Spirituality
JESUITICA: Jesuit left speechless
June 23, 2009
Many Jesuits are remembered for speaking out. One, however, should be remembered for keeping his mouth shut. In the early 1800s Anthony Kohlmann, a German Jesuit long resident in the...
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June 23, 2009
At the Knock Youth Festival in July, Peter McVerry, the Jesuit who has devoted his life to working with Dublin’s homeless drug addicts, will discuss the power of Christian living....
Read moreCardinal launches MacGreil Survey
June 16, 2009
Micheál MacGréil opted for an internal launch of his report on religious attitudes in the Republic 2007-2008. John Cooney, who has always been fair to Micheál, gave the survey a...
Read moreJesuitica: Changing times
June 16, 2009
When Pope Gregory XIII needed advice on how to revise the Julian calendar in 1582, he turned to a Jesuit mathematician at the Roman College, Christopher Clavius, who said: “Suppress...
Read moreA Jubilee Mural
June 9, 2009
As part of the celebration of its 50th Anniversary, the children of St. Declan’s school, under the guidance of artist Niamh Sinnott, have been engaged in creating a ceramic wall mural...
Read moreConall stirs Farm Street
June 9, 2009
On Trinity Sunday Irish Jesuit Conall Ó Cuinn presided and preached at London’s Farm Street on the subject of Call. Through retelling of scenes from Kevin Costner’s film The Postman,...
Read moreEnglish to replace Latin?
June 9, 2009
Irish Jesuit Tom Casey, writing in the current issue of America, makes the case for replacing Latin with English as the official language of the church. Since it went online last...
Read moreForthcoming Events
June 9, 2009
10 June, 11 a.m. in Mont Clare Hotel, Merrion Square: Kathy Sheridan will launch a JCFJ policy paper on “The Irish Housing System: Vision, Values, Reality”. 11-19 June: Gardiner St...
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June 8, 2009
While in Prague, Provincial John Dardis met Josef Horehled SJ, who, with the backing of Irish Province funds, is doing marvellous work in the Nativity school in Decin, north Bohemia. Josef is...
Read moreShower of red roses
June 2, 2009
Writing from Rome, Tom Casey SJ describes a fascinating and moving annual tradition which marks the end of the Pentecost Mass in Saint Mary of the Martyrs, more famously known...
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