Spirituality

Zimbabwean Jesuit completes internship with JRS Ireland

September 9, 2008

Ignatius Makumborenga SJ, a Zimbabwean scholastic, completed an internship with JRS Ireland in August. He is currently studying theology at Centres Sevres in Paris. He has a long-standing interest in...

Ignatian Lutherans

September 9, 2008

Fr Brian O’Leary SJ has just returned from directing (together with two sister directors) a group of Lutheran pastors in an Ignatian retreat in Gothenburg, Sweden. The initiative came from...

The Pope and Lonergan

September 9, 2008

Gerry Whelan SJ, who teaches theology at the Gregorian University, has just published an article in ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’ entitled: “The Continuing Significance of Bernard Lonergan”. It takes as its...

Pilgrims ponder

September 9, 2008

Last week’s AMDG Express carried an account by Fergus O’Donoghue SJ of the Ignatian Journey which he helped to lead in Spain this August. Based on the story of St...

First Profession

September 9, 2008

Irish Jesuit Maurice King (front right in photo) took his First Vows at a ceremony in the Noviciate in Birmingham on Monday, 8 September. There was a strong Irish presence...

Ignatian Pilgrims

September 2, 2008

Last month Fergus O’Donoghue SJ led a group of 34 Irish prilgrims to Spain. He writes: “The pilgrimage is based on St. Ignatius’s Autobiography and is intended to bring pilgrims...

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Short notices

September 2, 2008

Starting on 1 September, 2008, there are a number of events to celebrate the golden jubilee of St Declan’s school, Northumberland Road – the secret Jesuit school! Keep in touch...

Brendan is gone, long live Brendan

September 2, 2008

You may wonder what has happened to Brendan McManus, the first and late editor of AMDG Express. After an intense immersion course in the Conemara Gaeltacht, putting a Galway blas...

Bart rides the tide

September 1, 2008

Fifty years ago Fr Bart Kiely SJ, now professor of psychology at the Gregorian University, won the Lee swim as a 16-year-old. It is a different race now, 1700 metres...

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