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Belvedere record-breaking sleepout
January 15, 2015
The Belvedere College SJ sleepout was a record-breaking success this year. The students sleeping on O'Connell St and College Green raised €178,000 for Focus Ireland, The Peter McVerry Trust and...
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Praying with the Pope
January 15, 2015
The Pope's Univeral Intention for January is 'That those from diverse religious traditions and all people of good will may work together for peace'. Charlie Searson SJ, of the Apostleship...
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins
January 15, 2015
This year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity takes as its theme: 'The well is deep'. This refers to Christ requesting a drink of the Samaritan woman. Brian O'Leary SJ,...
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Moyross and Dalkey in Christian solidarity
January 15, 2015
When Tony O'Riordan SJ, Parish Priest in Moyross in Limerick, went public about the impact on local children of their school losing a teacher, Dalkey Parish responded very generously. He...
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Final bicentenary commemoration events
January 15, 2015
A lecture by Dr David Tuohy SJ on 'Jesuit Humanism in Education' and a major exhibition entitled 'In the Spirit of the Saints: the Jesuit Influence on Baroque Art' will...
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Living in fear in Pakistan
January 15, 2015
Brian O'Leary SJ spent three weeks in a Pakistan reeling from the horror of the massacre of school children in Peshawar. He was working with both the Presentation Sisters and...
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Three deacons
January 15, 2015
On 4 January, Milltown Park chapel witnessed the ordination to the diaconate of three Jesuits. Two were Koreans. The third, Shane Daly, is a 41-year-old Irishman from County Kildare. Archbishop...
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Why Jesus never read the New Testament
January 14, 2015
Jesus meant so much to Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, that Ignatius once said he would have loved to have been Jewish himself, so that he...
Read moreSir Alex Ferguson’s Jesuit connection
January 13, 2015
Irish Jesuits · Sir Alex Ferguson’s Jesuit connection Joe Dargan SJ, former Irish Jesuit Provincial, met Sir Alex Ferguson ten years ago and they’ve been good friends ever since. Joe...
Read moreExploring the implications of HIV/AIDS
January 13, 2015
Irish Jesuits · Exploring the implications of HIV/AIDS, Fr Michael Kelly SJ. In spite of massive media attention, there is much about the HIV/AIDS phenomenon which has not been properly...
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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?