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Keeping the Camino alive back home
June 19, 2023
Brendan McManus SJ, volunteer at the pilgrim reception centre in Santiago, offers Ignatian principles to help people find God back at home.
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A first for Ireland
June 16, 2023
The seventh international conference of the International Network for the Study of Spirituality was held in Ireland for the first time. The organiser was Dr Michael O'Sullivan SJ.
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A journey that shaped them
June 14, 2023
Kevin O'Rourke SJ was one of over 200 people from around the globe who attended a Zoom celebration marking 40 years of the Religious Formation Ministry Programme in Ireland.
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Messenger book: ‘Shaping the Assembly’
June 13, 2023
Editor Thomas O'Loughlin brings together contributors from several Churches to try to answer the question of how space affects us in worship.
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A summer meditation
June 12, 2023
The 'summer breeze meditation', published in Messenger magazine, tunes into the rhythm of the summer breeze and a gentle inner experience.
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The Jesuits and Vermeer
June 6, 2023
Brendan Staunton SJ could not get a ticket to the Vermeer exhibition in Amsterdam but a documentary film on the event was certainly compensation.
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Pope Video: For the abolition of torture
June 6, 2023
Pope Francis prays that the international community may commit itself concretely to abolish torture and guarantee support to victims.
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You can’t earn the gift of God’s love
June 6, 2023
Niall Leahy SJ reflects on the Parable of the Prodigal Son and how Catholics can get it wrong by doing all the 'right' things.
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The Sacred Heart today
June 1, 2023
Jesuit theologian Fr Gerry O'Hanlon SJ, looking at its history, offers new ways of practising the Sacred Heart devotion.
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Jesuit book club – ‘Haunted by Christ’
May 31, 2023
Gerry Clarke SJ, Director of Belfast Jesuit Centre, talks about the book club's latest title and an inspiring encounter with the author.
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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?