20081007

Provincial outlines new priorities

October 7, 2008

At a meeting for directors and board members of Jesuit Works in Manresa on 30 September, the Provincial, Fr John Dardis, summarised the day’s work in a statement of three...

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Gospel light on banking crisis

October 7, 2008

Fr Tony O’Riordan SJ, Director of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, has been speaking out on the recent banking crisis in Ireland and abroad, and on the Irish...

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JCFJ in Sierra Leone

October 7, 2008

Walt Kilroy, a staff member of the Centre for Faith and Justice and a PhD student at Dublin City University, has just returned from four weeks of field research in...

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New assistant to Socius appointed

October 7, 2008

While Fr John Dunne (pictured here) is ill, Fr Liam O’Connell will be fulfilling the functions of Socius to the Jesuit Provincial in Ireland. He will be based part-time at...

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Death of Jack Donovan SJ

October 7, 2008

Fr Jack Donovan (pictured here at the time of his ordination) has died in London, a largely forgotten hero. He had worked in London for forty years, and on one...

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Slí Eile prepare prison mass in Mountjoy

October 7, 2008

Slí Eile are looking for volunteers to help create a dynamic and uplifting liturgy for prisoners in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. They need singers or other volunteers who can help to...

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Roman retreat

October 7, 2008

Gerry Whelan (of the Gregorian) was part of a team that gave a retreat to about thirty seminarians and priests of the English College in Rome, September 27-October 5. The...

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Mission Officers meet in Zurich

October 7, 2008

Fathers John Guiney and Murt Curry represented the Irish Jesuit Mission Office at a three-day meeting with their 14 European peers in Zurich, from 2 to 5 October. The theme was:...

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Snappy dishes

October 7, 2008

Fr Colm Brophy SJ has just returned to Ireland after two years study at Sheffield University for a Masters in art therapy and is staying with the Jesuit community in...

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