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A prayer mission for our times
March 20, 2006
The internet is a vast new continent, and Sacred Space represents a new kind of mission there, one which has attracted a huge and growing following, explains Dermot Roantree. In...
Read moreAMDG – A world is not enough
March 20, 2006
The December 2005 issue of AMDG carried a story, “You didn’t know Ignatius was Irish?” In it Paul Campbell told about the new film on the first Jesuits. You can...
Read moreThe power of friendship
March 20, 2006
In the second and third of his articles on St Francis Xavier from The Messenger, Gerry Bourke explores the effect of the friendship of Ignatius Loyola and Peter Faber on...
Read moreIf Francis were with us today
March 20, 2006
Patrick Carberry SJ reflects what St Francis Xavier has meant to him in the past and means for him now, and he imagines what the saint would have to say...
Read moreExchanging worldly for missionary ambition
March 20, 2006
A bare-bone summary of the fascinating and eventful life of one of Christianity’s greatest saints, St Francis Xavier, a life with a profound message and a long legacy. 2006 is...
Read moreThe origins of the Novena of Grace
February 20, 2006
by Donal Neary SJ The Novena of Grace originated in Naples, Italy in 1643, when a Jesuit, Fr Marcellus Mastrilli, was cured through the intercession of St Francis Xavier, who...
Read moreRemembering James McPolin SJ
January 26, 2006
January 26, 2006 Remembering James McPolin SJ Michael O’Sullivan’s homily at the funeral of James McPolin SJ by Michael O’Sullivan SJ About two years ago Jimmy said to me that...
Read moreNot so long a way from Clare to here
December 20, 2005
Pat Coyle recounts her heart-lifting experience of addressing novena congregations brought together by the Pioneers in Kilrush and Shannon, Co. Clare – over 1000 people in all! The lovely west...
Read moreDecoding ‘The twelve days of Christmas’
December 20, 2005
Barney McGuckian examines a theory that the popular Christmas song ‘The twelve days of Christmas’ might have been a 16th century coded message invented by Jesuits to communicate the tenets...
Read moreFinding Ireland’s favourite saint
December 20, 2005
It all came down to two great men – St Padre Pio and St Anthony – but which one of them would be crowned Ireland’s favourite Saint? ‘Gerry Ryan Show’...
Read moreLatest Podcasts
Caesare Sposetti SJ: A faith that does Justice
December 15, 2025 - Cesare Sposetti SJ from the Jesuit social justice journal speaks with Pat Coyle about the relationship between justice work and Ignatian spirituality.
‘A divine calling – a lifelong battle’
December 4, 2025 - Author Soline Humbert tells the story of the power and pain of her vocation to the Catholic priesthood.
Recognising the good and the bad spirit
December 1, 2025 - Irish Jesuits · Knowing God's will for me In this second part of her interview with American Jesuit theologian Bart Geger, Pat Coyle explores with him the ‘discernment of spirits’. […]
‘Born That Way’– The power of narrative
November 26, 2025 - Éamon Little, Limerick filmmaker and former Crescent pupil, speaks about his acclaimed new documentary 'Born That Way', based on the life of Patrick Lydon.
Lessons to be learnt
November 6, 2025 - Gerry O'Hanlon shares his views on what lessons need to be learnt from the recent pre-synodal meeting of over 200 people in Kilkenny,
Latest Videos
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.”
Pope Video: For the prevention of suicide
November 5, 2025 - Pope Video: That those who are struggling with suicidal thoughts might find the support, care and love they need.
Pope Video: collaboration between religions
October 7, 2025 - Pope Video: "That believers in different religious traditions might work together to defend and promote peace, justice and human fraternity."
Spirituality for a time of epochal change
October 3, 2025 - Dr Chris Stabb SJ's lecture in honour of the late Joe Veale SJ is an exploration of new images and languages for a time of epochal change.
Exploring the Mad Messiah
September 29, 2025 - Edmond Grace SJ has written a poetry cycle – Mad Messiah. In this interview he offers a road map to accompany him on his ‘mad’ and ‘mythical’ journey.
Latest Blog Posts
Manchán Magan’s legacy is secure
December 19, 2025 - Dermot Roantree :: Thanks to Manchán Magan's books, film productions, and infectious love of Irish land and language, his legacy is secure.
Praying under pressure: breakdown on the road
December 16, 2025 - Brendan McManus SJ :: It’s not the end of the world! Relativise the issue, it seems catastrophic at the time but with some distance it looks different.
No pain, no glory
December 4, 2025 - Brendan McManus SJ ::The commercialisation of the Camino poses serious challenges for the spiritually inclined.
New thinking needed in the face of existential threats
November 10, 2025 - Dermot Roantree :: The threat to humanity and the biosphere is starker now than ever. A future-oriented ethics is needed.
Praying with anger
October 30, 2025 - Brendan McManus SJ :: ‘The third degree’ In Ignatian language, the excruciating pain of putting up with unavoidable injustice.