General

AIDS: the central issue

December 7, 2010

The annual Fr Michael Kelly lecture: HIV and AIDS: Accomplishments and Enduring Challenges, was  given by the erudite Michael himself (pictured here), as part  of a 2-day conference in Maynooth to...

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The future of religion

December 7, 2010

“Shall the religious inherit the earth?” So asks Eric Kaufmann of Birkbeck College, London, in the lead article in the winter issue of Studies, which centres on the theme of...

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Short Notices

December 7, 2010

The latest talk in the Clongowes Leadership Series (Becoming men for others) was given in Dublin’s RDS by Nick Hewer, who left Clongowes in 1962, and now works with Alan...

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JESUITICA: Honesty and good faith

December 7, 2010

Clongowes, which now seems so comfortably established, could easily have been still-born. In February 1814 Fr Peter Kenney interviewed the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Sir Robert Peel, to defend his...

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Short notices

November 23, 2010

Sunday 5 December at 7.30pm in St Patrick’s Cathedral: Fr Peter McVerry will be the Guest Speaker at a Christmas Carol Concert  in aid of the Peter McVerry Trust, hosted by Pat...

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Ireland a model for Europe

November 23, 2010

John Dardis SJ, President of the Conference of European Jesuit Provincials, launched a report on vulnerable asylum-seekers and the detention process. The event marked the 30th anniversary of the Jesuit...

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Richard in Sudan: politics and oxen

November 23, 2010

A couple of messages from Richard O’Dwyer in Lobote, Southern Sudan, show the range of his concerns, including the  political: “People here are more tense than usual with the upcoming referendum...

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Black and white in Ballymun

November 23, 2010

Eoghan Keogh teaches religion to the Sixth Year in Belvedere.  As he explained “a faith that does justice”, he looked for aspects of Dublin that bring a sense of injustice. Following...

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Gordon’s 50th cap

November 23, 2010

Clongowes Wood College old boy Gordon D’Arcy has won his 50th cap for Ireland. He has played (at full back, wing and centre back) on Lions’ tours to New Zealand and...

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Steps to spiritual sanity

November 23, 2010

Dr Richard Leonard is a 47-year-old Australian Jesuit and Director of the Australian Catholic Film and Broadcasting Office. His new book, Where the Hell is God? debunks many myths about...

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