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Forgiving our enemies
August 9, 2022
How realistic is Jesus' command to forgive our enemies? Just one of the questions Richard Leonard SJ explores in his latest book 'The Law of Love.'
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Discovering Donegal on foot
August 9, 2022
Brendan McManus SJ and Anne McGowan led a group of pilgrims along the Sli Cholmcille Pilgrimage walk from Sliabh Liag to Gartan in beautiful Co. Donegal,
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Preparing for the Pope in South Sudan
August 9, 2022
Cardinal Pietro Parolin conveyed the greeting and blessing of Pope Francis during Mass in Juba, South Sudan, attended by JRS Director Noelle Fitzpatrick.
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Tackling energy poverty
August 9, 2022
The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice were one of twenty organisations that submitted recommendations for a new Energy Poverty Strategy to the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications
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Pope’s ‘people building processes’
August 8, 2022
"Pope Francis is trying to institutionalise the ideas that he has been talking about for the last nine years." So says Gerry Whelan SJ, in an interview with Pat Coyle.
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Evolution of lay collaboration
July 29, 2022
Leon Ó Giolláin SJ has been missioned as Director of Ignatian Formation to continue the work of the Peter Kenney Project.
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A man deeply in love with God
July 26, 2022
'Pedro Arrupe: A Heart Larger than the World' by Brian Grogan SJ illuminates the inspirational leader's profound relationship with God.
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Beloved by Christ
July 22, 2022
Richard Leonard SJ speaks about the uniqueness of the incarnation among world religions and its significance in and through other people.
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The shared Jesuit mission
July 18, 2022
Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ explains how the Jesuit mission is shared by many laypeople offering lessons in dialogue and openness.
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Women at the well
July 14, 2022
An Tobar (the well) was the aptly titled retreat centre where the Ignatian Spirituality Project held their summer retreat for women in recovery from addiction and homelessness.
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‘The Soul Also Keeps the Score’
July 3, 2026 - Bob McChesney SJ, author of 'The Soul Also Keeps the Score: A Trauma‑Informed Companion to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius' of Loyola' in conversation with Pat Coyle.
‘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.
Latest Videos
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.
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.”
Latest Blog Posts
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.
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.