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September 2, 2008
Starting on 1 September, 2008, there are a number of events to celebrate the golden jubilee of St Declan’s school, Northumberland Road – the secret Jesuit school! Keep in touch...
Read moreBrendan is gone, long live Brendan
September 2, 2008
You may wonder what has happened to Brendan McManus, the first and late editor of AMDG Express. After an intense immersion course in the Conemara Gaeltacht, putting a Galway blas...
Read moreBart rides the tide
September 1, 2008
Fifty years ago Fr Bart Kiely SJ, now professor of psychology at the Gregorian University, won the Lee swim as a 16-year-old. It is a different race now, 1700 metres...
Read moreFigures in a landscape
September 1, 2008
Paddy Heelan SJ, John Moore SJ, Jimmy Hurley SJ, and Hugh O’Neill SJ were among a group of Jesuits who celebrated together the golden jubilee of their ordination. Hugh O’Neill...
Read moreFatima Fiesta
September 1, 2008
The quinquennial world assembly of the Christian Life Community was held this August in Fatima, on the theme: “Journeying as an apostolic body: our response to the grace of God”....
Read moreRemember in prayer…
August 18, 2008
Maurice Keogh, the uncle of novice Maurice King, has been tragically killed in a motor accident – a tree fell on his car – in England. Maurice’s son, the father...
Read moreVolunteers
August 18, 2008
In this holiday month of August, people are planning all sorts of missions. Simon Deasy has been accepted for a two-year placement with the JRS in Sri Lanka. He will...
Read moreBill Johnston improving
August 13, 2008
On Tuesday 5th August Seán O’Connor, an Irish friend of Fr Bill Johnston, visited him in his Tokyo hospital and found him significantly improved. He was able to converse quite...
Read moreJesuit School reborn
August 13, 2008
Trócaire, 15.7.08: The Loyola School in Wau, South Sudan, was forced to close over twenty years ago during the on-going civil war. Many of its students fled Sudan and the...
Read moreRemembering the Jesuits in Tullabeg
August 5, 2008
Fr Seamus Dunican, parish priest of Rahan-Killina in Co. Offaly, is keen to maintain the memory of the Jesuit presence in Tullabeg. He extends an invitation to all Jesuits to...
Read moreLatest Podcasts
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?