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Preaching a radical Jesus
April 29, 2008
Speaking at the launch of his new book, Jesus: Social Revolutionary?, Peter McVerry SJ commented: “For me, the life and work of Jesus should mean that a huge commitment to...
Read morePeter McVerry book launch
April 22, 2008
Bishop Willie Walsh and journalist Vincent Browne will launch Peter McVerry SJ’s latest book Jesus: Social Revolutionary? The launch will take place next Tuesday April 29, hosted by the Jesuit...
Read moreEcumenics book launch
April 4, 2008
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin and Irish School of Ecumenics (ISE) director, Linda Hogan, were the main speakers at the launch of the book The Irish School of Ecumenics, 1970-2007, edited by...
Read moreDesperate Executives
April 1, 2008
National College of Ireland President Paul Mooney has just published his latest book, Desperate Executives. As the title with its echoes of ‘Desperate Housewives’ suggests, the book is a modern-day...
Read moreThe mystic and the Nazis
February 26, 2008
The University of Missouri Press has just included in its catalogue a book on Etty Hillesum by Meins Coetsier (pictured here), who spent some years in Ireland as a scholastic....
Read moreGarnered from Gardiner Street
February 26, 2008
The opening chapter of RTE broadcaster Aidan Mathews’ new book, In the Poorer Quarters, begins with memories of the Jesuit church in Gardiner Street, Dublin. This sets the tone for...
Read moreRichard Leonard SJ in public
February 21, 2008
Richard Leonard SJ gave two presentations in Dublin, firstly at a Slí Eile event in the Gresham Hotel on Tuesday 20 February, and then at the launch of his book,...
Read moreTalking movies
February 19, 2008
Richard Leonard SJ was interviewed by Dave Fanning (standing in for Ryan Tubridy) on RTE radio on Tuesday. He was asked about how he squares his work as a Jesuit...
Read moreLaunch of education booklet for migrants
February 12, 2008
Community Links has developed a new booklet for parents, entitled “Your Child and Schools in Ireland”. It aims to give migrant and refugee parents clear information about education in Ireland,...
Read moreAn Chroí Naofa
December 11, 2007
The winter edition of Irish language publication An Timire is now available. This issue contains articles by Paula Gilmore of Open Heart House (HIV/AIDS support), Ruth Patterson of Restoration Ministries...
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Hope and hanging in there
November 14, 2024 - Dr Gerry O'Hanlon SJ assesses the outcome of the final Synod in Rome. He is surprisingly optimistic and outlines why to Pat Coyle, IJC.
Her bags are packed
November 5, 2024 - Author Richard Leonard SJ reads a story about his mother's acceptance of suffering and readiness for death, from his latest book 'Why God?'
Sons of Ignatius: Homily Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 29, 2024 -
Dilexit Nos – ‘He Loved Us’
October 24, 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.
Taking a second look
October 19, 2024 - Irish Jesuits · Taking a second look Vincentian priest and spiritual director Father Michael McCullagh has recently published a book With Due Respect: Taking a Second Look at God, at Self, […]
Latest Videos
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.
Care, consult and be co-responsible
October 2, 2024 - In the October video, Pope Francis explains that as Christians we are all responsible for the Church’s mission – "Every priest, everyone".
The Pope Video: For the cry of the Earth
September 2, 2024 - In The Pope Video for September, Pope Francis encourages us to get involved in the fight against climate injustice
The Pope Video: For political leaders
August 6, 2024 - Pope Francis emphasizes the importance of praying for political leaders, inviting us to join him in praying for this intention this month.
Brother Éamonn Davis SJ, RIP – “Let God at ya!”
July 12, 2024 - Brother Davis SJ died on 11 July, His funeral Mass was in Gardiner Street Church. We remember him and republish this interview from 2019.
Latest Blog Posts
Travellers and the Irish State
November 27, 2024 - STUDIES :: Bryan Fanning (in autumn 2015) notes the irony in Irish images of Travellers echoing the 19th century racist caricatures of the Irish themselves.
What lies beneath
November 27, 2024 - BILL TONER SJ :: A new book claims that none of Hitler's close associates could be described as natural thugs.
The Rise of the Far Right
November 14, 2024 - STUDIES :: Extract from a recent Studies article on the rise of the far-right in the US, Europe and elsewhere.
Trump and the everyday citizen
November 11, 2024 - EDMOND GRACE :: Much of the commentary on the election of Donald Trump overlooks one very simple and obvious reality.
The rise of fascism in 1920s Italy
October 31, 2024 - STUDIES archive :: English Catholic suffragist, journalist and author Virginia Crawford observes the rise of Mussolini in the early 1920s.