Spirituality

A Jesuit ‘man of the people’

January 5, 2018

The first ever children’s book about Fr Willie Doyle SJ, has just been published. It's available in English and Irish

Making space for God

January 4, 2018

BILL TONER : : For those who, in their praying, long for some kind of union with God, it is hard to give up the hope that some day God...

Unique view of early Jesuit Irish mission

December 20, 2017

A recent publication by the Jesuit Archives in Rome provides a unique view of the first Jesuits in Ireland, during the Irish Mission of the 16th to 18th century.

Behind the scenes at the beatification

December 18, 2017

The highlight of the year for Jesuits and friends was the beatification of Fr John Sullivan SJ. A video of what went on behind the scenes on that special day...

Children’s meditation – ‘the silent revolution’

December 13, 2017

Michael O'Sullivan, SJ, , Director of SpIRE, launches Dr Noel Keating's book, 'Meditation with Children - A Resource for Teachers and Parents'

Jorge Mario Bergoglio

December 13, 2017

Respected for his pastoral approach, Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the first Latin American pope, the first Jesuit pope, and the first to take the name Francis.

World Meeting of Families, 2018

December 13, 2017

Clongowes go amber

December 12, 2017

Clongowes Wood College SJ in County Kildare was awash with forty shades of amber for the launch of the school’s application for the Amber Flag Mental Health initiative. 

Death of eminent historian

December 11, 2017

Renowned Irish historian and Marist priest Fr Brendan Bradshaw died peacefully yesterday, 10 December, at Cherryfield Nursing Home in Milltown Park

The coming of Christ the ‘rebel’

December 8, 2017

DECLAN O'KEEFFE :: Songwriter Jackson Brown saw Jesus as a rebel and wondered how our celebrations of Christmas today would sit with the man whose anger cleared the temple of...