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.
Studies: National identity and sovereignty
June 7, 2022
The summer 2022 issue of Studies includes essays on aspects of Ireland's political and cultural history, as well as papers from a workshop on sovereignty.
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Clongowes students paint Laudato Si’ mural
May 24, 2022
Art students from Clongowes Wood College SJ designed and painted a Laudato Si' mural on the garden wall of Irish Jesuits International.
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Good news from SpIRE
May 18, 2022
The Spirituality Institute becomes the first body to offer postgraduate degrees in Applied Spirituality in a university in Ireland. Michael O'Sullivan SJ
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A festival of theology
April 25, 2022
A line-up of major international theologians will mark the 10th anniversary of the Loyola Institute TCD.
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Prayer for health care workers
April 6, 2022
In the Pope Video for April, Pope Francis appeals for prayers for health care workers, especially in poorer countries, who serve the sick and the elderly.
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Illumination in dark times
April 6, 2022
Catholic Social Thought can provide a clear light in dark times, according to Professor Anna Rowlands in the inaugural annual lecture of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice.
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Celebrating the saints
March 23, 2022
Jesuits and partners around the world celebrated the 400th anniversary of the canonisations of St Ignatius and Francis Xavier, on 12 March.
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Belvedere/JRS Campaign for Ukraine
March 15, 2022
Belvedere College SJ is inviting support for the Belvedere/JRS Campaign for Ukraine, set up by the school.
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Blessed John Sullivan
March 14, 2022
On the night of February 19th, 1933, Fr John Sullivan SJ breathed his last in St Vincent’s Nursing Home, Dublin. Thirty-seven years earlier he had converted to Catholicism, and four...
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Praying with hope
March 8, 2022
'Hope and the nearness of God' is the theme of the Lenten Sacred Space retreat by Teresa White OFM.
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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.
Jesuit’s ‘brother’ wins prestigious award
August 11, 2026 - Jimmy Fullam, the former Irish Defence Forces member who wrote 'Brothers in Arms' with Brendan McManus SJ, has been nominated for a Blue Light Award.
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