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Grants for Africa
May 12, 2009
Murt Curry SJ and John Guiney SJ give a lot of time and care to preparing applications for funding for projects in Jesuit missions, mostly in Africa. They are happy...
Read moreEaster in Sudan
May 12, 2009
Richard O’Dwyer SJ in South Sudan is still registering first impressions with the freshness of a new arrival. Here is his Easter message: “Just after I had shaken the last...
Read moreWhy care about social justice?
May 12, 2009
The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice launched “‘Why Care?’ – Social Justice Unit for Schools” on Wednesday 13 May in the JCFJ office, Upper Sherrard Street, at 2.00pm. This...
Read moreGuiney in Asia
May 5, 2009
John Guiney SJ (centre in photo), just back from Asia, saw the impact of the Irish Jesuits in the East from Japan to Hong Kong, Cambodia and Signapore as expressed by...
Read moreUlster plantation remembered
May 5, 2009
2009 marks the 400th anniversary of the Ulster Plantation, a critical episode in Irish history when English and Scottish planters were settled on confiscated lands in the north. This influx...
Read moreTaking to the hills
April 28, 2009
Martina Madden and Anne-Marie Connolly (Peter McVerry Trust fundraisers, pictured here) are taking on a charity challenge this October to raise money for homeless services in Dublin. They are going...
Read moreKeeping tabs on democracy
April 28, 2009
The Council of the recently established Conversation on Democracy in Ireland held its second meeting on Tuesday 28 April. Its first project, on local democracy, is being conducted in collaboration...
Read moreYoga for refugees
April 28, 2009
The JRS Ireland Capacity Building Programme has just finished a five-week yoga course at Hatch Hall direct provision centre. The classes were given by Peter Duffy, yoga instructor, on Wednesday...
Read moreHands across the divide
April 28, 2009
Gerry O’Hanlon, from the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, joined a diverse panel on 22 April to debate the topic ‘Faith in a Crisis: Religion and Spirituality in an...
Read moreLiam greets the volunteers
April 21, 2009
On 18 April Irish Aid organised a Volunteering Information Fair in Dublin. Liam O’Connell SJ represented Jesuit Volunteers International (JVI) and the Mission Office at the event, and he had...
Read moreLatest Podcasts
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?