Tom Layden SJ
Christian Unity Week: Abiding in Christ
January 12, 2021
This year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 18-25 January, has as its theme 'Abiding in the love of Christ so as to bear much fruit'
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‘The secular is not scary’
February 12, 2020
The Bishop of Cloyne, William Crean, launched the published proceedings of the 2016 Loyola Conference on the Church in a pluralist society
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Marking Christian Unity Week
January 28, 2020
Jesuits, colleagues, and friends all took part in various activities during Christian Unity Week the theme of which was 'Unusual Kindness'
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‘Unusual Kindness’
January 21, 2020
Tom Layden SJ, Province Co-Ordinator for Ecumenism, has asked Jesuits and colleagues to take part in Christian Unity Week, 18-25 January, with its theme of 'unusual kindness'
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Christian unity – ‘unimaginable’ progress
January 29, 2019
Tom Layden SJ, Province Coordinator of Ecumenism, reflected on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from 18-25 January
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Evensong for Blessed John Sullivan
April 18, 2018
There was a packed congregation for the ecumenical Evensong in thanksgiving for the life of Blessed John Sullivan SJ at St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
January 10, 2018
Tom Layden SJ, the new Province Coordinator of Ecumenism, has written to Jesuits and colleagues to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from 18-25 January
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A fond farewell
January 11, 2017
Jesuits, colleagues and members of the Curia staff bid a fond farewell with warm thanks to Tom Layden, Irish Jesuit Provincial for the past six years
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GC36 is over
November 14, 2016
The 36th Jesuit General Congregation has ended and John Guiney SJ reflects on the significance of what happened in Rome
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New Irish Provincial announced
November 7, 2016
Fr Leonard Moloney SJ, former headmaster of Clongowes Wood College, has been named as the next Provincial of the Irish Jesuit Province
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April 20, 2026 - Fr. Donal Godfrey SJ, reflects on the recent remarks of Pope Leo XIV and the response to them from Donald Trump and his administration.
‘A privilege to be part of it’
April 15, 2026 - The celebratory event to mark the historic Silver Jubilee of postgraduate studies in Applied Spirituality was a special day for all involved.
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April 14, 2026 - Gratitude: The solution to worry, Kierkegaard claimed, was to make a leap of faith and put our trust in God’s enduring love.
April Messenger: Hope, renewal and growth
April 13, 2026 - In these uncertain times, the April Messenger offers rest and reflection, with themes of hope, renewal, gratitude and transformation in everyday life.
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