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“I’m voting yes, and here’s why”

Lisbon treaty postersEdmond Grace SJ, author of Democracy and Public Happiness, sees the Lisbon Treaty as necessary for the smooth and coherent functioning of the European Union. The old rubrics of government, established with a much smaller Union in mind, are now inadequate to the purpose.

The main story of the European Union is about hundreds of millions of people emerging from tyranny. Ireland is an exception to this general rule. We overcame poverty and, with the help of John Hume who was inspired by the European model, sectarian strife. Read more »

Added Monday 9 June 2008 :: Category: General ::

Annual meeting of Social Apostolate coordinators

Social Apostolate Coordinators with Fr. GeneralBrendan Mac Partlin SJ was in Rome as one of the European representatives at the Social Apostolate coordinators annual meeting from 26 to 31 May. They met to look at Jesuit social apostolates in the light of General Congregation 35 and to prepare a strategic vision for the Social Apostolate and the Social Justice Secretariat office. They also looked at the role of advocacy from an Ignatian standpoint, the subject of a workshop which will be held in Madrid in autumn 2008. [Photo: Brendan, back left, with Fr. General, centre.]

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Added Monday 9 June 2008 :: Category: General ::