Podcasts
Serving need not creed
June 8, 2016
Michael Zammit SJ recently met the Jesuit Refugee staff who cook meals for eight thousand people every day, in Aleppo, Syria.
Read moreA Presbyterian take on mercy
May 25, 2016
Rev Alan Boal speaks about Pope Francis and mercy in the wake of recent gangland killings on his doorstep.
Read moreA Lutheran take on mercy
May 5, 2016
Lutheran Amanda Berg endorses Pope Francis' message of mercy offers her own views on mercy and grace.
Read moreMercy from the womb of God
April 27, 2016
Dr. Jessie Rogers, a lecturer in Biblical Studies who describes herself as 'an ecumenical Christian', welcomes the Pope's Year of Mercy.
Read moreAttracting young people to religious life
April 27, 2016
Those involved in promoting vocations need to think differently and understand youth culture today, according to Bernhard Eckerstorfer OSB, an Austrian Benedictine speaking at a recent SpIRE event.
Read moreFrom grief to hope on the Camino
April 26, 2016
Daniel Lynch, a parishioner of Moyross has just returned from leading the parish pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. It was his lifeline after the tragic death of...
Read more‘Good riddance or good influence?’
April 13, 2016
'Good Riddance or Good Influence? The Role of Church in a Pluralist Society' is the title of an international conference to be held in June and organised by the Loyola...
Read moreJesuits and the 1916 Rising
April 8, 2016
Damien Burke of Irish Jesuit archives has been researching the material in the archives concerning the role of the Jesuits in 1916 and their reaction to the Rising.
Read moreHammarskjöld – Prophet for the 21st century
March 14, 2016
Dr Roger Lipsey is author of a new book on the life and spirituality of Dag Hammarskjöld. He believes his death in a plane crash in 1961 was no accident...
Read moreVirginia Woolf: spirituality without God
March 9, 2016
Virginia Woolf may have been an atheist but she had a rich spirituality, according to Professor Stephanie Paulsell in her 8 March lecture organised by SpIRE.
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