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Short notices

October 12, 2010

The BBC has confirmed the transmission dates of The Big Silence, a three-part series made by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC2, much of which was filmed at St Beuno’s Retreat...

The joy of mission

October 12, 2010

October is Mission Month, and this year Mission Sunday falls on 24 October. The theme is ‘Together in Mission’ and across the world Christians will gather to remember and pray for the...

“Once you start praying you’ll never be bored again!” That’s what Irish Jesuit novice Niall Leahy told Sharon DiCecco in a wide-ranging interview on the Toronto-based religious radio station ‘Radio...

JESUITICA: Earth-shakers

October 12, 2010

In the days when Rathfarnham Castle was still a residence for Jesuit university students, there was a seismograph (pictured here) housed in a small building off the drive. It was the...

Calvin and Loyola

October 12, 2010

Two Irish Jesuits, Tom Layden and Laurence Murphy, took leading roles in a historic conference in Maynooth last weekend. It was historic because it brought together, in the national Catholic...

William Johnston SJ, RIP

October 12, 2010

Bill Johnston SJ, the Irish Jesuit internationally renowned for his work on mysticism and inter-faith dialogue, died peacefully this morning, Tuesday 12 October in Tokoyo, Japan. Born in Belfast on...

Forthcoming events

September 28, 2010

28 September: Manresa 8-day directed retreat. For details, contact: 01 8331352 01 October: MAGIS Ireland, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, Dublin 1. First Friday prayer meeting, which will be held monthly....

“Fire kindling fires….”

September 28, 2010

Eoghan Keogh, former youth worker with Slí Eile (now Magis Ireland), joined the staff of Belvedere College, Dublin as a school chaplain and pastoral worker this September and his first job was...

Doing time on criminal justice

September 28, 2010

Students at the UCD Quinn School of Business were asked last Wednesday: Do you have time to give to others? They turned up for a talk on the value of...

Short notices

September 28, 2010

Sean Coughlan SJ has spent an active priestly life in Hong Kong. When he recently visited Crescent, his old school, he was pictured in front of the foundation stone of the...

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.