Podcasts

‘Holier than thou’

June 29, 2021

Michael McGuckian SJ explains the intriguing and untold story of the row during Vatican II about who is holier than who in Church teaching

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A role model for health workers and the young

June 18, 2021

St Aloysius Gonzaga's feast day in on 21 June. In a 2014 interview Barney McGuckian SJ tells Pat Coyle what makes St Aloysius such an extraordinary saint and role model

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‘Borders and belonging’

March 10, 2021

Pádraig Ó Tuama, poet and theologian, speaks to Pat Coyle about a unique post-Brexit workshop that started a process of healing across the North and Britain

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Going green – have your say

February 24, 2021

The Provincial wants Jesuits, friends, volunteers, and colleagues to actively shape a new green, environmental policy plan for the Irish Jesuit Province

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Exploring the Ignatian tradition

February 9, 2021

Dr Brian O'Leary's latest book on Ignatian Spirituality is a compilation of his articles and lectures from down the years and now updated

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Destroying our ecosystem is sinful

February 2, 2021

Ireland is the worst of 57 countries for its carbon emissions. Dr Kevin Hargaden of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice says this is structural sin

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Faith and country – President Biden’s election

January 27, 2021

Donal Godfrey SJ is a university chaplain in the USA. He gives his unique take on recent events there, and the Jesuit connections to President Biden

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Misogyny and the Mother and Baby homes

January 26, 2021

Jesuit theologian Dr Gerry O'Hanlon believes there are important lessons to be learnt from the recent Mother and Baby Homes report

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‘We can breathe again’

November 10, 2020

Donal Godfrey SJ speaks from the United States about a number of issues arising from the 2020 election including the role played by religious groupings

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A view from Rome

October 27, 2020

Pope Francis hit the headlines for endorsing civil unions for same-sex partnerships. Gerry Whelan SJ in Rome gives the background to this and other recent Vatican stories

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