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Theology in a changing world
January 27, 2026
Bill Toner :: Modern scientific progress poses serious challenges to theology. Can the once 'queen of the sciences' respond adequately to its challenges?
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Discovering your vocation
January 27, 2026
Brendan McManus SJ : ; Vocation is not a miraculous sign in the sky. It’s more like a sailor adjusting the sails to the wind's direction.
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Humbly taking the next step
January 14, 2026
Brendan McManus SJ :: It takes courage to follow a humble process of slow recovery, admitting that we are human and walk with God
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Manchán Magan’s legacy is secure
December 19, 2025
Dermot Roantree :: Thanks to Manchán Magan's books, film productions, and infectious love of Irish land and language, his legacy is secure.
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Praying under pressure: breakdown on the road
December 16, 2025
Brendan McManus SJ :: It’s not the end of the world! Relativise the issue, it seems catastrophic at the time but with some distance it looks different.
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No pain, no glory
December 4, 2025
Brendan McManus SJ ::The commercialisation of the Camino poses serious challenges for the spiritually inclined.
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New thinking needed in the face of existential threats
November 10, 2025
Dermot Roantree :: The threat to humanity and the biosphere is starker now than ever. A future-oriented ethics is needed.
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Praying with anger
October 30, 2025
Brendan McManus SJ :: ‘The third degree’ In Ignatian language, the excruciating pain of putting up with unavoidable injustice.
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Who’s afraid of big bad AI?
October 10, 2025
Bill Toner :: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now part of everyday life, but should we be worried about it? Or rather about the human beings using it?
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Art and the sacred: Towards a manifesto
September 30, 2025
Brian Kennedy [From Studies archive] :: When galleries must bow to financial realities, can we draw up a manifesto for art and the sacred?
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