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Welcomes and farewells
The Mass for the 31 July feast of St Ignatius, at Gardiner St church, celebrated by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, was the occasion for the handover of service from Fr John Dardis (left in photo) to Fr Tom Layden (right) as the Provincial of the Irish Jesuits. A short letter of appointment from Fr General Adolfo Nicolas was read by Fr John, after which the new Provincial responded, asking for prayers for his term of office... Read more
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The Centenary Cluster
Alan McGuckian SJ in Belfast has joined a group of Unionist Protestants looking ahead to the Centenary Cluster – the set of centenary commemorations starting in 1912 with the Ulster Covenant, through the foundation of…
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MP Gallagher on ‘Newman for today’
John Henry Newman is one of the ten people selected for exploration by Michael Paul Gallagher SJ in his latest book, Faith Maps, and on Wed 1 Sept, 7.30pm, the well-known author will give a lecture entitled ‘Translating Newman for…
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100 years on Leeson Street
The Leeson Street community celebrated its centenary happily. Bruce Bradley, who started St Ignatius’ Day in Farm Street, London, dashed over to give a carefully researched and memorable homily to Jesuits and a houseful of friends at Mass in University…
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Peace in Portadown
AMDG Express seldom features the small Jesuit community in Churchill Park, Portadown, which was started in the days when Garvaghy Road and Drumcree were synonyms for sectarian tensions. Quiet, sustained ecumenical work on both sides has brought real…
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Slí Eile is a Jesuit organisation which provides a wide range of faith and justice activities for young adults aged 18-35. With offices in Gardiner Street and Ballymun in Dublin, SE seeks to empower young adults with Gospel values to realise their potential as leaders.






Georg Kamel (1661-1706), a Moravian Jesuit, worked as a missionary-pharmacist in the Philippines, and would send newly discovered plant specimens back to Europe to be studied and classified. The great Carl Linnaeus, in recognition of Kamel’s contribution to botany, named the camellia after him. The camellia genus (Camellia Sinensis) is best known to us as the source of a cup of tea.
by James Corkery SJ
by Brian O'Leary SJ
by Brian Grogan SJ and Phyllis Brady





