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On Saturday 9th June the Loyola Institute will host a seminar at which we will dig a little deeper into the wealth of insights we are afforded by the recent writings of Pope Francis on the Joy of Love. While many greeted these teachings with great positivity some leading Church figures were unhappy with aspects of the teachings, in particular in relation to the Eucharist. Some of the questions they raised will also be explored. Join Profs Michael Kirwan, Fainche Ryan and Cornelius Casey for what promises to be an exciting event, one which will help prepare us for the forthcoming World Meeting of Families, and for Pope Francis' visit to Ireland.

Loyola students and staff have had a busy time with lots going on during the last few months. Read our Spring Newsletter to get a flavour of our activities.

Jacob J. Erickson, Loyola Institute, joined the Provost and colleagues from the Arts and Humanities at the home of Lady Dufferin in London recently to celebrate the work of the Trinity Long Room Hub. In his address the Provost stated 'without the arts and humanities we find ourselves in a vacuum, not knowing where we came from, what we should value, how we should relate to others. We lose track of where we are going'.

In her opening words Prof Shane Alwright, Chair of the forum entitled 'Living Humanely', commented that debates and discussions around contentious issues are too often driven by ideology, fuelled by emotion, generating a great deal of heat but very little light. Todays forum is about generating light, not heat.' And it did. Five excellent papers were presented. By the end of the day everyone felt enabled to make a wiser, more informed decision on the 25th May. If you didn't get a chance to attend, three of the papers are published in this month's Doctrine and Life. This issue is available for purchase on the DP website (click here). These papers make for excellent reading.