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The Pope Video: For those who have lost a child
November 5, 2024
In The Pope Video, produced by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, Pope Francis asks that we pray for those who have lost a child.
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Confronting AMOCalypse
November 4, 2024
The weakening of a crucial component of the Earth’s climate system could mean catastrophe for Ireland according to Dr. Kevin Hargaden of the JCFJ
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Listen to lead
October 30, 2024
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney TD was guest speaker at a leadership conference for the five senior Jesuit schools across Ireland.
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Halloween’s darkness and light
October 30, 2024
Halloween is both a festive fun time and a reminder of death and the darker side of life, according to Fr Jim Noonan in this RNN interview.
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Remembering the ‘saints with no name’
October 30, 2024
Joe Cullen OP remembers all those who have died, especially the unnamed, in this reflection on All Saints and All Souls day. From the RNN archive.
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November Messenger: Living presence
October 30, 2024
Why pray for the dead? Why sing in church? What happens when we die? These questions are addressed in the November 'Messenger'.
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A hundred thousand welcomes?
October 29, 2024
Dr. Kevin Hargaden of the JCFJ has written an article on the Irish bishops pastoral letter 'A Hundred Thousand Welcomes?'
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The beauty of having your bag stolen
October 29, 2024
BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: Having your bag and passport stolen seems like a disaster, but it can be an opportunity or a gift.
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Living the Camino Back Home
October 29, 2024
'Living the Camino Back Home', by Brendan McManus SJ and Katherine O'Flynn FCJ, helps pilgrims ,keep their pilgrim experience alive and fruitful once back home.
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By luck or by love?
October 24, 2024
BILL TONER SJ :: We are much more special than atheistic scientists would have us believe.
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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.