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The origins of the Novena of Grace
February 20, 2006
by Donal Neary SJ The Novena of Grace originated in Naples, Italy in 1643, when a Jesuit, Fr Marcellus Mastrilli, was cured through the intercession of St Francis Xavier, who...
Read moreRemembering James McPolin SJ
January 26, 2006
January 26, 2006 Remembering James McPolin SJ Michael O’Sullivan’s homily at the funeral of James McPolin SJ by Michael O’Sullivan SJ About two years ago Jimmy said to me that...
Read moreLessons in love
December 20, 2005
A Slí Eile volunteer, Karen Mooney, recalls her intense emotional responses as she worked this summer in an orphanage in Bogotá, Colombia. She reflects in awe on the character, playfulness,...
Read moreFerns: a pastoral response in a ministry to young adults
December 20, 2005
Last Sunday, Gerry Clarke presided at the Gospel Mass in Gardiner Street. He reflects here on how he approached the matter of the Ferns Report in the homily. Reading the...
Read moreWhen children are forced to kill
December 20, 2005
As one project to commemorate the anniversary of St Francis Xavier, the JRS is sponsoring the making of a film about former child soldiers in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia....
Read moreBoth sides now – the EU and Globalisation
December 20, 2005
Does the EU need more integration or less to meet the challenges posed by globalisation? Eugene Quinn, Director of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, reports on a lively...
Read moreNot so long a way from Clare to here
December 20, 2005
Pat Coyle recounts her heart-lifting experience of addressing novena congregations brought together by the Pioneers in Kilrush and Shannon, Co. Clare – over 1000 people in all! The lovely west...
Read moreDecoding ‘The twelve days of Christmas’
December 20, 2005
Barney McGuckian examines a theory that the popular Christmas song ‘The twelve days of Christmas’ might have been a 16th century coded message invented by Jesuits to communicate the tenets...
Read moreFinding Ireland’s favourite saint
December 20, 2005
It all came down to two great men – St Padre Pio and St Anthony – but which one of them would be crowned Ireland’s favourite Saint? ‘Gerry Ryan Show’...
Read moreTo travel through the world
December 20, 2005
In the first of a series of Messenger articles, Gerry Bourke prepares us for the 500th anniversary of St. Francis Xavier’s birth (April 7, 2006) by recalling a life spent...
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Faith gives hope
April 8, 2025 - "It feels like dark days", so says Irish Jesuit Donal Godfrey who works as chaplain at the University of San Francisco.
Who is a good local?
March 25, 2025 - Kevin Hargaden speaks with Pat Coyle about an upcoming lecture entitled 'Who is a good local?' which will be delivered by Rev Dr Hannah Malcolm
Taking a second look
March 18, 2025 - Father Michael McCullough's book 'With Due Respect' sees the author looking at God and life through the lens of faith and hope especially in dark times.
The homeless are not forgotten
December 19, 2024 - Actors Paul Rudd and Jack Reynor and singer-songwriter Nick Jonas have videoed their message of support for the 41st annual Belvedere Christmas SleepOut.
Hope and fear in Syria
December 9, 2024 - Tony O'Riordan has been giving updates on the latest developments in Syria to Pat Kenny on Newstalk and Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications
Latest Videos
The Pope Video: For the use of new technologies
April 1, 2025 - The Pope Video: The use of the new technologies will not replace human relationships and will respect the dignity of the person
The Pope Video: For families in crisis
March 4, 2025 - Pope Francis asks we pray for families in conflict and that wounds may be healed with forgiveness in this months video.
Pope Video: For Vocations to the Priesthood
February 6, 2025 - Pope Francis asks that we pray that the ecclesial community might welcome young people who feel a call to serve Christ’s mission.
The Pope Video: For the right to an education
January 7, 2025 - Pope Francis asks that we pray for migrants, refugees and those affected by war that they may have a right to an education in this months 'Pope Video'
The Pope Video: For pilgrims of hope
December 12, 2024 - The Pope Video: We pray that this Jubilee will strengthen our faith and renew our hope for the future by recognizing the risen Christ in our lives.
Latest Blog Posts
Is it harder being a priest today?
April 9, 2025 - BILL TONER SJ :: Being a Catholic priest nowadays is more complicated than when I joined the Jesuits over fifty years ago.
Judeo-Christian theology and ecological crisis
April 3, 2025 - [STUDIES] :: In this 1996 article, Prof. Desmond Gillmor assesses the impact of the concept of ‘ecological dominion’ in the Judeo-Christian tradition.
Imagine there’s no heaven
March 19, 2025 - BILL TONER SJ :: The charge that religion discourages people from “living for today” must be called into question.
Partition and the common good
March 19, 2025 - DERMOT ROANTREE :: When it comes to contested borders it is essential that the common good be put before 'reasons of state'.
An Irish Anglican’s response to Vatican II
March 6, 2025 - STUDIES :: In this 2012 article, Irish Anglican priest Patrick Comerford discusses the impact of Vatican II on Anglican-Catholic relations.