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Editor: John A. Dunne S.J. jdunne@jesuit.ie

May '03

This Newsletter is addressed privately to Lay, Religious,and Jesuits together.
This Newsletter may not print well, as it is designed for the screen only... sorry about that!

We welcome Fr. Tom Roche, Fr. General's Secretary for Education worldwide. He will be visiting our five main Colleges May 6-9 and attending the gathering of the Boards of Management of all the schools in Killenard 9th-10th.
You are invited on May 14th; Wednesday: to an Evening with the Provincial from China: Milltown Park 7.30 p.m. [not 8.00, as previously stated]
June 7th; Saturday: Province Assembly: COLLABORATION IN MINISTRY
[See the Invitation to EVERYONE below.]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lord is Risen indeed.
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Congratulations to Fr. Michael Drennan S.J. on his appointment as General Secretary of the Conference of Religious of Ireland. (CORI). Well done Mike and may the Wisdom of the Lord be at every hands turn for you.

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Brian Grogan, President of the Milltown Institute, updates 'UPDATE'

Strategic Alliances
Negotiations continue with NUI/UCD and with Kimmage Mission Institute. A Statement of Intent is being prepared for the former, indicating where MI is at, and where it desires to be in the future. A key issue is how to respect both the ethos of MI and the NUI requirement that the civil reality of the Recognize College be clearly established. Ethos is safeguarded by the 1997 Universities Act, so it should be possible to reach agreement on the issue.
Since the challenge to maintain Catholic ethos is a worldwide one, help has been sought on how to do it from as far away as Australia. A brother-in-law of the McGuckians took time out from a busy schedule to visit us on Holy Thursday: Muredach Dynan of the Catholic University of Australia has first hand knowledge of the tension between Catholic ethos and State-funded education, and enlightened us on how to hold to our principles.
A related issue is that our current Statutes were written for the Pontifical side of MI: but today, given the decline in clerical vocations, only about 20 full time students are seeking Pontifical awards (Bacc Phil, BD and a few others). The overwhelming majority of students, both full and part time, want civil awards, and appropriate structures are required to acknowledge this reality.

Centenary Conferences
I mentioned in an earlier bulletin of the Institute's intention next year to commemorate B Lonergan and K Rahner, both born in 1904. An attentive reader has pointed out that Yves Congar OP was also born in 1904 (as was J C Murray SJ), so plans are now under way to hold a Conference for the Dominican, perhaps in Spring 2004.

Abidjan Theologate
Leo Amani SJ of Tanzania visited the Institute when term resumed after Easter. He did Philosophy here about 1980, and became Novice Director in 1992. One hundred and fifty three novices passed through his hands over eleven years, as against eight during my seven years in the same post! He has now been assigned to head up a new French-speaking theologate in Abidjan, with an intended enrollment of 20 scholastics per year. He has been touring likely places seeking for the new foundation Brains, Books and Bucks, as an American pithily put it. Hence his trip to Ireland. We wish him well in facing into this challenging enterprise.

[If you can help, with even one relevant book, please leave it at Loyola House. THANKS]

May
6th. Cherry Orchard Visitation
9th Province Consult
10th Attending Schools' Boards of Management gathering in Killenard
13-14th Visitation - Irish Jesuits in Britain
19-21st Delegates of our Apostolates [ Tue 20th & Directors of Work]: Reports & Plans for 2004
23-28th European Provincials' Meeting in Rome

Jesuits on the Web
www.jesuits.ie = General information and links to our work in Ireland and world wide.
www.sacredspace.ie = Pray for a few moments - regroup your energies - relax a moment.
The brother of Fr.Sean Murray, Michael,died on April 8th.
The sister-in-law of Fr. Micheal MacGreil has died.

 

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New Book

Liturgy in a Postmodern World'
by Keith Pecklers S.J.

This book grapples with the future of liturgy at a time of exceptional confusion and uncertainty in the Christian Churches.
Christian renewal must always be liturgical renewal, as this book sets out to demonstrate. In response to this, a conference was assembled in Rome in the summer of 2002 with papers from the brightest and most imaginative liturgical scholars in the world. This book is the result.

Look up this Web page for some photos of these houses Please let me know if it should be continued. http://homepage.eircom.net/~jadsj

Belfast Loyola Manresa Portadown << This feature is 'under construction'

INVITATION

Fr Provincial and the Lay and Jesuits Together Committee wish to invite ALL those involved in the Jesuit ministries to a day of listening, reflecting, and imaging new ways of developing:

COLLABORATION IN MINISTRY.
at
Clongowes Wood College
on
Saturday, June 7th. 2003.

The day begins at 10.00 am with coffee and concludes with Eucharist, involving the Gardiner St. Gospel Choir, followed by dinner at 5.30 pm

This is a unique opportunity for all of us to listen, learn and exchange ideas on how an effective ownership between Jesuits, Religious and Laity can serve the Faith, Justice and Spirituality needs of Irish society in the immediate future.

For a detailed programme contact Julie at education@s-j.ie

R.S.V.P. to Reception at Clongowes: tel: 045-868-663 or
e-mail: reception@clongowes.net
by 27th May 2003