Bill Toner SJ
Why did God do that?
November 18, 2021
BILL TONER SJ :: Christians needn't look at misfortunes as willed by God; best to see God accompanying us through the randomness of life.
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God in my breathing
August 20, 2021
BILL TONER SJ :: Indian Jesuit Tony de Mello showed us how to pay attention to our breathing and why this is a valuable form of prayer for everyone
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Desolation and grace
May 25, 2021
BILL TONER SJ :: It is not always easy to discern whether dark times come from the good spirit or the bad. What matters is how we react to them
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The human mind – a glimpse of the divine?
March 22, 2021
BILL TONER :: Faith and the one truly mysterious thing in life – our own human mind, particularly our own consciousness
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The two gardeners
January 12, 2021
BILL TONER SJ :: God resembles the gardener who nurses sick plants back to health rather than the gardener who pulls them up in order to keep everything neat
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Moving beyond the old battles between science and religion
November 18, 2020
GERALDINE MOONEY SIMMIE :: Real change in our world will require moving away from the hyper-rationalism that shows in both science and religion
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Spirituality after Einstein
November 10, 2020
BILL TONER SJ :: The insights of Einstein have changed our understanding of the whole universe, but this does not put paid to spirituality.
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The experience of grace: a reflection
October 21, 2020
BILL TONER SJ :: Notes for an online group reflection on the experience of God's grace, with a little help from Karl Rahner
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Evolution – does God interfere?
August 13, 2020
Bill Toner SJ :: What role, if any, does God play in the evolution of our planet, or is there no room for God in natural selection?
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Conspiracy theories and Covid-19
May 21, 2020
BILL TONER SJ :: The pandemic has led to a raft of conspiracy theories, which shows a sense of alienation and powerlessness and a loss of trust in public bodies.
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Reflections from the Holy Land
September 30, 2022 - Brendan McManus SJ launched Ruth Patterson's latest book 'A Traveller Passing Through' in Wynn's Hotel, Dublin, on 1 September 2022.
McVerry Trust broadly welcomes budget
September 27, 2022 - The Peter McVerry Trust has given a broad welcome to Budget 2023. It identified key areas which will impact positively on the people it works with.
Back to the plough
September 27, 2022 - Jesuits were back at the Ploughing Championships for the first time since the pandemic, offering a blessing with the cross of Fr John Sullivan SJ.
Studies: Changing Catholic culture
September 27, 2022 - The autumn Studies reflects on the seismic shift in Irish Catholicism over recent decades, in the light of Derek Scally’s The Best Catholics in the World.
Latest Podcasts
‘The bomb of poverty’
September 13, 2022
Pope promoting women
September 13, 2022
Death of a great Jesuit and historian
September 12, 2022
Moving visit to Knock
September 12, 2022
Latest Videos
108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees
September 19, 2022
Pope Video: Abolition of the death penalty
September 5, 2022
Pope Video: Praying for small businesses
August 23, 2022
The shared Jesuit mission
July 18, 2022
Latest Books
Reflections from the Holy Land
September 30, 2022
Prayers for the school year
September 26, 2022
Autumn 2022 Catalogue: Messenger Publications
August 22, 2022
History of the Church of Ireland
August 15, 2022
