Spirituality
Bethlehem calling
April 20, 2006
Charlotte Carson, UK coordinator of Open Bethlehem, explains the difficulties Bethlehem faces this Easter – both the physical obstacles which cut it off from Jerusalem and the lack of the...
Read moreStrange connections
April 11, 2006
April 11, 2006 Strange connections What has Tennessee Williams to do with the Jubilee Year? by Bernard McGuckian SJ Thomas Williams died on 23rd February 1983. He wasn’t Welsh as...
Read moreA prayer mission for our times
March 20, 2006
The internet is a vast new continent, and Sacred Space represents a new kind of mission there, one which has attracted a huge and growing following, explains Dermot Roantree. In...
Read moreAMDG – A world is not enough
March 20, 2006
The December 2005 issue of AMDG carried a story, “You didn’t know Ignatius was Irish?” In it Paul Campbell told about the new film on the first Jesuits. You can...
Read moreThe power of friendship
March 20, 2006
In the second and third of his articles on St Francis Xavier from The Messenger, Gerry Bourke explores the effect of the friendship of Ignatius Loyola and Peter Faber on...
Read moreIf Francis were with us today
March 20, 2006
Patrick Carberry SJ reflects what St Francis Xavier has meant to him in the past and means for him now, and he imagines what the saint would have to say...
Read moreExchanging worldly for missionary ambition
March 20, 2006
A bare-bone summary of the fascinating and eventful life of one of Christianity’s greatest saints, St Francis Xavier, a life with a profound message and a long legacy. 2006 is...
Read moreThe origins of the Novena of Grace
February 20, 2006
by Donal Neary SJ The Novena of Grace originated in Naples, Italy in 1643, when a Jesuit, Fr Marcellus Mastrilli, was cured through the intercession of St Francis Xavier, who...
Read moreRemembering James McPolin SJ
January 26, 2006
January 26, 2006 Remembering James McPolin SJ Michael O’Sullivan’s homily at the funeral of James McPolin SJ by Michael O’Sullivan SJ About two years ago Jimmy said to me that...
Read moreNot so long a way from Clare to here
December 20, 2005
Pat Coyle recounts her heart-lifting experience of addressing novena congregations brought together by the Pioneers in Kilrush and Shannon, Co. Clare – over 1000 people in all! The lovely west...
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At your service: Crescent College fundraiser
May 13, 2025 - Student-led hospitality event in support of Milford Hospice showcases the spirit of Jesuit education in action.
God and Politics in the new millennium
May 13, 2025 - The Loyola Institute TCD, will host an open evening on Monday 12 May 2025, 6.30 -8.00 pm, and an open day on Saturday 24 May 11am - 2.30pm.
Lenten reflections
May 13, 2025 - Ciara Ó Catháin, of Sacred Space reflects on this years online Lent Retreat. "We were called to pray for hope every day"
In Memory of an Unlikely Pope
May 12, 2025 - Kevin Hargaden: My life has been utterly shaped by Francis’ papacy – for the better.
Latest Podcasts
Reflecting on Pope Francis’ papacy
May 1, 2025
Faith gives hope
April 8, 2025
Who is a good local?
March 25, 2025
Taking a second look
March 18, 2025
Latest Videos
Thank you, Francis
April 28, 2025
The Pope Video: For the use of new technologies
April 1, 2025
The Pope Video: For families in crisis
March 4, 2025
Pope Video: For Vocations to the Priesthood
February 6, 2025
Latest Books
‘Dreaming A New Dream’
March 19, 2025
‘I am infinitely loved’ – Messenger booklet
August 21, 2023
Messenger autumn catalogue
August 8, 2023
‘Brothers in Arms’ – Ignatian Camino book
July 3, 2023