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Rnn archives: Ready for school
August 18, 2025
RNN Archives: Author and teacher Geraldine O'Brien talks about her book 'Ready for School - a Parents Guide' from September 2006
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Pope Video: For mutual coexistence
August 5, 2025
Pope Video: That societies where coexistence seems more difficult might not succumb to the temptation of confrontation.
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Laudato Sí – a unique work
August 5, 2025
'Working Notes' marks the tenth anniversary of Pope Francis' Laudato Sí ( on the care of the earth) which 'is not finished' according to the editor.
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August Messenger: Little visitations
August 5, 2025
A new Pope, the power of a simple bicycle, and the tough task of being a priest today - some of the themes in the August 'Messenger'.
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Limping in the footsteps of Ignatius Loyola
August 1, 2025
Brendan McManus SJ :: The feast day of St Ignatius got me thinking about lessons learnt from his and my love of walking.
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‘Finding God in All Things’ in thirty seconds!
July 31, 2025
Niall Leahy SJ is one of many Jesuits across Europe who feature in a short video to mark the feast day of their founder St Ignatius, 31 July.
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The Urban Localists and the doughnut
July 14, 2025
Niall Leahy SJ: Towns and cities all over the world are putting 'Doughnut Economics' into practice but what is it?
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Walking a journey with God
July 14, 2025
Brendan McManus SJ :: 'Most people walk to remind themselves who they are' - insights from the Camino Pilgrim Office.
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Bishop speaks of hell on earth in his diocese
July 4, 2025
Rape, torture, displacement and one million people slaughtered over two years in an attack on a bishop's diocese in Ethiopia that no outsiders heard of.
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European Social Centres ‘Social Thinking Week’
July 4, 2025
Former Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, was one of the guests at the European network of Jesuit Social Centres meeting in Lyon.
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‘The Soul Also Keeps the Score’
July 3, 2026 - Bob McChesney SJ, author of 'The Soul Also Keeps the Score: A Trauma‑Informed Companion to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius' of Loyola' in conversation with Pat Coyle.
‘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.
GLOW: Girls learn their own worth
June 3, 2026 - Caroline Sanga discusses life in South Sudan and how Jesuit programmes are empowering girls and women through education and farming initiatives.
Fascinating facts from our past
May 20, 2026 - Damien Burke, archivist for the Irish Jesuit Province, has been casting a beady eye over the 1926 census just released online. It has a lot to tell us.
Latest Videos
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.
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.”
Latest Blog Posts
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.
Is the universe ‘done and dusted’?
April 17, 2026 - Bill Toner :: Does God really know everything, including the future, so that the universe is 'done and dusted'? Bill Toner 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.