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Has the Irish development model run its course?
January 16, 2025
The main theme of the winter 2024 issue of Studies is the negative social consequences of the Irish development model of heavy reliance on Foreign Direct Investment.
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Remembering Gaza in Manresa
January 14, 2025
In a 'pilgrimage of hope' people travelled to Manresa in sub-zero temperatures, to show their solidarity with the suffering children of Gaza.
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January Messenger: A Year of Hope
January 14, 2025
A year of Hope, why pray for the dead? and choosing a word for the year, just some of the themes in this month’s January Messenger.
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‘Do You Believe This?’
January 10, 2025
Jesuits and friends took part in various events for Christian Unity Week, 18 -25 January, 2025.
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Making New Year resolutions work
January 9, 2025
Another new year and another chance to make resolutions that we'll probably break before the month is out. But it doesn't have to be that way.
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Jesuit and Imam’s joint concern
January 9, 2025
Jesuit Edmond Grace and Imam Shamsudeen MacSeain jointly bemoan the lack of places for prayer in their local area and beyond.
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Another record-breaking Belvo SleepOut
January 9, 2025
Another record- breaking fundraiser by Jesuit students and past pupils of the Christmas SleepOut24 in Dublin, and for the first time, London.
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Back to Porridge
January 8, 2025
BRENDAN MCMANUS SJ :: ‘Getting back on the wagon’ with diet, exercise, work and rest. with time for prayer and meditation, has a surprising impact on my life.
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The Pope Video: For the right to an education
January 7, 2025
Pope Francis asks that we pray for migrants, refugees and those affected by war that they may have a right to an education in this months 'Pope Video'
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Grief at Christmas
December 23, 2024
Brendan McManus SJ and Jim Deeds :: Ten tips for dealing with grief at Christmas, a time of doubly poignant loss that heightens the sense of being adrift.
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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?