Spirituality

What hope for faith in the new Ireland?

June 19, 2007

Michael Paul Gallagher SJ spoke to almost 400 priests at a recent Dublin Diocesan conference. He explored such issues as changes in Irish culture, the challenge of post-modernism, and the...

The Messenger and the Novena

May 19, 2007

The Sacred Heart Messenger is bringing out a CD of the Novena to the Sacred Heart, complete with prayers and hymns. John Looby SJ, editor of the Messenger, explains the...

Taking a page out of the Jesuits’ book

May 19, 2007

Chris Lowney, renowned author of a book on how the Jesuit understanding of leadership holds valuable lessons for commercial companies, spoke at a number of venues in Ireland last month....

Contemporary Irish art: a view from Cologne

May 11, 2007

Article from AMDG Newsletter

Drumming up a sense of unity: making Burundian music in Ireland

April 12, 2007

Article from AMDG Newsletter

Church Celebrations – Bray People

February 28, 2007

Writing of the Novena of Grace, <br /> <blockquote>The Novena will be conducted by Fr. Noel Barber S.J., who rediscovered the painting ‘The Taking of Christ’ by Caravaggio.</blockquote>

The woman at the well

February 26, 2007

February 26, 2007 The woman at the well A lenten reflection by Brendan Comerford This year 2007, we’re listening to the scripture readings for Year C in the Sunday Lectionary,...

Poems for Lent

February 19, 2007

These four poems were written by Colm Lavelle SJ. The first two are in keeping with Lent. The third is on the Eucharist (compare Phil 2, 5-11). The final poem...

Dermot Harte, ex-Belvederian, remembers his friend Benedict Kiely with fondness. Ben Kiely, a well-known journalist and writer, spent one year as a Jesuit novice in Emo, Offaly. Ireland’s brightest contemporary...

RNN launches special interviews for Lent

February 19, 2007

A new departure for Religious News Network has met with an initial positive response. Lent Matters is a series of interviews in which people discuss topics such as prayer, retreat,...