A great Gardiner Street welcome

A huge congregation turned up in Gardiner St  Church on Sun, Sept 13th to welcome Fr General Adolfo Nicolas,  leader of  the Jesuits, on his first visit to a parish in Ireland. Parish Priest Donal Neary SJ spoke of how much the visit meant to the local parishioners and Fr John Dardis SJ Irish Provincial thanked all those present on this historic occasion, parishioners, family and friends of Jesuits ’ for their goodness and ongoing support to the Jesuits in Ireland.” Fr Nicolas in his homily spoke of how the language of the Gospel is deep and paradoxical, speaking to the heart as well as the head, in contrast to  the ‘flat ‘, one-dimensional language of ordinary conversation.” Read more »