Social Justice

Slí Eile seeks volunteers

October 21, 2008

Slí Eile, The Jesuit Centre for Young Adults, took part in a major celebration on Mission Sunday, Oct 19 2008, in St Peter’s Church, Phibsboro (pictured). They showcased their young...

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Slí Eile assist at UN World Poverty Day

October 14, 2008

Slí Eile (Jesuit centre for young adults) is one of 25 voluntary groups involved in a series of events to mark the UN Eradication of World Poverty Day on Friday...

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Funding for Zambia

October 14, 2008

Murt Curry SJ has spent a packed fortnight in Zambia, with two consultants, Anne and Brenda (pictured here) from the International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTARC), London. They were evaluating...

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Addiction Seminar

October 14, 2008

Manresa has booked an impressive line-up of speakers for a one-day seminar on “Addiction and the Family: breaking the cycle. ” They include political figures (Mary Wallace, Feargal Quinn), therapists...

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JCFJ launch website budget feature

October 14, 2008

Along with a statement suggesting priorities for the national budget, Tony O’Riordan, SJ, of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, has just launched a new website feature: ‘Monitoring Cutbacks...

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Gospel light on banking crisis

October 7, 2008

Fr Tony O’Riordan SJ, Director of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, has been speaking out on the recent banking crisis in Ireland and abroad, and on the Irish...

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JCFJ in Sierra Leone

October 7, 2008

Walt Kilroy, a staff member of the Centre for Faith and Justice and a PhD student at Dublin City University, has just returned from four weeks of field research in...

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Slí Eile prepare prison mass in Mountjoy

October 7, 2008

Slí Eile are looking for volunteers to help create a dynamic and uplifting liturgy for prisoners in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. They need singers or other volunteers who can help to...

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Somewhere over the Rainbow……

October 2, 2008

One of the Slí Eile volunteers, Edel, penned this fine impressionistic account of her time in the Hogares y Luz orphanage this summer. She and a number of other volunteers...

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Slí Eile present cheque to Irish charity

September 30, 2008

Slí Eile director Padraig Swan presented a cheque for €45,000 to John Clarke of Friends in Ireland on 27 September in the Belvedere Hotel. The money was raised by students...

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