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Belvedere athletes: the founder
June 9, 2009
The crowning of the Belvedere boys as athletic champions reminded a modest Dick Cremins SJ of his part in laying the foundations of this success. In the summer of 1951,...
Read moreJESUITICA: The other Ignatius
June 9, 2009
Challenged by a Paris theologian to a game of billiards, Ignatius Loyola said: “Fine, provided the winner can name a forfeit.” He won, and as a forfeit led the doctor...
Read moreForthcoming Events
June 9, 2009
10 June, 11 a.m. in Mont Clare Hotel, Merrion Square: Kathy Sheridan will launch a JCFJ policy paper on “The Irish Housing System: Vision, Values, Reality”. 11-19 June: Gardiner St...
Read moreShort Notices
June 8, 2009
While in Prague, Provincial John Dardis met Josef Horehled SJ, who, with the backing of Irish Province funds, is doing marvellous work in the Nativity school in Decin, north Bohemia. Josef is...
Read moreLearning from refugees
June 2, 2009
Six Transition Year students from Gonzaga visited the JRS Ireland office on 28 May, as part of a two-day visitation programme to Jesuit works. Elizabeth O’Rourke provided an overview of...
Read moreIssues in Alicante
June 2, 2009
Michael Gallagher SJ, the Ecclesiastical Assistant (EA) for the Irish Christian Life Community (CLC), has just returned from a European Assembly – some 70 delegates from 17 countries – in...
Read moreOverlooked in Irish History
June 2, 2009
The Summer number of Studies has appeared, on the theme: Overlooked in Irish History. The basket of the overlooked holds two women (Nagle and Hayden), four men (Redmond, Sheehan, McCullough...
Read moreShower of red roses
June 2, 2009
Writing from Rome, Tom Casey SJ describes a fascinating and moving annual tradition which marks the end of the Pentecost Mass in Saint Mary of the Martyrs, more famously known...
Read moreBelvedere athletes crowned
June 2, 2009
On 23 May Belvedere athletes were crowned All Ireland champions for boys’ schools when they won the College of Science Cup for a record 11th consecutive time. Belvedere amassed more points...
Read morePentecost in the Sudan
June 2, 2009
In his latest missive from the Sudan, Richard O’Dwyer SJ describes his efforts to engage the services of a US group which is committed to low-capital technology in farming. He...
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?