The Irish government's recent failures to put the common good before private interest in managing the pandemic display a brand of populist thinking.

GAVIN THOMAS MURPHY :: Barack Obama speaks of a deep joy from sharing in our pain and suffering, a heartfulness beyond our individual efforts.

BILL TONER SJ :: God resembles the gardener who nurses sick plants back to health rather than the gardener who pulls them up in order to keep everything neat

Clongowes historian Declan O'Keeffe is an author in a new book on twenty schools and their versions of football before the nationalisation of the games by the FA and RFU

BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: A guide to the blogpost coverage of this extraordinary year of lockdowns, restrictions, isolation, and insulation

GAVIN THOMAS MURPHY :: Multimedia reflections on faith and mindfulness to invite people to flourish during the festive season.

DECLAN O'KEEFFE :: It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in Clongowes, especially with a seasonal feast to beat the band...

BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: Hints for living a balanced life, learning to distinguish between the different voices in our head.

PAT CORKERY SJ :: For the feast of St Francis Xavier, December 3, a reflection on the great missionary saint whose life was transformed by meeting Ignatius of Loyola

GAVIN THOMAS MURPHY :: A reflection on being patient and staying awake for the first week of Advent.