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Jesuits help Scorsese with ‘Silence’

February 5, 2015

Irish Jesuit Brian Mac Cuarta and the staff of the Roman Jesuit Archives are helping Martin Scorsese's production team with details for 'Silence', a film adaptation of Shusako Endo's novel...

Jack Reynor wins acting accolade at Sundance Film Festival

February 3, 2015

Jack Reynor, former Belvederean (pictured here with headmaster Gerry Foley and fiancée Madeline Mulqueen), has won the World Cinema Special Jury Prize for acting at this year’s Sundance Film Festival...

RIP: Fr Patrick Heelan SJ

February 2, 2015

Fr Patrick Heelan SJ died in Cherryfield Lodge on 1 February. Aside from being a Jesuit priest, he was a theoretical physicist and a philosopher of science who studied under...

Mercy abounds at ‘Retreats Ireland’

January 28, 2015

Piaras Jackson SJ and Brendan Comerford SJ of the Manresa Jesuit Centre of Spirituality unexpectedly gave the keynote addresses at the annual Retreats Ireland gathering in Dromantine, Co. Down, Jan...

Irish Jesuit addresses Ukrainian crisis

January 28, 2015

Edmond Grace SJ, Director of the PeopleTalk Democracy Project and former MEP Pat Cox addressed the Veritas in Caritate Social Academy in Ukraine recently on the crisis the country is...

Refurbished Belvedere House to hold art exhibition

January 28, 2015

The opening of the recently refurbished Belvedere House will be marked by a public exhibition on Friday 30 January. It will showcase the work of such past pupils as Harry...

Jesuits in Lahore

January 26, 2015

Brian O'Leary SJ was invited to Pakistan to lecture on aspects of Ignatian spirituality. He found a small but vibrant group of Jesuits as well as many other dedicated religious....

New book elucidates Jesuit ‘way of proceeding’ in education

January 23, 2015

“A meditation by people in the field” is how Professor Daire Keogh described The Characteristics of Jesuit Education when he launched the book edited by Brian Grogan SJ, in St...

JRS Intercultural and Interfaith calendar 2015

January 16, 2015

Jesuit Refugee Service Ireland's 2015 Intercultural & Interfaith Calendar is now on sale. It's designed for anyone wishing to celebrate and raise awareness of diversity in Ireland. Proceeds go towards...

Belvedere record-breaking sleepout

January 15, 2015

The Belvedere College SJ sleepout was a record-breaking success this year. The students sleeping on O'Connell St and College Green raised €178,000 for Focus Ireland, The Peter McVerry Trust and...

The Pope and the President

April 20, 2026 - Fr. Donal Godfrey SJ, reflects on the recent remarks of Pope Leo XIV and the response to them from Donald Trump and his administration.

‘A privilege to be part of it’

April 15, 2026 - The celebratory event to mark the historic Silver Jubilee of postgraduate studies in Applied Spirituality was a special day for all involved.

An attitude of gratitude

April 14, 2026 - Gratitude: The solution to worry, Kierkegaard claimed, was to make a leap of faith and put our trust in God’s enduring love.

April Messenger: Hope, renewal and growth

April 13, 2026 - In these uncertain times, the April Messenger offers rest and reflection, with themes of hope, renewal, gratitude and transformation in everyday life.