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Cakes, coffee, care
November 29, 2023
The Jesuit Curia staff held a coffee morning to raise money for Tony O’Riordan SJ's work in Syria and UNICEF’s work in Gaza.
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COP 28: Is it too late?
November 28, 2023
"Cop is getting worse down the years," says Pedro Walpole SJ, in an interview with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications
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Insights for COP28
November 27, 2023
Pedro Walpole SJ, an Irish Jesuit missionary and environmental scientist in the Philippines, talks to Pat Coyle ahead of COP 28
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Massimo Faggioli: An early assessment of the Synod
November 22, 2023
Theologian and author Dr. Massimo Faggioli spoke on ‘The Synod: An early assessment' at the Loyola Institute, TCD, recently.
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‘Waiting for Jesus’: Sacred Space Advent retreat
November 22, 2023
'Waiting for Jesus' is the theme of the Advent retreat from Sacred Space. It begins on 3 December, the first Sunday of Advent.
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Advent: A season of contradictions
November 20, 2023
"Advent is full of contradictions", says Dr Kevin Hargaden, Social Justice Theologian at the JCFJ and Presbyterian Elder.
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Evaluating the Synod on Synodality
November 20, 2023
Irish Jesuit and theologian Gerry O'Hanlon SJ speaks with Pat Coyle about important insights that arose form the recent Synod on Synodality in Rome.
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Sacred Space: Advent and Christmas 2023
November 20, 2023
In the build-up to Advent and Christmas, Messenger Publications has launched the Sacred Space daily prayer book Advent and Christmas 2023.
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Learning care for the earth from the Cloughjordan eco-village
November 17, 2023
Dr Ciara Murphy, of the JCFJ, organised a visit to the eco-village at Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary, for Jesuits and colleagues.
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Being part of changing lives
November 17, 2023
Crescent College Comprehensive SJ student Aisling Kelly recently retuned from India where she met with a young girl she started sponsoring with her First Communion money.
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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?