Social Justice
The European Union: broadening the vision
March 19, 2007
For the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, the Irish Jesuit Provincial, Fr John Dardis, addressed a gathering in St Patrick’s Cathedral. Faith communities, he remarked, have much to...
Read morePaul Miki: Japanese samurai and Christian martyr
March 16, 2007
March 16, 2007 Paul Miki: Japanese samurai and Christian martyr by Mgr. Denis O’Callaghan With changes in the liturgical calendar in recent years many feastdays of obscure saints no longer...
Read moreTrocaire Lenten lecture in Belfast – Irish News
March 15, 2007
Michael Kelly’s delivery of the Trocaire Lenten lectureis is anticipated,<br /> <blockquote>”Without a frontal attack on the injustice of gender inequality – in Church, state, and every walk of life...
Read moreAIDS expert backs gender equality drive by Trocaire – Irish Independent
March 14, 2007
John Cooney records Michael Kelly’s Maynooth lecture on page 12, linking it with the BCI’s banning of Trocaire’s advertisement.
Read moreTrafficking and the Irish sex industry
February 23, 2007
February 23, 2007 Trafficking and the Irish sex industry by Cathy Molloy Below are excerpts from Cathy Molloy’s lengthy study of trafficking and the Irish sex industry in Working Notes,...
Read moreLetters to the Editor – Irish Times
February 21, 2007
<blockquote>Madam, – Could I suggest that the PDs postpone their tax cuts until all homeless people have been given beds? – Yours, etc,<br /> Fr PETER McVERRY SJ,<br /> Jesuit...
Read moreThe stark reality of life in Africa
February 19, 2007
Paddy Dillane talks about an enlightening evening with Michael Kelly SJ. It was a privilege to sit and listen to Michael Kelly SJ’s insightful description of life on the continent...
Read moreSuicide and the culture of success
February 19, 2007
by David Gaffney SJ In trying to gain an understanding of the suicide issue, I’ve amassed a collection of information-snippets and comments from various sources. I offer a selection of...
Read moreReligion and despair
February 19, 2007
by David Gaffney SJ There are scenes of a troubled young man being counselled by a very believable ‘shrink’ in the film Good Will Hunting (and readers may be able...
Read moreThe Irish Catholic
February 15, 2007
Are we drifting towards a more lawless society?<br /> NEWS IN BRIEF<br /> Jesuit Centre backs call for new Junior Minister for Integration<br /> Jesuit criticised ‘Eucharistic fundamentalism'<br /> (What...
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Going with gratitude and blessing
August 21, 2026 - Friends and colleagues of the JCFJ gathered to bid Kevin Hargaden a fond goodbye. He marked the occasion with a final lecture.
Remembering a unique Jesuit/Protestant school
August 18, 2026 - Irish Jesuits visited Drogheda this summer to mark a significant event in the town's history involving St Oliver Plunkett and their Order.
The landscape that influenced C.S. Lewis
August 11, 2026 - In his August Messenger article, Kevin Hargaden explores the Irish landscape that moulded C. S. Lewis's soul and his writing.
Jesuit’s ‘brother’ wins prestigious award
August 11, 2026 - Jimmy Fullam, the former Irish Defence Forces member who wrote 'Brothers in Arms' with Brendan McManus SJ, has been nominated for a Blue Light Award.
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Healing for the soul
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‘The Soul Also Keeps the Score’
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