Day: 25 June 2020

25th June 2020

It is 50 years to the day that Fr Michael Sheil SJ was ordained as a Jesuit priest.  This is a remarkable milestone and those – very many – of us who have had the great pleasure of knowing Michael, whether for just a few or for all of these years, know how fully he…read article

25th June 2020

Dag Hammarksjold – the second Sec.Gen. of the UN from 1953 to 1961 –  died in a plane crash in Zambia while trying to negotiate peace in a civil war in the Congo. He was a Swedish Lutheran – and was an economist and diplomat – described as an intensely dedicated public servant – who…read article