News
“Now is not the time for peace”
July 7, 2020
JaNaé Bates is a minister working in Minneapolis for racial and economic justice for everyone in the United States
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Ending direct provision
June 30, 2020
JRS Ireland launch a new study identifying necessary steps for system change to end Direct Provision
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Creation walk with Brian Grogan SJ
June 30, 2020
The best-selling author has published a new book entitled 'Creation Walk: The Amazing Story of a Small Blue Planet' with Messenger Publications
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An Irish perspective on Laudato Si’
June 23, 2020
People from around the world attended the launch of a Messenger Publications book by Dr Dermot Lane, marking the fifth anniversary of 'Laudato Sí
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‘Everyone can make a difference. Every action counts.’
June 19, 2020
JRS Ireland has marked World Refugee Day with the launch of its annual report
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‘Black Lives Matter’
June 18, 2020
Donal Godfrey SJ shares a powerful statement against racism from his Loyola Community in San Francisco
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King Lear, populism and the coronavirus
June 10, 2020
Michael Kirwan SJ explores the rise of the 'new fascism' against the backdrop of anti-racist protests and the Covid-19 pandemic
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Click-4-Crumlin for Covid-19 testing machine
June 9, 2020
Students from Clongowes are raising money in a virtual duck-push to buy a Covid-19 testing machine for the Children's Hospital.
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Protesting, preaching and praying
June 7, 2020
Irish Jesuit Donal Godfrey SJ has been preaching in his church and protesting on the streets of San Francisco
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Academic success for asylum seeker
May 26, 2020
Fr Kevin O’Higgins SJ, Director of JUST in Ballymun, reports on the PhD graduation of an asylum seeker who has also been awarded a lecturer position
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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?