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Holy Week and Easter services
April 8, 2022
Beginning on 9 April, Irish Jesuit ministries are offering a range of services to help people reflect and pray through Holy Week and Easter.
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Prayer for health care workers
April 6, 2022
In the Pope Video for April, Pope Francis appeals for prayers for health care workers, especially in poorer countries, who serve the sick and the elderly.
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Holy Week: Easter Triduum
April 5, 2022
Piaras Jackson SJ explains the significance of the Easter Triduum – the three days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday.
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Joy of Easter: A scholarly perspective
March 29, 2022
Fr Kieran J O'Mahony's latest book is the ninth and final volume in the Gospel series covering the three years of the liturgical cycle.
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Celebrating the saints
March 23, 2022
Jesuits and partners around the world celebrated the 400th anniversary of the canonisations of St Ignatius and Francis Xavier, on 12 March.
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Catholic social teaching in dark times
March 23, 2022
Professor Anna Rowlands speaks with Pat Coyle about Ukraine, pacifism and just war theory.
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‘It’s great to be back’ – Novena of Grace
March 22, 2022
Seven Jesuits, who preached throughout Dublin, connected the life of St Francis Xavier with the spiritual needs of the modern Church.
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Jesuit leads Moravian ministers retreat
March 15, 2022
Brendan McManus SJ led a retreat for Moravian ministers, in Sarum College, Salisbury, from 28 February-3 March.
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A Christian response to bioethical challenges
March 9, 2022
In the Pope Video for March, the Holy Father brings to the fore the advances and dilemmas that bioethics present to humanity.
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Praying with hope
March 8, 2022
'Hope and the nearness of God' is the theme of the Lenten Sacred Space retreat by Teresa White OFM.
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‘The grandeur of humanity’
June 15, 2026 - Gerry O'Hanlon SJ reviews Pope Leo's first encyclical, 'Magnifica Humanitas', which addresses the ethical and social challenges posed by AI.
Philosophical reflections
June 4, 2026 - Dr Dermot Roantree discusses some of the main themes in the thought of Jürgen Habermas, the German philosopher who died recently.
GLOW: Girls learn their own worth
June 3, 2026 - Caroline Sanga discusses life in South Sudan and how Jesuit programmes are empowering girls and women through education and farming initiatives.
Fascinating facts from our past
May 20, 2026 - Damien Burke, archivist for the Irish Jesuit Province, has been casting a beady eye over the 1926 census just released online. It has a lot to tell us.
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.
Latest Videos
Pray with the Pope: For the values of sports
June 2, 2026 - Pope Video: "That we may discover in sport a universal language that brings cultures together, fosters respect and solidarity"
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"
Latest Blog Posts
Discerning voices: desolation and consolation
June 15, 2026 - Brendan McManus SJ :: there are two voices speaking to you at any time, one from God towards the good and one from the bad spirit towards chaos.
Small steps with God’s help
May 8, 2026 - Brendan McManus SJ :: Exploring procrastination through the lens of Ignatian spirituality and personal experience. It's not laziness.
Is the universe ‘done and dusted’?
April 17, 2026 - Bill Toner :: Does God really know everything, including the future, so that the universe is 'done and dusted'? Bill Toner 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.