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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...
Read moreThe 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...
Read moreShort 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...
Read moreJESUITICA: 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...
Read moreShort 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...
Read moreIreland 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...
Read moreRichard 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...
Read moreBlack 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...
Read moreGordon’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...
Read moreSteps 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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