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Media coverage of Fr General’s visit
September 23, 2009
The visit of Fr General Adolfo Nicolás last week attracted considerable media attention at both national and local level. In the lead-up, Nick Cuddihy, headmaster of Crescent College, was interviewed...
Read moreFather General: Inclusive, global and charged with love
September 15, 2009
You know charism when you encounter it. After four days in the company of the charismatic Adolfo, the Irish Jesuits and their partners in mission are elated and energised. Paradoxically,...
Read moreSaturday in Milltown
September 15, 2009
The gathering of Jesuits for the five o’clock Mass in Milltown was an event in itself, because the brethren were greeting friends they had not seen for perhaps twenty years, and they...
Read moreWarm welcomes up North
September 15, 2009
Sunday 13th. After the mass in Gardiner Street and the reception in Belvedere, Father General took the road north to Belfast. A keen observer of the reality around him, by...
Read moreA great Gardiner Street welcome
September 14, 2009
A huge congregation turned up in Gardiner St Church on Sun, Sept 13th to welcome Fr General Adolfo Nicolas, leader of the Jesuits, on his first visit to a parish...
Read more“Creativity, daring and great humility”
September 13, 2009
‘Jesuit mission today’ was the issue addressed by Fr Adolfo Nicolas SJ, when he spoke to his fellow Jesuits, their co-workers and colleagues, in Gonzaga College on Sat Sept 12th. In his...
Read moreFr General launches JRS annual report
September 12, 2009
“There are no such things as migrants or refugees”, said Fr General Adolfo Nicolas, “only people. And the lines and borders on maps are only lines, not reality” He was...
Read moreFr General in Gonzaga
September 12, 2009
Father Adolfo Nicolas SJ visited Gonzaga College Dublin on the morning of Saturday 12 September 2009 and was greeted by the headmaster Mr Kevin Whirdy, the Superior of the Gonzaga Jesuit Community Myles...
Read more‘Education is trouble!’: Fr Nicolás in Crescent
September 11, 2009
Quoting Zorba, in the film ‘Zorba the Greek’, Fr Adolfo Nicolás told the staff, pupils, Jesuits and colleagues of Crescent College Comprehensive Limerick that “Life is trouble!” He then added:...
Read moreFr General in Crescent College Limerick
September 11, 2009
Fr Adolfo Nicolas SJ, Fr General of the Jesuits, arrived this morning in Crescent College Comprehensive Limerick, to a guard of hounour from school pupils lined along the driveway. He was...
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