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The Jes goes hi-tech

February 23, 2010

Catherine Hickey of Coláiste Iognáid has been invited by Hewlett Packard (HP) and the International Society for Technology in Education to attend the HP Innovations in Education Worldwide Summit in...

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A pen portrait of Peter

February 23, 2010

John O’Rourke of Trinity News wrote the following interview-based article on Peter Sexton SJ, once the music co-ordinator in John’s school and now a chaplain in his college, TCD. “Fr...

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Religious Education symposium

February 23, 2010

Teachers from the different Jesuit colleges met in the Westgrove Hotel in Clane on 5 February to reflect on the context, value and quality of Religious Education in our schools....

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Mission Offices meet

February 23, 2010

A meeting of the Mission Offices of the Irish, British and Belgian Mission Offices was held in Brussels on 19 February. John K Guiney, Murt Curry and Tom Layden, the...

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Forthcoming events

February 23, 2010

23 February and 2 & 9 March: Lenten Reflection evenings – reflection and prayer on Lenten spaces in our lives. Slí Eile, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, 7-8pm. 24 February: 8-Day...

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Jesuit who taught saint turns 101

February 23, 2010

The Jesuit priest who taught Saint Alberto Hurtado English, Fr Frank Finnigan SJ, celebrated his 101st birthday on Thursday 18 February. He is the first Irish Jesuit to live to such an...

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Short notices

February 23, 2010

The pictured Colaiste Iognaid (Jes) Transition Year students were winners in the ‘Young Volunteer of the Year’ category in the Mayor’s Award. Mayor Declan McDonnell is pictured with Donal Lyons...

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Surviving suicide

February 23, 2010

Brendan McManus SJ has an article on ‘Surviving Suicide’ in the February edition of the contemporary Irish Church journal, The Furrow. In a raw and personal account of the family...

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“Think about drink – and drink less”

February 23, 2010

The Pioneer Association launched their Lenten Campaign on Ash Wednesday, 17 February, by calling on people to think about their drinking habits and drink less or abstain totally during Lent....

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Postcard from the edge

February 23, 2010

Paul Andrews SJ, who last December took time out from his duties as director of the Jesuit Communication Centre to do parish work in New Zealand, wrote this week to...

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