Social Justice

Belvedere Union outreach to homeless

May 20, 2008

Belvedere Social Services (BSS), set up by Belvedere Union with the assistance of Peter McVerry SJ, is now in its twelfth year. It provides sheltered accommodation and individual care to...

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The EU, Lisbon, and ineffective leadership

May 13, 2008

Edmond Grace SJ, author of Democracy and Public Happiness, wants to see the Lisbon treaty succeed. But he pulls no punches in this broadside against the ‘ineffective leadership’ of politicians...

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Reflections on Zambia

May 13, 2008

A group of fifth year students from Gonzaga College SJ travelled to Zambia with Habitat For Humanity over Easter 2008, the third year that the college students have being involved...

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Gospel Choir for Africa

May 12, 2008

The Gardiner Street Gospel Choir will be performing at Africa Day in Dubh Linn gardens, Dublin Castle on Sunday the 25th of May. This is the culmination of, “Africa Week,”...

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New program for AIDS orphans

May 12, 2008

Global Friends in Action, a small NGO founded by Michael T. Kelly SJ, has launched a new program called 37&More, which provides care for children orphaned by AIDS in a...

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Jesuit fights for Indian rights

May 12, 2008

Almost 18,000 Indians from four different ethnic groups in the Roraima region of Brazil are being forced to leave their reservation lands. Roberto Jaramillo Bernal SJ, Regional Superior of the...

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Community Links project achieves goals

May 12, 2008

Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Ireland is holding an event this Thusday to mark a successful end to the work of the Community Links project over the last five years. Initially...

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Women in Prison: the Need for a Critical Review

May 6, 2008

The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice (JCFJ) is holding a seminar entitled Women in Prison: the Need for a Critical Review, on Thursday 22 May, 5-7pm, in the Bar...

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Five years for arson attack on Jesuit headquarters

May 2, 2008

Noah Bunn was sentenced on Friday 2 May to five years imprisonment for his arson attack on the former Jesuit headquarters in Eglinton Road, Dublin. He has been in custody...

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Promoting JUST cause

May 2, 2008

The Jesuit University Services Training (JUST) project, based in Ballymun, Dublin, which has seen more than 50 people avail of its services this year, will be spending the summer break...

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