News
Business brisk in the Roman Jesuit Archives
November 18, 2020
Despite the challenges of Covid-19 Rome Jesuit Archives are welcoming researchers, online and in-person since reopening in October
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Remembering Maynooth across four centuries
November 18, 2020
Professor Chris Morash and Bishop Dermot Farrell were the guest speakers at the online book launch of 'We Remember Maynooth' on 17 November
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Moving beyond the old battles between science and religion
November 18, 2020
GERALDINE MOONEY SIMMIE :: Real change in our world will require moving away from the hyper-rationalism that shows in both science and religion
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Forty years of service
November 13, 2020
The Jesuit Refugee Service marks 40 years of accompanying, serving, and advocating for asylum seekers, refugees, and the forcibly displaced
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Deep ecological conversion needed in these crisis times
November 11, 2020
October's Working Notes sounds the alarm about accelerating ecological breakdown and other threats to healthy human existence brought into focus by the pandemic
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‘Belief is hard work’
November 11, 2020
Brian Grogan SJ is giving a series of Zoom talks on death and life after death during the month of November. They are live-streamed from Knock Shrine
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‘We can breathe again’
November 10, 2020
Donal Godfrey SJ speaks from the United States about a number of issues arising from the 2020 election including the role played by religious groupings
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Spirituality after Einstein
November 10, 2020
BILL TONER SJ :: The insights of Einstein have changed our understanding of the whole universe, but this does not put paid to spirituality.
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Autumn workshops on Ignatian spirituality
November 10, 2020
Fr Brendan McManus SJ led a group of Gardiner Street parishioners through a practical session on praying the Ignatian Examen on 7 November
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Artificial intelligence at service of humankind
November 10, 2020
In the Pope Video for November, Francis invites us to pray that the progress of robotics and artificial intelligence may always serve humankind
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Restoring women to a recovered diaconate
April 2, 2026 - Dr Phyllis Zagano continues her straight-talking exposition of the history of deacons in the church. She seeks to 'recover' the diaconate and 'restore' women to it.
The privilege of life-changing work
March 13, 2026 - Allan Ggita SJ is in Ireland speaking about his privileged life working with vulnerable communities in one of the largest slums in Kenya.
Our Mother Too: Mary Embraces the World
March 4, 2026 - Author Eric Clayton talks about his book that introduces children to Mary, the mother of Jesus, through eight apparitions around the world.
The challenge of co-creating
February 13, 2026 - James Hanvey SJ's exploration of the 'mission of creation' in St Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises is an integration of theology, spirituality, and cosmology.
‘Not Christian, not Catholic.’
February 13, 2026 - The Vatican's second commission on the diaconate recently published a letter revealing a 50/50 split on whether women could 'image Christ'.
Latest Videos
Pray with the Pope: For priests in crisis
April 13, 2026 - Pope Leo XIV: In the spirit of the Gospel, we are invited to recognize our shared responsibility in supporting, encouraging and accompanying priests.
Pray with the Pope: For disarmament and peace
March 13, 2026 - Pope Leo: Renounce weapons and the arms race. May leaders have the courage to choose dialogue instead of conflict.
Pope Video: For children with incurable diseases
February 6, 2026 - Pope Video: “The smiles, in the midst of pain, of children suffering, are a testimony of God's Kingdom.”
Pope video: For prayer with the word of God
January 9, 2026 - Pope Video: "May your Word be nourishment in weariness, hope in darkness and strength in our communities"
Pope video: For Christians in areas of conflict
December 1, 2025 - Pope video: “That Christians in areas of war or conflict, especially the Middle East, might be seeds of peace, reconciliation and hope.”
Latest Blog Posts
Is the universe ‘done and dusted’?
April 17, 2026 - Bill Toner : : Does God really know everything, including the future? If so, it seems that the universe is truly 'done and dusted'. Bill Toner SJ is not so sure.
Faithful Justice: Reimagining the Jesuit Mission
March 31, 2026 - Dermot Roantree :: Jesuit Superior General Pedro Arrupe SJ called a General Congregation in 1974-5 that redefined the Jesuit charism.
‘Dangerous as hell’
March 11, 2026 - Brendan McManus SJ :: Now is the time for people of goodwill to step forward; we need to protest these appalling, unjustified acts of violence and war.
The grasp of grief
February 25, 2026 - Colm Brophy :: The picture I have painted here is a symbol of the world’s uncertainty of its own destination. We are traumatised by immense grief.
Theology in a changing world
January 27, 2026 - Bill Toner :: Modern scientific progress poses serious challenges to theology. Can the once 'queen of the sciences' respond adequately to its challenges?