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‘Can we talk about Jesus?’
March 7, 2018
Jesuit school principals from all over Europe met to discuss the challenges and opportunities for Jesuit schools in a multi-faith world
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The science of spirituality
February 21, 2018
Michael O'Sullivan of SpIRE explains how spirituality has unhelpfully been understood as belonging exclusively to the domain of the private and detached
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Rowers race across the Atlantic
January 31, 2018
Old Clongownian Tommy Browne (2010) and the 'Relentless Rowers' set an Irish record rowing 5,000 km across the Atlantic Ocean, and raised funds for sick children
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‘Stand upright. Raise your head. Do theology.’
January 30, 2018
'Doing theology in troubled times' is a topic occupying the thoughts of Michael Kirwan SJ, lecturing in the Loyola Institute, TCD
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‘He was a good man’
January 24, 2018
Staff and students of Gonzaga, along with Jesuits, family and friends, said a fond farewell to Joe Brennan SJ at his funeral Mass in the Church of the Holy Name
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Double tragedy at Gonzaga
January 9, 2018
Gonzaga community and college have been left in shock by the deaths on the same day of Kennedy O’Brien SJ and Joe Brennan SJ
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A Jesuit ‘man of the people’
January 5, 2018
The first ever children’s book about Fr Willie Doyle SJ, has just been published. It's available in English and Irish
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Milestone for the Loyola Institute
December 18, 2017
Dr Mary Stefanazzi was one of the first students to graduate this year from the Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin
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Children’s meditation – ‘the silent revolution’
December 13, 2017
Michael O'Sullivan, SJ, , Director of SpIRE, launches Dr Noel Keating's book, 'Meditation with Children - A Resource for Teachers and Parents'
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Belvedere teacher honoured by France
December 13, 2017
Louise Curtin, French teacher at Belvedere College SJ, has been awarded the prestigious Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques.
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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?