Spirituality
Pioneer pilgrimage to Knock
July 11, 2008
The Pioneer Association’s pilgrimage to Knock takes place on Sunday 20 July. Bishop Colm O’Reilly of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise will be the chief celebrant. Barney McGuckian SJ, spiritual director of...
Read moreMitres and croziers
July 11, 2008
For the first time since St Robert Bellarmine a Jesuit has been coopted as secretary of a Roman Congregation. The Pope has named Father Luis Ladaria, a 64-year-old Spaniard, as...
Read moreFriends of Hopkins gather in Kildare
July 11, 2008
“I am in Ireland now,” Gerard Manley Hopkins laments in one of his ‘terrible sonnets’, reflecting on his baneful “life among strangers”. And yet, the many times he left Dublin...
Read moreYouth festival with a difference
July 8, 2008
It’s summertime, and young people’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of festivals. There’s Oxegen and the Electric Picnic, of course; but a surprise attraction for as many as 1,000 young...
Read moreAt the frontiers
July 8, 2008
The picture shows five seasoned Jesuits at the edge of Ireland, with Valentia Island behind them. Left to right they have been working in: Milltown-Cherryfield (John Guiney), Zimbabwe (John Moore),...
Read moreCLC holds assembly in Fatima
July 8, 2008
The Christian Life Communities (CLC) are holding their World General Assembly in Fatima, Portugal, from 12 to 22 August. Delegates from Ireland are Mary O’Meara of Edenderry, Fionnuala Howard of...
Read moreBallymun Gospel Choir’s big year
July 1, 2008
The Ballymun Gospel Choir Mass is taking its summer break after a busy year which included a televised mass for RTE, appearances at Farmleigh House and the Irish Premiere of...
Read moreJoe Palmisano’s ordination
June 30, 2008
Irish School of Ecumenics student, Joe Palmisano SJ, had his priesthood ordination in Fairfield Connecticut on Saturday 14th June 2008. Joe was joined by his Superior, Fergus O’Keeffe, SJ and...
Read moreNovices in Galway
June 30, 2008
Two Jesuit novices from Birmingham, Grant Tungay in first year and Wouter Blesgraaf in second year, are on work experience in Galway until Saturday, July 19th. They are working with...
Read moreEnd of the line for Slí Eile pilgrims
June 24, 2008
Over the past five years young adults involved in Slí Eile have been walking the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in stages. This year the pilgrimage reached its climax. A...
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