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Jacques Marquette
May 18, 2017
Frenchman Jacques Marquette was a missionary among the tribes of North America who explored the great Mississippi River. The Père Marquette River in Michigan was later named in his honour.
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Matteo Ricci
May 10, 2017
Matteo Ricci missioned in China where he brought together Christian and Confucian teachings. He was the first European to enter the Forbidden Palace in Beijing and left a profound legacy.
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Michael Hurley
May 10, 2017
Michael Hurley SJ was a pioneer of ecumenism in Ireland, particularly in co-founding the Irish School of Ecumenics.
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Daniel Berrigan
May 9, 2017
A lifelong civil rights activist and anti-war protester, American Jesuit Daniel Berrigan saw Christian life to involve discovering God simultaneously in both the Word and the World. He had a...
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Henry Garnet
May 3, 2017
Though Fr Henry Garnet favoured a peaceful response to the persecution of Catholics in Elizabethan England, he was executed on 3 May 1606 in response to the Gunpowder Plot.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
April 4, 2017
Author of 'The Phenomenon of the Spirit' and 'The Phenomenon of Man', Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ was a French paleontologist and geologist who spent many years in China.
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Saint Jean de Brébeuf
March 22, 2017
A patron saint of Canada, Jean de Brébeuf lived among the Huron indigenous people and was one of the North American martyrs.
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Karl Rahner
March 6, 2017
Karl Rahner was theological advisor at the Second Vatican Council. His role in shaping the modern church before, during and after the Council was immense.
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Saint Robert Southwell
February 22, 2017
Robert Southwell is one of the ten canonised Jesuit martyrs of England and Wales, and his prose and poetry are reportedly to have been well known by Shakespeare
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Henri de Lubac
February 20, 2017
The French Jesuit Henri de Lubac was one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century.
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Requiem Mass for Fr Seán – 70 years a Jesuit
September 21, 2026 - Seán Ó Cearbhalláin SJ "showed early signs of his future vocation growing up in the Bogside," mourners in his native Derry were told.
Indian Jesuits write a new story
September 21, 2026 - After 59 years in Ranchi, Fr Aurel Brys SJ returns to say goodbye and witnesses how Indian Jesuits are shaping the mission’s future.
Ways to mark the ‘Season of Creation 2026’
September 2, 2026 - The JCFJ offers a special Examen prayer by Piaras Jackson SJ, as one of many ways for people to mark the 'Season of Creation ', whose theme is 'Living Water'.
Pastoral Ministry Co-Ordinator vacancy
September 1, 2026 - The Diocese of Down and Connor is seeking to recruit a Pastoral Ministry Co-Ordinator based within the Belfast Jesuit Centre, on a 2 year contract.
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