Social Justice

‘Virtual Sleep Out’ raises over €125,000

January 19, 2021

Belvedere College students attempted to 'walk in the shoes' of homeless people as they slept out in their back gardens

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Active communities restoring the earth

January 13, 2021

The ACRE project in the North is working with prisoners, politicians, peacebuilding groups, and local communities in 'caring for our common home'

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‘Caring for our common home’ webinar

January 12, 2021

Niall Leahy SJ recently hosted an international meeting on environmental justice and integral ecology with a distinct vision within Irish environmentalism

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Fantastic response to JRS Toy Appeal

January 5, 2021

The generous response to the Jesuit Refugee Service 2020 Toy Appeal was "a light of kindness in the Covid darkness"

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Belvedere College ‘virtual SleepOut’

December 21, 2020

The Belvedere SleepOut is responding creatively to the Covid-19 pandemic. Students are appealing for support for their online fundraising for the homeless

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Clongowes says goodbye to Syrian family

December 15, 2020

Fr Michael Sheil, Rector of Clongowes College SJ, bids farewell to a Syrian family who have lived on the grounds of the school for the last 12 months

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Let us cooperate to defeat viruses and climate change

December 9, 2020

Irish Jesuit and renowned expert on HIV and AIDS, Fr Michael Kelly SJ, gave his annual lecture online this year, looking at global problems realistically but with hope

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Getting creative around Covid

December 2, 2020

The annual SleepOut, toy-appeal, and Camino pilgrimage will all take place as usual in Belvedere College SJ but with a new spin in these Covid-19 times

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A matter of life and death

December 1, 2020

Gerry O'Hanlon SJ responds to the call by Gino Kenny TD for a respectful debate about assisted dying, proposing a wider frame for understanding suffering and dignity

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 Reduce prison numbers, end punitive regime

November 24, 2020

The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice has been responding to a European report critical of the handling of mentally ill prisoners in Irish prisons

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