Irish Jesuits: 1814-2014

19/04/2015

'Passion and Persuasion' is the title of an art exhibition in the National Gallery of Ireland, run in conjunction with the 1814-2014 Irish Jesuit Restoration Committee, and in particular Fr Noel Barber SJ. It focuses…

11/02/2015

http://www.nationalgallery.ie/Home/Exhibitions/Passion-Persuasion.aspx

This exhibition focuses on baroque seventeenth-century paintings of popular Counter-Reformation saints including Mary Magdalene, John the Baptist, Sebastian, Irene, Rufina, Alexis and Joseph. It demonstrates the impact of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order

08/01/2015

So clearly suspended between the holy and the oh-so-human, Thomas Merton is among those spiritual giants made more relatable because of his foibles, struggles, temptations, and doubts.

11/09/2014

'Newsweek' refers to our history conference marking the Restoration!. 'Under the Influence -Jesuits in Ireland' takes place in Belvedere College 19&20 Sept. See previous posts for details.

Two hundred years after the Society of Jesus was restored to the Catholic church, one of its own sits in power

27/08/2014

You are invited to 'Under the Influence: The Jesuits in Ireland', the conference in September to mark the bi-centenary of the restoration of the Society of Jesus. All are welcome. No need to book. Just RSVP to [email protected] and register at the event. For the conference programme, see here:http://www.jesuit.ie/images/documents/Conference-Programme.pdf

08/08/2014

On 8 August 1814, Fr. Aylmer SJ of Painstown, Kildare wrote to an English Jesuit, Fr. Charles Plowden SJ recounting the events of the preceding day - the bull Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum began the process of restoring the Society of Jesus after 41 years of suppression. http://sjarchives.tumblr.com/post/94050112430/on-7-august-1814-the-bull-sollicitudo-omnium

31/07/2014

A new novena from Rome to mark the Restoration of the Jesuits. For Jesuits, their colleagues, and friends. Why not start it today on the Feast of St Ignatius?

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17/06/2014

Irish Jesuit Documents in Rome: Part 10

The week before last, I spent at the Jesuit archives in Rome, the Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu (ARSI) – and made a discovery! I needed to see...

07/05/2014

An effigy of Mary made from Sichem oak used as a cure in Galway, 1618: Irish Jesuit Documents in Rome: Part 9 (29 April 2014)

Since I first introduced this project, a few changes have been made to the original plan. In this blog, I’ve been concentrating on content, not...

27/03/2014

'in order to survive, the were very successful in courting high-ranking patrons' - 17th century!

Irish Jesuit Documents in Rome: Part 8 (26 March 2014) In my work so far, covering the years 1604 to 1670, it has been obvious that in order to survive, the Jesuits were very successful in courting...

14/03/2014

The Pope who brought us back 'into the fold'

AMDG Today, 214 years Cardinal Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, was elected Pope and was to exercise the Petrine Office for 23 years. A Benedictine monk, theologian, and bishop, he would...

04/03/2014

200 years and still counting…Clongowes Wood College

On 4th March 1814 , Fr Peter Kenney SJ obtained possession of Castle Browne. Now known as Clongowes Wood College (click here for article), initially Kenney reverted to the ancient title of Clongowes...