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Film on the life of a Jesuit Zen Master
December 9, 2024
A film on the life of Irish-American Jesuit Robert Kennedy who is also a Zen Buddhist Master was shown in the IFI Dublin, Sunday 15 December.
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Celtic Christmas
December 9, 2024
Author and spiritual guide Dolores Whelan reflects on the winter solstice with Miriam Gormally in this episode from the RNN archive.
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Dilexit Nos – ‘He Loved Us’
November 30, 2024
The loving heart of Jesus is the focus of Pope Francis' new encyclical. Austen Ivereigh explains the Pope's devotion to the Sacred Heart.
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Update on Jesuit naming process
November 27, 2024
An update on the progress of the Independent Working Group established to review the files of all Jesuits who are the subject of child abuse allegations.
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Sacred Space Advent retreat
November 26, 2024
Sacred Space will launch their online Advent retreat on 1 December. It features scripture readings, reflections, prayers and meditations
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Advent: a season of spiritual nourishment
November 26, 2024
The season of Advent is full of contradictions as well as a time for spiritual nourishment, according to Dr Kevin Hargaden, Presbyterian Elder
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Praying with the Bible
November 26, 2024
Nikolaas Sintobin SJ has recently published a book entitled 'Praying with the Bible'. It features suggestions of prayer to accompany a sequence of fifty Bible texts.
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December Messenger: Feast of Light
November 25, 2024
How best to celebrate Christmas and where can we find the light in dark days? These are just some of the questions addressed in the December 'Messenger.'
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JCFJ guide to pre-election asks
November 25, 2024
Rising inequality; the housing and homeless crisis; climate change; war. These are the many "wicked issues" that feature in the JCFJ Manifesto
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Revisiting ‘Small Things Like These’
November 12, 2024
The film 'Small Things Like These' focuses on the institutionalisation of women in Ireland 40 years ago. Keith Adams says it is far from over..
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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?