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World Refugee Day 2022
June 20, 2022
Lucy Ray of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Ireland reports on initiatives within the increasingly prevalent context of climate change.
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Pope to Jesuit editors: ‘Reality is superior to ideas’
June 14, 2022
Pope Francis tells the editors of European Jesuit cultural journals that human reality is much more important than abstract ideas.
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Asylum seekers sleeping on hotel floors
June 13, 2022
Eugene Quinn of JRS Ireland says the hotel conditions for asylum seekers here resembles a "humanitarian disaster".
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Building for the future in Ukraine
June 8, 2022
John O’Connor, former Jesuit alumnus, has been in Ukraine exploring how Irish companies might help rebuild the country post-conflict.
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Working Notes: Migrations in our common home
June 7, 2022
The recent 'Working Notes' publishes a set of papers from an SMA summer school on 'Migrations in our Common Home'.
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Pope Video: For families
June 7, 2022
As the three-month Pope Video series on the family continues, Francis speaks about the family environment as a bridge between generations.
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Peter McVerry Trust at Bloom 2022
May 26, 2022
The homeless charity will feature a show garden at this year's festival symbolising the journey people impacted by homelessness undertake.
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Clongowes students paint Laudato Si’ mural
May 24, 2022
Art students from Clongowes Wood College SJ designed and painted a Laudato Si' mural on the garden wall of Irish Jesuits International.
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Cannonball moment: Plane crash to solidarity with refugees
May 23, 2022
Irish Jesuit John K Guiney recounts how the crash of a Cessna aircraft he was travelling in reinforced his closeness to refugees.
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Welcoming Ukrainian refugees – Dreams for Belfast Jesuit Centre
May 23, 2022
Gerry Clarke SJ speaks to Pat Coyle about his shared dreams for the new Belfast Jesuit Centre including initiatives for Ukrainian refugees.
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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?