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Fr. Michael J. Kelly SJ receives new Presidential Award

Fr Michael J Kelly SJ was one of the first ten recipients to receive the new Presidential Distinguished Service Award at Aras an Uachtarain on 15th November 2012. President...
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Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya

‘What difference does my being here make?’ It’s been eight months since I arrived in Kakuma Refugee Camp. The original plan was for a 3 month work placement with...

Interview with Fr. Liam Browne SJ

Fr. Liam Browne, born in 1929 in Rotunda, Dublin, can easily sum up why he wanted to be a priest: ‘to help other people’, particularly by allowing them to...
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Flora Women’s Mini Marathon runaway success

Flora Women’s Mini Marathon was a runaway success! Congratulations to the members of the Mission Office team who took part in the Flora Women’s Mini Marathon on Monday 4th...

Late Night Thoughts on Leaving JRS

 Late Night Thoughts on Leaving JRS By Fr. Gary Smith, SJ “One never reaches home,” she said. “But where paths that have affinity for each other intersect the whole...

A First For the Catholic University of South Sudan

A First For The Catholic University of South Sudan Saturday, 12 May, was a special day for the Catholic Church and the Catholic University of South Sudan (CUofSS). Why...
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Let’s Hear It For Girl Power

Let’s Hear It For Girl Power By Peter Henriot, SJ What would it take to make a real difference in a small African country faced with a huge poverty...

Fostering Education In Rural Malawi

Fostering Education in Rural Malawi By Joshua J. McElwee For many American teenagers, doing chores after school is normal -there’s a bathroom to clean, garbage to take out, or...
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Citation for Professor Michael Kelly from RCSI Conferring

Citation for Professor Father Michael Kelly on the occasion of the conferring of an Honorary Doctorate Award of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Professor Father Michael Kelly...
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Fr. Michael Kelly Honorary Degree Conferring

In accepting the honorary doctorate that RCSI has just now conferred on me I feel greatly honoured, greatly humbled and greatly privileged: honoured that RCSI should recognise in this...
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A Missionary in Zambia – Serving the Community

A Missionary in Zambia – Serving the Community Jerry o’Connell, SJ I begin by saying that I don’t like that word ‘missionary’. I am afraid that it may bring...
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Fr. Kevin O’Higgins – From Paraguay to Ballymun

Fr. Kevin O’Higgins SJ – From Paraguay to Ballymun   Kevin O’Higgins, SJ was born in Dublin. He was inspired to join the Jesuits by the American Jesuit Daniel...