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The Church and paternalism
February 24, 2015
The Milltown Institute's spring lecture series on the reception of Vatican II over 50 years continued with 'Is the Church unjustifiably paternalistic in speaking of the common good', by Patrick...
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Jesuits and the Baroque
February 24, 2015
As part of the bi-centenary celebrations of the restoration of the Jesuits in 1814, the National Gallery will host a three-month exhibition of Baroque art relating to the counter-Reformation. A...
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Celebrating the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero
February 16, 2015
The Gospel Choir Mass in Gardiner Street on Sunday 15 February celebrated the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero. Pope Francis recently approved a decree declaring him to be a martyr.
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Ethics in a Catholic schools context
February 11, 2015
Peter McVerry SJ and Pat Coyle, director of Irish Jesuit communications, spoke to Transition Year students as part of Catholic Schools Week, Peter addressing homelessness and Pat raising ethical issues...
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Deep sharing in Moyross
February 11, 2015
Brendan McManus SJ spoke to a group of over fifty people in Moyross, Limerick, on the subject of suicide bereavement, on 7 February. His talk was based on his own...
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Jesuit responds to Stephen Fry
February 6, 2015
'Monstrous' and 'a maniac' was how Steven Fry described God on Gay Byrne's 'The Meaning of Life' programme this week. Brian Grogan SJ responded to this charge on Newstalk in...
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Jesuits help Scorsese with ‘Silence’
February 5, 2015
Irish Jesuit Brian Mac Cuarta and the staff of the Roman Jesuit Archives are helping Martin Scorsese's production team with details for 'Silence', a film adaptation of Shusako Endo's novel...
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Jack Reynor wins acting accolade at Sundance Film Festival
February 3, 2015
Jack Reynor, former Belvederean (pictured here with headmaster Gerry Foley and fiancée Madeline Mulqueen), has won the World Cinema Special Jury Prize for acting at this year’s Sundance Film Festival...
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RIP: Fr Patrick Heelan SJ
February 2, 2015
Fr Patrick Heelan SJ died in Cherryfield Lodge on 1 February. Aside from being a Jesuit priest, he was a theoretical physicist and a philosopher of science who studied under...
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Mercy abounds at ‘Retreats Ireland’
January 28, 2015
Piaras Jackson SJ and Brendan Comerford SJ of the Manresa Jesuit Centre of Spirituality unexpectedly gave the keynote addresses at the annual Retreats Ireland gathering in Dromantine, Co. Down, Jan...
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