Spirituality

Ignatian Formation in Jesuit Colleges

September 30, 2008

Brian Flannery, the Education Delegate for the Irish Jesuit province, hosted a meeting 29-30 September for those involved in Ignatian Formation in the Jesuit Colleges. Attendees were: Helen Barden (Belvedere),...

Paddy Lavery SJ: a special jubilee

September 30, 2008

Among the many personal jubilees celebrated in the Irish Jesuit province this year, Paddy Lavery’s (60 years a Jesuit) had a special flavour. His Clongowes brethren gathered round him in...

Short Notices

September 30, 2008

Fr Brendan Comerford SJ (photo right) will give his popular 4-week Scripture course, an introduction to the Gospels (taking one Gospel each night), from 7.30 to 9.30 on Tuesday evenings...

Volunteers celebrate successful South Africa challenge

September 23, 2008

75 volunteers joined the Slí Eile South Africa Challenge this summer. They were mainly 6th year graduates of the Jesuit schools, but they were joined by volunteers from Terenure College...

Paddy Doyle and the ISE

September 23, 2008

Many others besides Jesuits have felt the loss of Paddy Doyle SJ, former Irish Provincial, who passed away recently. Below is a piece from Robin Boyd, the second director of...

Artwork for Tertianship building

September 23, 2008

A bronze and glass sculpture which was commissioned for the Tertianship building in Manresa was unveiled and blessed on Monday, 22 September, by John Dardis SJ. The artist is Corkman...

“Is religion dangerous?” – public lecture

September 23, 2008

The question to which the third public lecture of Studies Quarterly Review and The Iona Institute will be addressed is ‘Is religion dangerous?’ This is the title of one of...

Seventy years a Jesuit

September 23, 2008

Fr Kevin Laheen SJ celebrated seventy years as a Jesuit on Sept 16, with his family, friends and Jesuit community in Leeson St, Dublin 2. Born on Feb 18, 1919...

Short notices

September 16, 2008

President Mary McAleese, who will be conferred with a HDCL (Canon Law) in Milltown next month, has invited her former lecturer, Michael O’Sullivan (pictured right), to join the Forum she...

The death of Fr Paddy Doyle SJ

September 16, 2008

Former Irish Jesuit Provincial Fr Paddy Doyle SJ died in Cherryfield in the early hours of Sunday morning. His body was in respose at Cherryfield on Tuesday Sept 16 at...

The Role of the Body in Christian Spirituality

June 17, 2026 - A number of Jesuits presented at a major international symposium in Dublin organised by SpIRE and the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality.

Sacred Heart Novena touched human hearts

June 16, 2026 - This year's novena to the Sacred Heart in Gardiner St Church and The Messenger magazine drew people close to the heart of Jesus in various ways.

Vacancy for Pastoral Ministry Co-Ordinator

June 16, 2026 - The Belfast Jesuit Centre is seeking to recruit a Pastoral Ministry Co-Ordinator for a 9-month Fixed-Term Contract role, based within the Jesuit Centre.