Social Justice

Religion and despair

February 19, 2007

by David Gaffney SJ There are scenes of a troubled young man being counselled by a very believable ‘shrink’ in the film Good Will Hunting (and readers may be able...

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The Irish Catholic

February 15, 2007

Are we drifting towards a more lawless society?<br /> NEWS IN BRIEF<br /> Jesuit Centre backs call for new Junior Minister for Integration<br /> Jesuit criticised ‘Eucharistic fundamentalism'<br /> (What...

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Paul Miki, Japanese samurai, Christian martyr – The Corkman

February 15, 2007

Monsignor Denis O’Callaghan describes Paul Miki’s life,<br /> <blockquote>The Shogun in 1597 had decided to suppress the Christian faith as central to his policy of closing off Japan from Western...

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Minister on a mission – The Irish Times

February 13, 2007

<em>Minister on a mission: A week in Zambia with Mary Hanafin</em> describes the minister’s tour and refers to Michael Kelly on 9 February,<br /> <blockquote>Fr Michael Kelly is a slight,...

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Spirit Moves – RTE Radio 1

February 4, 2007

In a 45 min programme discussing entitled ‘Is God Green?’ Conall O Quinn SJ was among a panel of guests hosted by Susan Mc Reynolds.<br /> <a href=”http://jesuit.ie/blog/serendipity/exit.php?url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ydGUuaWUvcmFkaW8xL3NwaXJpdG1vdmVzL3JhbXMvMjAwNy80ZmVicnVhcnkuc21pbA==&amp;entry_id=81″ onmouseover=”window.status=’http://www.rte.ie/radio1/spiritmoves/rams/2007/4february.smil’;return true;”...

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Conversations with Eamon Dunphy – RTÉ Radio 1

January 28, 2007

Fr. Peter McVerry was this week’s prominent people in conversation with Eamon Dunphy about his life, passions and the music which inspires him. <a href=”http://jesuit.ie/blog/serendipity/exit.php?url=aHR0cDovL3BjLnJ0ZS5pZS8yMDA3L3BjL3BvZC12LTIwMDEwNy0zNm0xNXMtZHVucGh5Lm1wMw==&amp;entry_id=121″ onmouseover=”window.status=’http://pc.rte.ie/2007/pc/pod-v-200107-36m15s-dunphy.mp3′;return true;” onmouseout=”window.status=”;return true;” title=”Listen...

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A terrible beauty

January 25, 2007

January 25, 2007 A terrible beauty How the Irish are in flight from the past by Thomas G Casey SJ Every article written for the Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica...

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Lifeline for the suicidal

January 19, 2007

In his regular AMDG column, David Gaffney applauds efforts, both in Ireland and abroad, to take a holistic, communitarian approach to suicide prevention, especially among young people. There were two...

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Sickness and health in Ireland

December 20, 2006

The ‘Studies’ winter issue by Fergus O’Donoghue. In Sickness and in Health is the theme of our new issue. Our aim is to examine what, in the first article, John...

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Youth cafés, not wine bars

December 19, 2006

In David Gaffney’s view, there is more chance of changing Ireland’s drinking habits through funding youth cafés than through creating a wine bar culture. The Government’s first brainwave for changing...

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