael Paul Gallagher SJ

November 7, 2015

Renowned academic and author Fr Michael Paul Gallagher SJ died last night (Friday 6 November) in St Vincent's Private Hospital, just after the anointing of the sick and prayers, accompanied...

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Death of Fr. Finbarr Clancy SJ

July 17, 2015

The death has occurred of Fr. Finbarr Gerard Clancy S.J., member of the Clongowes Community, Clane, Co. Kildare and formerly of the Milltown Institute of Philosophy and Theology, on July...

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Br Martin Murphy SJ: may he rest in peace

March 25, 2015

Death has finally got the better of Martin Murphy, a strong and distinctive presence in the Irish Jesuits, a model for anyone who with God’s help has to fight sickness.

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Remembering Ron Darwen SJ

February 11, 2015

On Thursday, January 29th, Jim Culliton SJ and Brendan Comerford SJ, attended the funeral Mass of the late Ron Darwen SJ in Preston, Lancashire, England. Both Jim and Brendan had...

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RIP: Fr Patrick Heelan SJ

February 2, 2015

Fr Patrick Heelan SJ died in Cherryfield Lodge on 1 February. Aside from being a Jesuit priest, he was a theoretical physicist and a philosopher of science who studied under...

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RIP: Fr Neil O’Driscoll SJ

January 30, 2015

Fr Neil O’Driscoll died peacefully in St. Vincent’s Hospital on Tuesday 27th January, aged 81. He was a fine figure of a man who never lost the military bearing that...

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Loss of a leader: John Humphreys

October 17, 2014

Last Friday, 10 October, the Irish Jesuits lost one of their great servants. John Humphreys, aged 71, had been unconscious for two days, and increasingly sick with a brain tumour...

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John Dunne SJ RIP

December 27, 2008

Fr John Dunne SJ died peacefully at 10:30 am on the morning of 27 December 2008, the Feast of John the Evangelist. He was commended to the Lord by the...

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Michael Ryan SJ, RIP

April 4, 2008

The funeral of Fr Michael Ryan SJ took place in Milltown Park, Dublin on April 7, 2008. Michael died peacefully at Cherryfield Lodge, Dublin on Thursday, April 3, 2008, aged...

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