Social Justice
Scoil Iognáid pupils – ethos in action
December 15, 2016
Pupils in Scoil Iognáid have been making the headlines on foot of their novel fundraising campaign to help the homeless
Read moreTaking stock of the Paris Agreement
December 7, 2016
One year on from Paris Agreement on climate change, Environmental Justice Officer Catherine Devitt reviews progress to date
Read moreRelease prisoners: Fantasy or opportunity?
December 2, 2016
EOIN CARROLL :: Pope Francis is saying to the world, 'let people out of prison'. Is this fantasy or opportunity?
Read moreThe scandal of child soldiers
December 2, 2016
This December we await the coming of the Prince of Peace, yet wars rage around the world. Pope Francis asks us to pray that the scourge of child-soldiers may be...
Read moreJRS criticises EU response to ‘conflict minerals’
November 29, 2016
The Jesuit Refugee Service has criticised a proposed new EU law on so-called 'conflict minerals' as “half-hearted”, with too many concessions and loopholes
Read moreNew Justice Education Co-ordinator
November 23, 2016
Krizan Vekic has taken up the position of Justice Education Co-odinator for the Irish Jesuit Education Desk
Read moreKevin Barry revisited
November 17, 2016
Former IRA bomber Shane Paul O'Doherty found echoes of Kevin Barry's life in his own, and wrote a play about the 'Belvedere Boy'
Read moreIgnacio Ellacuría
November 9, 2016
Ignacio Ellacuría SJ is widely regarded as a brilliant contributor to the development in Catholic theology of the notion of the 'preferential option for the poor'.
Read moreTrump – from dismay to discernment
November 9, 2016
Theologian Gerry O'Hanlon SJ was at first dismayed at the election of Donald Trump. His second response was to discern what it might really mean.
Read moreCommunity alternatives, not imprisonment
November 9, 2016
A newly published report from the CSO on prison and probation recidivism shows necessity for systemic change to reduce re-offending, says Jesuit Centre
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