Paul Andrews SJ introduced a special meeting of the North Great George’s Street Preservation Society in Belvedere on 8 July:
Good evening, North Great George’s Street Preservation Society. Preservation is about continuity with the past, and energy for the present – and I think money comes into it somewhere. Linking energy with continuity is not always easy. Read more »
Patrick Costello, reviewing Peter McVerry’s new book (Jesus, Social Revolutionary? ) in the Irish Catholic, writes of Peter’s career “from a young priest in the community to one of the most vocal social critics in Ireland today”. In the next three weeks Peter will be promoting the book in Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny and Naas, including a debate with someone who disagrees with his reading of the Gospel. This public debate is precisely what Peter hoped for from the publication. It is selling well.
On Wednesday 9 July, in Buswells Hotel, An Ceann Comhairle John O’Donoghue TD formally launched the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice’s ‘Oireachtas Watch’ website. (www.jcfj.ie/pqs) This initiative contains a database of Written Parliamentary Questions asked of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in the 30th Dáil. JCFJ Communications Intern, Lena Jacobs, who has developed the site gave a demonstration to the TDs, civil servants and representatives of NGOs and many Jesuits who attended the launch. An Ceann Comhairle commended the Centre for its work and said the website would become a valuable resource for those interested in Department of Justice related matters. Read more »
