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Jesuit scholastics: What it means to be holy
November 28, 2022
Two young men who are training for the Jesuit priesthood talk to Fr Niall Leahy SJ about their favourite saint that inspires them.
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Record high homeless figures
November 28, 2022
Peter McVerry SJ criticises the record high homeless figures that have increased to over 11,000 people during the month of October 2022.
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A Sunny start!
November 23, 2022
Sunny Jacob SJ talks about his his native Kerala, and his early days with the Jesuits before coming to Galway.
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Provincial launches NCI strategic plan
November 23, 2022
Fr Leonard Moloney SJ launched the five-year strategic plan of the National College of Ireland. Homelessness campaigner Peter McVerry SJ was also awarded an honorary fellowship at the event.
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Change-Climate Project launched
November 23, 2022
JRS calls on Irish schools and students to continue to be ‘agents of change’ in responding to climate change and forced migration.
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John Dooley SJ – ‘Gentle, generous, and good’
November 22, 2022
Tributes were paid to Fr John Dooley SJ who died in Cherryfield Lodge nursing home, Dublin, on 12 November 2022, aged 92 years.
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A man for our times
November 21, 2022
British and Irish army chaplains were among those attending the formal launch of WW1 chaplain Fr Willie Doyle SJ's canonisation process by Bishop Tom Denihan on Sunday 20 November.
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Advent: Make a fresh start
November 21, 2022
Fr Joe Cullen OP refers to the Jesuit-inspired film The Mission (1986) with regard to turning a painful past into a hopeful future.
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Maynooth College: Essays on dying and death
November 17, 2022
The book launch of a collection of essays on dying and death took place in St Patrick's College Maynooth on 16 November 2022.
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Avoidable death of woman in custody
November 14, 2022
The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice says the tragic death in the Dóchas Centre should be a watershed moment for female imprisonment.
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Healing for the soul
August 18, 2026 - Una Allen is coordinator of 'Towards Peace' a service for survivors of abuse by church members which offers a spiritual accompaniment service, free of charge,
‘The Soul Also Keeps the Score’
July 3, 2026 - Bob McChesney SJ, author of 'The Soul Also Keeps the Score', in conversation with Pat Coyle about Ignatian spirituality, violence and trauma.
Sharing bread in Bethlehem
July 2, 2026 - Dr Declan Hayes has just recently returned from the West Bank, where he stayed in Jerusalem and Taybeh. He appeals for funds to help those suffering there.
‘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.
Latest Videos
Pope Video: For evangelization in the city
August 5, 2026 - Pope Leo's August prayer intention for cities, asking God to bring hope, belonging, and the joy of the Gospel to all.
Pope Video: For respect for human life
July 3, 2026 - Pope Video July: Embrace a culture of love, tenderness, responsibility, and compassionate care.
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.
Latest Blog Posts
Navigating the storms of life
August 27, 2026 - Brendan McManus SJ :: The Spirit is the ‘breath of God’, the wind that fills our sails and energises our whole lives
Fellowship, connection, hope
August 19, 2026 - Professor Jim Lucey :: Recovery is not just about the triumph of the self. It is about the restoration of loving relationships, with us and with each other.”
The suffering of inocents in war and beyond
July 3, 2026 - Dermot Roantree :: Wars are legitimated and sustained by a form of moral disengagement that fails to pay attention to the sufferer.
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.