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“Empathy is cheap”

March 22, 2011

“Caring is costly, empathy is cheap”, claims Fergus O’Donoghue SJ, in his editorial in the just-launched spring edition of the Jesuit Journal Studies, ‘Making Ireland a Caring Society’. Theodore Dalrymple,...

Lent revisited

March 22, 2011

Presbyterian minister Katherine Myers spoke recently to Pat Coyle in an interview/podcast, part of the lenten series organised jointly by the Jesuit Communciation Centre and Brian O’Leary SJ, Province Delegate...

Pseudo-ranking schools

March 22, 2011

The Sunday Times of 13 March ranked 400 Irish second-level schools on the proportion of their pupils who went on to university. Of course that is a poor measure of...

Talking to ‘terrorists’

March 22, 2011

Ray Helmick SJ from Boston gave the welcoming address at the Spirituality and Trauma international conference in the Europa Hotel, Belfast, 9-14 March. Elias Osmondo SJ from Kenya, Michael Bingham...

Japanese inspiring

March 22, 2011

“It’s uplifting and beautiful to witness, as an Irishman, how the Japanese people are responding to the earthquake and tsunami disaster.” So says Donal Doyle SJ, superior of the Irish...

Trophies galore

March 22, 2011

For the first time ever, the Clongowes SCT won the Leinster Schools cup twice in a row, and did so with the second highest score ever recorded in a final (46-15 against Roscrea)....

Short Notices

March 22, 2011

The Jesuit archives in Leeson Street have been cared for by Fergus O’Donoghue SJ and a series of gifted assistants, all on one-year contracts. It brings joy to all who...

Frank Doyle, RIP

March 22, 2011

Frank Doyle, an Irish Jesuit priest of the Chinese Province, died on Saint Patrick’s Day 2011. After some years working in Ireland, Frank had returned to Asia in 2010, undertaking...

Belvedere’s great loss

March 22, 2011

Belvedere’s Gerry Haugh, an extraordinary educator, died unexpectedly on 19 March. Headmaster Gerard Foley said his sudden death “shocked and saddened literally thousands who were inspired by his care and...

Oldest-ever Irish Jesuit goes to God

March 8, 2011

Yesterday, 7 March, Fr Proinsias Ó Fionnagáin died peacefully in his room in Gardiner Street. Last month he had been touched and delighted to receive a message from President McAleese,...

Political kitsch and cultural Christianity

May 1, 2026 - JCFJ social justice theologian Dr Kevin Hargaden responds to Donald Trump's recent attack on Pope Leo for his remarks on war and peace.

Justice and hope in dark times

May 1, 2026 - The role of civil society and faith-based organisations in working together was the focus of Dr Kevin Hargaden at the AMRI Justice Conference.

Human dignity and radical resistance

May 1, 2026 - "Palestinian voices matter." Dr Yousef Aljamal, Palestinian journalist and the Gaza Coordinator for the Palestine Activism Program, speaking at the Belfast Jesuit Centre.

‘Faithful Justice’ issue of Studies launched

April 30, 2026 - The spring issue of Studies, marking the 50th anniversary of the Jesuits committing to 'a faith that does justice', was launched recently.