Social Justice

Irish links with San Salvador

November 24, 2009

At the 20th anniversary Mass in Milltown for the San Salvador martyrs, Michael O’Sullivan SJ recalled some of their links with Ireland. Amando Lopez studied theology and was ordained in...

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Peter McVerry in the thick of things

November 17, 2009

The Connaught Tribune reports a moving lecture given in Ballinasloe by Peter McVerry on the scourge of drug abuse in Irish life. He buries, on average, one young person a...

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Bruton on religion in Europe

November 17, 2009

Former Taoiseach and former EU ambassador to Washington, John Bruton gave an address on Religion in the European Union, at an event jointly hosted by the Jesuit quarterly review, Studies...

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Remembering the Jesuit martyrs of El Salvador

November 17, 2009

Jesuits and colleagues around the world remember the six Jesuit priests murdered in El Salvador, along with their housekeeper and her daughter.

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MALTA: Statement on forced migrants

November 12, 2009

During their General Assembly held in Malta from the 18th to 20th of October, the European Jesuit Provincials reflected on various aspects of the tragic reality of refugees, asylum seekers...

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Go home from Goma

November 10, 2009

It is over a year since Gerry Clarke joined the Jesuit Refugee Service in Goma, DR Congo, which is about as troubled and dangerous a spot as any in Africa....

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JESUITICA: Mungret man at the front

November 10, 2009

Tomorrow, Remembrance Day, we might think of Michael Bergin, born in Roscrea, schooled in Mungret, a remarkable Irish Jesuit chaplain with the Anzac force, which he joined as a trooper...

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Ireland hosts JRS Europe AGM

November 3, 2009

The Annual General Meeting of the Jesuit Refugee Service Europe took place in Clongowes College in County Kildare, Ireland, from 29 October – 1November 2009. Over 60 participants from 18...

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Ireland builds in Africa

November 3, 2009

Much of Murt Curry’s work in the Mission Office is in the detailed preparation of applications for funding of mission projects by Irish Aid, the Irish people’s principal contribution to...

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Slí Eile had a ball!

November 3, 2009

Over one hundred revellers turned up in fancy dress on Halloween night for the Slí Eile Halloween ball fundraiser.The wind was howling and the rain poured down but that did...

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