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Christianity and the oppression of women
March 8, 2019
To mark International Women's Day – an interview with Dr Michael O'Sullivan SJ, author of 'How Catholic Theology Can Transform Male Violence against Women'
Read moreIrish Jesuit honoured in the US
December 4, 2018
Dr Michael O'Sullivan SJ presided at a session of the American Academy of Religion. He was the first Irish Jesuit ever to do so
Read moreMichael O’Sullivan SJ
June 12, 2018
Dr Michael O’Sullivan entered the Jesuits in 1969 having been born in Limerick and educated by the Jesuits from the age of 7. He has been Director of the world-leading...
Read moreThe science of spirituality
February 21, 2018
Michael O'Sullivan of SpIRE explains how spirituality has unhelpfully been understood as belonging exclusively to the domain of the private and detached
Read moreChildren’s meditation – ‘the silent revolution’
December 13, 2017
Michael O'Sullivan, SJ, , Director of SpIRE, launches Dr Noel Keating's book, 'Meditation with Children - A Resource for Teachers and Parents'
Read moreA week of transformational learning
August 30, 2017
SpIRE Spirituality Summer School brought together 50 participants from around the globe in what was a week of transformational learning and community bonding
Read moreJesuit working in spirituality honoured
June 20, 2017
Michael O’Sullivan SJ has become the first ever Irish person to be elected to the Executive Board of the British Association for the Study of Spirituality (BASS)
Read moreSpiritual Tourism
June 20, 2017
At the end of National Holy Wells Day, Dr Bernadette Flanagan spoke to Pat Coyle about Spiritual Tourism, and her work with SpIRE
Read moreThe healing power of stories
January 25, 2017
'Uncovering Stories of Hope: Narrative Approaches to Spiritual Care' was the title of the latest SpIRE lecture by theologian and spiritual director David Crawley
Read moreA good day for spirituality
August 31, 2016
The sun shone down on a historic gathering in the Jesuit Conference Centre in Milltown Park on Monday 15 August.
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