Battle of the Books – 3 Schools, 1 Book
What wins??? YOU decide!! The librarians of Belvedere College SJ., Clongowes Wood College SJ, and Gonzaga College SJ, invite our students, parents, staff and alumni to choose our inaugural ‘3…
They’re Closing the Churches!
It is just over 50 days since the anti-covid-19 strategy brought about the closure of places of gathering. After the initial shock, people began to improvise – and everywhere there…
‘The Full Story’ Writing Competition
In a wonderful initiative between three Jesuit schools, we are excited to be part of ‘The Full Story’ writing competition which takes place this month. We are teaming up with…
Lockdown – Cabin Fever – and a Lost Child
One hears a lot these days about people, unable to put up with the current anti-covid lockdown – wanting to leave their “prison-space” and head away beyond the imposed 2…
Living in Lockdown
They all lived together and shared everything in common ……. [Acts 2:44] The first reading of last Sunday’s Mass describes the first Christians – after the coming of the Holy…
The Way of the Cross
The Way of the Cross on Good Friday, 10th April 2020. We gathered this year in The College Chapel as a ‘virtual’ school community – unable to attend in person…
Resurrexit sicut dixit, Alleluia!
My Little Friend Anne Marie’s Alleluia! I first met little Anne Marie on this very Easter Monday – 8th April 1985. I was on my first of nearly 20 visits…
When Will Our Freedom Return?
The other day I saw in a newspaper a photograph of a very busy Grafton Street – it looked a scene from the shop-till-you-drop Christmas shopping madness. There was a…
Do You Have a Favourite Tree?
A strange question, perhaps – but I hope it may make you think back for a moment and see that special tree in your mind’s eye. I am lucky that…
Two Hearts Beating as One
Some years ago I spent a few weeks helping out in a parish in the middle of Paris. One morning I switched on to Radio Notre-Dame the station run by…