Podcasts
Decisions and direction
January 11, 2022
What is spiritual direction in the Ignatian or Jesuit tradition? Irish Jesuit Brian O'Leary, author, and spiritual director, explains.
Read moreVarieties of spiritual direction
December 20, 2021
Spiritual Director and author Brian O'Leary SJ outlines the different types of spiritual direction that people can engage in.
Read moreAn expectant mother’s experience of Advent
December 16, 2021
Author Helen Gallivan speaks of a whole new appreciation of the incarnation and birth of Christ in this podcast from the RNN archives.
Read moreBusiness and the Earth
December 14, 2021
Edmond Grace SJ, Secretary for Ecology at JESC, speaks to Pat Coyle on the role that business can play in the light of Laudato Si'
Read moreIs spiritual direction for everyone?
December 1, 2021
Spiritual director Brian O'Leary SJ addresses the question of who might benefit from spiritual direction.
Read moreThe power of naming
November 17, 2021
Accompanying people on the path of spiritual growth is most commonly known as 'spiritual direction'. But there are a number of other ways of describing it as Brian O'Leary explains
Read more‘Give the Spirit the mike’
November 17, 2021
Brian Grogan SJ explains his work in what he calls “Spirit-led conversations” with people from dioceses in Ireland and Great Britain as preparation for the Synods in Rome and Ireland
Read moreExploring a puzzling word
November 9, 2021
Author and Spiritual Director Brian O'Leary SJ explores the meaning of the word 'spirit', in this podcast series on the nature of spiritual direction
Read moreNew document on synod brings great hope
October 27, 2021
"Groundbreaking...The best Vatican document since Lumen Gentium," says Brian Grogan SJ of 'Vademecum' (Come With Me), issued in preparation for the synod on synodality
Read moreAll Saints and All Souls
October 27, 2021
Dominican Fr Joe Cullen offers a reflection on All Saints Day and All Souls Day, from the archives of Soul Waves Radio
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