After reading through the 'Irish Jesuit Annual Letters' published recently, Bill Toner SJ reflects on the shape of Jesuit life in 17th century Ireland
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New book on Newman
Messenger Publications is marking the upcoming canonisation of Blessed John Henry Newman with the publication of a concise biography by Fr Michael Collins
Read More »Strong Irish presence at Jesuit studies symposium
Participants at an archivist conference in Boston College heard about four-hundred-year-old letters of St Ignatius found inside the columns of an altar to Our Lady in 2016
Read More »Dom Eugene Boylan: monk, scientist, writer
Irish Jesuit historian Todd Morrissey has produced his 20th book, a biography of Cistercian monk and spiritual writer, Dom Eugene Boylan
Read More »The Jesuits in Northern Ireland
Brian Mac Cuarta SJ, director of the Society's archives, addressed a conference recently on Jesuit initiatives in community development in Northern Ireland
Read More »Studies winter issue: Ireland 1918-2018
The winter issue of Studies commemorates two centenary events – the 1918 armistice and the first Dáil
Read More »Clongowes crozier goes on display at National Museum
Clongowes has given the 1,000-year-old 'Prosperous crozier' to the National Museum on indefinite loan
Read More »The last parting: Jesuits and Armistice
DAMIEN BURKE :: For Jesuit chaplains in the First World War, Armistice Day meant decisions had to be made.
Read More »The greatness of Oscar Romero
On 14 October, Pope Francis will canonise Blessed Oscar Romero, the Salvadoran archbishop who was martyred on 24 March 1980
Read More »Latest Studies marks Reformation anniversary
There is some truth in the idea of the Tudor Reformation as a kind of 16th-century religious Brexit, according to articles in the latest Studies
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