Vocations
How discernment can change your life
September 28, 2016
TOM CASEY SJ :: During convalescence, Ignatius of Loyola learned to examine his life and discover the good desires that were drawing him to God – in other words, he...
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‘Why would you join the Jesuits?’
July 20, 2016
'Why would you join the Jesuits?', the third phase of the Irish Jesuit digital vocations strategy, went live on Wednesday 20 July.
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The Jesuit saint who wanted a small heart
June 7, 2016
TOM CASEY SJ :: A reflection on the vocation of Fr Jacques Berthieu, a humble and generous Jesuit priest who was martyred in 1896 and canonised in 2012.
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Becoming a priest of Jesus’ wounded heart
June 1, 2016
TOM CASEY SJ :: Friday, 3 June, is the Feast of the Sacred Heart. Fr. Tom Casey reflects on how the wounded heart of Jesus challenges him to be a...
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God can make a nobody into a priest
May 25, 2016
TOM CASEY SJ :: A thought for school-leavers – if God were a prospective employer, what would he be looking for in the interview? Probably not the same things as...
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Attracting young people to religious life
April 27, 2016
Those involved in promoting vocations need to think differently and understand youth culture today, according to Bernhard Eckerstorfer OSB, an Austrian Benedictine speaking at a recent SpIRE event.
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Exploring Jesuit life
May 6, 2015
The Four Provinces Novitiate based in Birmingham held a weekend for prospective novices in March 2015. There were five young men from different backgrounds and cultures all interested in exploring...
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Three deacons
January 15, 2015
On 4 January, Milltown Park chapel witnessed the ordination to the diaconate of three Jesuits. Two were Koreans. The third, Shane Daly, is a 41-year-old Irishman from County Kildare. Archbishop...
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