There was fruitful discussion in the Galway Jesuit Centre for Spirituality and Culture as people gathered to explore practical responses to climate change

The sixth Faith and Politics Workshop in Venice gave participants, including Edmond Grace SJ, a shared sense of the Christian calling to public life.

Nine Jesuits attended the Youth 2000 Christmas retreat with 700 young adults in Newbridge, Co.Kildare. They hope to attend further Youth 2000 retreats and events in the year ahead.

EDMOND GRACE SJ :: What gay people are looking for, access to marriage, is itself a good, and when the state denies them access it causes an intense, counter-productive hostility, a climate in which it is impossible to promote the Church's teaching on marriage.

Edmond Grace SJ, Director of the PeopleTalk Democracy Project and former MEP Pat Cox addressed the Veritas in Caritate Social Academy in Ukraine recently on the crisis the country is facing. They have been invited back.