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Christian Unity Week: Abiding in Christ
January 12, 2021
This year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 18-25 January, has as its theme 'Abiding in the love of Christ so as to bear much fruit'
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Know what you’re talking about
January 7, 2021
A four-week online introduction to theology will be given by the Loyola Institute Trinity College Dublin, starting on Wednesday 27 January. It's open to all.
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‘When a loved-one leaves’
January 7, 2021
Leonard Moloney SJ led an all-faith memorial service remembering the deceased relatives and friends of NCI's staff and students who died this year
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Fantastic response to JRS Toy Appeal
January 5, 2021
The generous response to the Jesuit Refugee Service 2020 Toy Appeal was "a light of kindness in the Covid darkness"
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Pope Video: At the service of human fraternity
January 5, 2021
Pope Francis' first intention for 2021 is for people of different religions, cultures, traditions and beliefs to return to the essential: love of neighbour
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SpIRE/WIT offer PhD scholarship
January 5, 2021
SpIRE and Waterford Institute of Technology are inviting applications for a PhD research project into eating disorders and spiritual practice
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The extinction of ‘Gravel’ football
January 5, 2021
Clongowes historian Declan O'Keeffe is an author in a new book on twenty schools and their versions of football before the nationalisation of the games by the FA and RFU
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2020 through 13 blogposts
December 22, 2020
BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: A guide to the blogpost coverage of this extraordinary year of lockdowns, restrictions, isolation, and insulation
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Belvedere College ‘virtual SleepOut’
December 21, 2020
The Belvedere SleepOut is responding creatively to the Covid-19 pandemic. Students are appealing for support for their online fundraising for the homeless
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A message of joy from the Provincial
December 21, 2020
Fr Leonard Moloney SJ speaks of the qualitative difference between 'happiness' and 'joy' in his video Christmas message to Jesuits, colleagues, and their families and friends
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Healing for the soul
August 18, 2026 - Una Allen is coordinator of 'Towards Peace' a service for survivors of abuse by church members which offers a spiritual accompaniment service, free of charge,
‘The Soul Also Keeps the Score’
July 3, 2026 - Bob McChesney SJ, author of 'The Soul Also Keeps the Score', in conversation with Pat Coyle about Ignatian spirituality, violence and trauma.
Sharing bread in Bethlehem
July 2, 2026 - Dr Declan Hayes has just recently returned from the West Bank, where he stayed in Jerusalem and Taybeh. He appeals for funds to help those suffering there.
‘The grandeur of humanity’
June 15, 2026 - Gerry O'Hanlon SJ reviews Pope Leo's first encyclical, 'Magnifica Humanitas', which addresses the ethical and social challenges posed by AI.
Philosophical reflections
June 4, 2026 - Dr Dermot Roantree discusses some of the main themes in the thought of Jürgen Habermas, the German philosopher who died recently.
Latest Videos
Pope Video: For evangelization in the city
August 5, 2026 - Pope Leo's August prayer intention for cities, asking God to bring hope, belonging, and the joy of the Gospel to all.
Pope Video: For respect for human life
July 3, 2026 - Pope Video July: Embrace a culture of love, tenderness, responsibility, and compassionate care.
Pray with the Pope: For the values of sports
June 2, 2026 - Pope Video: "That we may discover in sport a universal language that brings cultures together, fosters respect and solidarity"
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.
Latest Blog Posts
Navigating the storms of life
August 27, 2026 - Brendan McManus SJ :: The Spirit is the ‘breath of God’, the wind that fills our sails and energises our whole lives
Fellowship, connection, hope
August 19, 2026 - Professor Jim Lucey :: Recovery is not just about the triumph of the self. It is about the restoration of loving relationships, with us and with each other.”
The suffering of inocents in war and beyond
July 3, 2026 - Dermot Roantree :: Wars are legitimated and sustained by a form of moral disengagement that fails to pay attention to the sufferer.
Discerning voices: desolation and consolation
June 15, 2026 - Brendan McManus SJ :: there are two voices speaking to you at any time, one from God towards the good and one from the bad spirit towards chaos.
Small steps with God’s help
May 8, 2026 - Brendan McManus SJ :: Exploring procrastination through the lens of Ignatian spirituality and personal experience. It's not laziness.