Dermot Roantree
Dermot Roantree is content editor with Irish Jesuit Communications. He has a doctorate in Modern History and many years of teaching and of e-learning projects behind him. He is married with two children.
NCI: social justice in the docklands
November 4, 2019
The National College of Ireland, which emerged out of the Jesuit College of Industrial Relations, addresses educational disadvantage among marginalised families
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Curia day in Manresa
October 23, 2019
The theme of a day of reflection for Jesuits and their lay colleagues in the Curia was being baptised 'so as to form one body'
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Thousands displaced by South Sudan floods
October 22, 2019
The work of Tony O'Riordan SJ with Jesuit Refugee Service in South Sudan is hampered by massive flooding
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Crescent girls get taste of contemplative life
October 9, 2019
Students from Crescent College Limerick SJ went to Glencairn to live and work with Ireland's only Cistercian contemplative nuns
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Addressing conflict and reconciliation
October 9, 2019
The themes of conflict and the possibility of reconciliation dominate the winter 2019 issue of 'Studies: Irish Quarterly Review'
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First recipient of Blessed Dominic Collins medal
September 25, 2019
Retired banker Paddy McEvoy was presented with the first Dominic Collins SJ medal for his decades of work for Belvedere and Clongowes
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Jesuit Letters book launched
September 24, 2019
The Irish Jesuit Annual Letters, 1604-1674, edited by Vera Moynes, was launched on 13 September by the publishers, The Irish Manuscripts Commission
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Remembering Colm Lavelle, Jesuit and artist
September 24, 2019
Colm Lavelle SJ, who died aged 87, had a contemplative sense that showed in his art and his work as teacher
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Call for Ireland to do more for refugee resettlement
September 20, 2019
Jesuit Refugee Service joins migrant advocacy coalition to call on Ireland to do more for resettlement
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Strong Irish presence at Jesuit studies symposium
August 2, 2019
Participants at an archivist conference in Boston College heard about four-hundred-year-old letters of St Ignatius found inside the columns of an altar to Our Lady in 2016
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A life of kindness & dedication: Sean Ó Cearbhalláin S.J.
August 26, 2026 - Fr. Seán Ó Cearbhalláin, S.J., remembered for a life of faith, teaching and service, died peacefully in Hong Kong on 23 August 2026.
Going with gratitude and blessing
August 21, 2026 - Friends and colleagues of the JCFJ gathered to bid Kevin Hargaden a fond goodbye. He marked the occasion with a final lecture.
Remembering a unique Jesuit/Protestant school
August 18, 2026 - Irish Jesuits visited Drogheda this summer to mark a significant event in the town's history involving St Oliver Plunkett and their Order.
The landscape that influenced C.S. Lewis
August 11, 2026 - In his August Messenger article, Kevin Hargaden explores the Irish landscape that moulded C. S. Lewis's soul and his writing.
Latest Podcasts
Healing for the soul
August 18, 2026
‘The Soul Also Keeps the Score’
July 3, 2026
Sharing bread in Bethlehem
July 2, 2026
‘The grandeur of humanity’
June 15, 2026
Latest Videos
Pope Video: For evangelization in the city
August 5, 2026
Pope Video: For respect for human life
July 3, 2026
Pray with the Pope: For the values of sports
June 2, 2026
Pray with the Pope: For priests in crisis
April 13, 2026
Latest Books
‘Dreaming A New Dream’
March 19, 2025
‘I am infinitely loved’ – Messenger booklet
August 21, 2023
Messenger autumn catalogue
August 8, 2023
‘Brothers in Arms’ – Ignatian Camino book
July 3, 2023