Lent 2017: Week 3

Week 3: Stillness exercise

March 19, 2017

If you are still here, you are here but not still. That is as good as it gets, alas.

Lent 2017: Week 3

Week 3: Gospel reading

March 19, 2017

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he...

Lent 2017: Week 3

Week 3: Prey

March 19, 2017

The parables of the hidden treasure and of the pearl of great price in the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew were chosen as the evangelical texts of proclamation...

Lent 2017: Week 3

Week 3: Pray

March 19, 2017

I grew up in a large and lovely house at the intersection of Ailesbury and Shrewsbury Road, a mile-long boulevard of embassies and mansions (and two interesting if unsolved murders);...

Remembering a unique Jesuit/Protestant school

August 18, 2026 - Irish Jesuits visited Drogheda this summer to mark a significant event in the town's history involving St Oliver Plunkett and their Order.

The landscape that influenced C.S. Lewis

August 11, 2026 - In his August Messenger article, Kevin Hargaden explores the Irish landscape that moulded C. S. Lewis's soul and his writing.

Jesuit’s ‘brother’ wins prestigious award

August 11, 2026 - Jimmy Fullam, the former Irish Defence Forces member who wrote 'Brothers in Arms' with Brendan McManus SJ, has been nominated for a Blue Light Award.