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Drink less for Lent
February 24, 2009
The Pioneer Association has launched a Lenten campaign this year, urging Irish people to abstain from alcohol during Lent or at least to reduce their consumption. Speaking on Temperance Sunday,...
Read moreHappy Birthday, Sacred Space
February 24, 2009
Ash Wednesday, 25 February, marks the tenth anniversary of Sacred Space, the online prayer website set up by the Jesuit Communication Centre in Leeson Street. It has been a phenomenal...
Read morePresident receives Japanese students
February 24, 2009
President Mary McAleese gave generously of her time and attention this week to a group of students from the Jesuit Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. Accompanied by two Jesuits, Donal...
Read moreA great giver
February 24, 2009
When Barney, Michael and Alan McGuckian, three sons of Pauline McGuckian and all three Jesuit priests, were at their mother’s death-bed this week they started to recite Vespers together when they...
Read moreProgress on Milltown Residence
February 24, 2009
The future of Milltown Park is still full of question-marks, but one item is clear. The community will be moving into a building which is being constructed on the site...
Read moreJESUITICA: Masters in education
February 24, 2009
Before their suppression in 1773, the Jesuits had been called the schoolmasters of Europe. Back in 1605 Francis Bacon, the philosopher and Lord Chancellor of England, had advised: “For education...
Read moreShort notices
February 24, 2009
Last May Edmond Grace SJ appealed for funds to buy desks for a school in Syngonya, Zambia. The response was amazing: the desks, as you see from the photo, are now...
Read moreA saint in the making
February 24, 2009
Over five hundred people attended the annual mass of thanksgiving and prayer for the canonisation of Fr John Sullivan SJ in Gardiner St Church on Saturday 21 February. Fr Tom Morrissey SJ gave...
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