Spirituality

Sacred Space Advent retreat

November 26, 2024

Sacred Space will launch their online Advent retreat on 1 December. It features scripture readings, reflections, prayers and meditations

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Advent: a season of spiritual nourishment

November 26, 2024

The season of Advent is full of contradictions as well as a time for spiritual nourishment, according to Dr Kevin Hargaden, Presbyterian Elder

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Praying with the Bible

November 26, 2024

Nikolaas Sintobin SJ has recently published a book entitled 'Praying with the Bible'. It features suggestions of prayer to accompany a sequence of fifty Bible texts.

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December Messenger: Feast of Light

November 25, 2024

How best to celebrate Christmas and where can we find the light in dark days? These are just some of the questions addressed in the December 'Messenger.'

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JCFJ guide to pre-election asks

November 25, 2024

Rising inequality; the housing and homeless crisis; climate change; war. These are the many "wicked issues" that feature in the JCFJ Manifesto

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Hope and hanging in there

November 14, 2024

Dr Gerry O'Hanlon SJ assesses the outcome of the final Synod in Rome. He is surprisingly optimistic and outlines why to Pat Coyle, IJC.

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Tomáš Halík at the Belfast Jesuit Centre

November 11, 2024

World-renowned Czech theologian Tomáš Halík called on Catholics to move with ‘the signs of the times’ at the Belfast Jesuit Centre book club.

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Her bags are packed

November 5, 2024

Author Richard Leonard SJ reads a story about his mother's acceptance of suffering and readiness for death, from his latest book 'Why God?'

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The Pope Video: For those who have lost a child 

November 5, 2024

In The Pope Video, produced by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, Pope Francis asks that we pray for those who have lost a child.

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Halloween’s darkness and light

October 30, 2024

Halloween is both a festive fun time and a reminder of death and the darker side of life, according to Fr Jim Noonan in this RNN interview.

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