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Religious Education symposium
February 23, 2010
Teachers from the different Jesuit colleges met in the Westgrove Hotel in Clane on 5 February to reflect on the context, value and quality of Religious Education in our schools....
Read moreMission Offices meet
February 23, 2010
A meeting of the Mission Offices of the Irish, British and Belgian Mission Offices was held in Brussels on 19 February. John K Guiney, Murt Curry and Tom Layden, the...
Read moreForthcoming events
February 23, 2010
23 February and 2 & 9 March: Lenten Reflection evenings – reflection and prayer on Lenten spaces in our lives. Slí Eile, 20 Upper Gardiner Street, 7-8pm. 24 February: 8-Day...
Read moreJesuit who taught saint turns 101
February 23, 2010
The Jesuit priest who taught Saint Alberto Hurtado English, Fr Frank Finnigan SJ, celebrated his 101st birthday on Thursday 18 February. He is the first Irish Jesuit to live to such an...
Read moreShort notices
February 23, 2010
The pictured Colaiste Iognaid (Jes) Transition Year students were winners in the ‘Young Volunteer of the Year’ category in the Mayor’s Award. Mayor Declan McDonnell is pictured with Donal Lyons...
Read moreSurviving suicide
February 23, 2010
Brendan McManus SJ has an article on ‘Surviving Suicide’ in the February edition of the contemporary Irish Church journal, The Furrow. In a raw and personal account of the family...
Read more“Think about drink – and drink less”
February 23, 2010
The Pioneer Association launched their Lenten Campaign on Ash Wednesday, 17 February, by calling on people to think about their drinking habits and drink less or abstain totally during Lent....
Read moreRemembering Ricci and the Church in China
February 23, 2010
‘Ricci Remembered – The Church in China Today’ is the title of a conference taking place on Saturday 8 May in Dublin, to mark the 400th anniversary of the death...
Read morePraise God for good and for bad
February 23, 2010
On Ash Wednesday, Bob Faricy SJ, well-known US theologian and spiritual writer, was guest lecturer at the Milltown Institute. His topic was ‘Giving Thanks and Praise’; he told those present...
Read moreReflecting on the encyclical
February 9, 2010
Maynooth College’s Michael Devlin Lecture for 2010 will be given by Dr Patrick Riordan SJ, of Heythrop College, University of London. His theme will be ‘A Blessed Rage for the...
Read moreLatest Podcasts
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?