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‘Dreaming A New Dream’
March 19, 2025
Messenger Publications has published 'Dreaming A New Dream, Conversations on the Future of the Church in Ireland' by Jim Deeds.
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Visions of Ireland, North and South
March 19, 2025
An Taoiseach Micheál Martin is one of a dozen writers in the new issue of Studies on the history and present reality of Irish partition.
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Crisis as opportunity for Christians
March 19, 2025
JCFJ's Social Justice theologian of the Dr Kevin Hargaden reflects on how Christians can respond to the chaos the world is now facing.
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Taking a second look
March 18, 2025
Father Michael McCullough's book 'With Due Respect' looks at life through the lens of faith and hope especially in dark times.
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Symbolising betrayal and sorrow
March 15, 2025
The commissioned sculpture honoring the memory of those who have suffered abuse has been installed in the entrance to Gardiner St Church.
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Fr. Kevin Casey SJ RIP – “Always full of hope”
March 11, 2025
Jesuits, family and friends, joined together as they bade a final farewell to the "always cheerful" Fr Kevin Casey SJ
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Finding the ‘one true Church’
March 11, 2025
Is the one true Church Roman or Orthodox? That question is posed and answered by Michael McGuckian SJ, in a recently published article.
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‘A circle of warmth’
March 6, 2025
Some special stories unfolded when Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ and John O'Connor together returned to their native home in the Glens of Antrim.
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Hope for canonisation of Fr Willie Doyle SJ
March 6, 2025
Bishop Tom Deenihan expresses hope that Fr Willie Doyle SJ, chaplain during World War 1, will be canonised in the not too distant future.
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Pat Corkery SJ ordained deacon
March 6, 2025
Patrick Corkery SJ was called to self-knowledge, service and leadership, according to Archbishop Farrell, who ordained him deacon.
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‘The Soul Also Keeps the Score’
July 3, 2026 - Bob McChesney SJ, author of 'The Soul Also Keeps the Score: A Trauma‑Informed Companion to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius' of Loyola' in conversation with Pat Coyle.
‘The grandeur of humanity’
June 15, 2026 - Gerry O'Hanlon SJ reviews Pope Leo's first encyclical, 'Magnifica Humanitas', which addresses the ethical and social challenges posed by AI.
Philosophical reflections
June 4, 2026 - Dr Dermot Roantree discusses some of the main themes in the thought of Jürgen Habermas, the German philosopher who died recently.
GLOW: Girls learn their own worth
June 3, 2026 - Caroline Sanga discusses life in South Sudan and how Jesuit programmes are empowering girls and women through education and farming initiatives.
Fascinating facts from our past
May 20, 2026 - Damien Burke, archivist for the Irish Jesuit Province, has been casting a beady eye over the 1926 census just released online. It has a lot to tell us.
Latest Videos
Pope Video: For respect for human life
July 3, 2026 - Pope Video July: Embrace a culture of love, tenderness, responsibility, and compassionate care.
Pray with the Pope: For the values of sports
June 2, 2026 - Pope Video: "That we may discover in sport a universal language that brings cultures together, fosters respect and solidarity"
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.”
Latest Blog Posts
The suffering of inocents in war and beyond
July 3, 2026 - Dermot Roantree :: Wars are legitimated and sustained by a form of moral disengagement that fails to pay attention to the sufferer.
Discerning voices: desolation and consolation
June 15, 2026 - Brendan McManus SJ :: there are two voices speaking to you at any time, one from God towards the good and one from the bad spirit towards chaos.
Small steps with God’s help
May 8, 2026 - Brendan McManus SJ :: Exploring procrastination through the lens of Ignatian spirituality and personal experience. It's not laziness.
Is the universe ‘done and dusted’?
April 17, 2026 - Bill Toner :: Does God really know everything, including the future, so that the universe is 'done and dusted'? Bill Toner 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.