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Child of two revolutions
September 20, 2013
When Father Joseph Mallin celebrated his 100th birthday in Hong Kong on 13 September, he was hailed in Ireland's newspapers as the oldest Irish priest in the world. Sitting in...
Read moreMajor conference on spirituality and addiction
September 20, 2013
Peter McVerry SJ, Denis Bradley (former 'go-between' between the British Government and the IRA) and US theologian Fr Jim Harbaugh SJ will speak at an international conference on the role...
Read moreLonergan at the Greg
September 20, 2013
Fr Gerard Whelan, the Irish Jesuit who teaches Fundamental Theology at the Gregorian University in Rome, has another large call on his energies: the preparation of an international conference on...
Read moreA Big Heart Open to God: an exclusive interview with Pope Francis
September 19, 2013
Editor’s Note: This interview with Pope Francis took place over the course of three meetings during August 2013 in Rome. The interview was conducted in person by Antonio Spadaro SJ,...
Read more‘Noli timere’
September 6, 2013
Brendan Duddy SJ was going about his chaplain’s work in St Vincent’s Hospital when he noticed a familiar face in one bed: his old friend Seamus Heaney. Brendan spent time...
Read moreScholarship Class
September 6, 2013
Gerry Foley, Headmaster of Belvedere, reports on an important TV programme: “On Monday 2 September at 9.35 p.m., RTE One is showing a documentary on the Belvedere students who are...
Read moreNo Belfast agreement
September 6, 2013
Patsy McGarry of the Irish Times and Fr Tim Bartlett, Advisor to the Irish Bishops Conference went head to head on a debate about the future of the Catholic Church...
Read moreNew beginning at the Jes
September 6, 2013
The Connacht Sentinel on 20 August gave two centre pages to a write-up of the new building of Colaiste Iognaid, illustrated with some spectacular photographs. They comment: "The students and...
Read morePope Francis at the Gesù
August 23, 2013
The Irish Jesuits had their own observer on the spot when Pope Francis celebrated St Ignatius' Day by offering Mass in the Gesù, under the extraordinary frescoes by Giovanni Battista...
Read moreJesuit peacemaker is reported murdered
August 23, 2013
This week has seen dramatic and tragic developments in the life of Fr Paolo Dall’Oglio, a 58-year-old Italian Jesuit. A bear of a man who spoke Italian, English, French and...
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