Social Justice
If you sin, can you preach?
September 19, 2006
The fact that some clergy are implicated in wrong-doing should not deter preachers from proclaiming the Word of God clearly, David Gaffney holds. Sermons have always been delivered by sinners...
Read moreThey won’t believe you’re coming until they see you
September 19, 2006
Gerrry Clarke looks back on an extraordinary fortnight at the Makoba Mission, South Africa, with a group from Belvedere and from Friends in Ireland. Their mission: to build the walls...
Read moreIs ‘Fortress Europe’ really what we want?
July 3, 2006
July 3, 2006 Is ’Fortress Europe’ really what we want? Getting migration policy right after onset of ’asylum fatigue’ by John Dardis SJ There are over 45 million refugees and...
Read moreFear and loving in Chile
June 20, 2006
In this interview for 3R Productions with Pat Coyle, Michael O’Sullivan looks back over his days as a priest in Pinochet’s Chile and expresses his delight at the recent election...
Read moreMilltown launch HDip in Ethical Studies
June 19, 2006
As society changes, writes Kevin O’Reilly of the Milltown Institute, new ethical challenges are emerging for us all, and Milltown’s new diploma course in Ethical Studies is designed to help...
Read moreCFJ in international coalition on immigration
June 19, 2006
A challenge to the practice of immigration-related detention will be leveled by a new coalition of human rights groups, with the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice prominent among them,...
Read moreFighting the good fight a long, long way from home
June 19, 2006
First published in the Offaly Independent, this is an interview by Eoghan MacConnell with Tullamore-born Michael Kelly SJ, who was recently honoured by the Irish government for his lifelong contribution...
Read moreSome news travels slowly…
May 23, 2006
May 23, 2006 Some news travels slowly... Media coverage of sex abuse cases is unjust by Edmond Grace SJ Some news travels slowly, especially news about sexual abuse of minors...
Read moreLiving among the poor, listening to their silence
May 19, 2006
Mary Stokes spent a year as a Jesuit volunteer among the socially deprived people of the Ballymun flats in north Dublin. She reflects on the unsung heroes she met there,...
Read moreSunny Sudan surprise!
May 19, 2006
Katherine Butterly had her eyes opened wide by her experience of working with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Sudan for a year. Life is hard in the Sudan, but the...
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