Press releases

Irish Cardinals Welcome Jesuits’ New Father General

June 5, 2012

Cardinal Sean Brady and Cardinal Desmond Connell are among the many people giving a warm welcome to Fr Adolfo Nicolás SJ, the new Father General of the world-wide Jesuit Order....

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One Hundred Thousand Messengers

June 5, 2012

The Irish Jesuits are giving away over one hundred thousand copies of The Messenger magazine this Sunday Nov 30th, 2008. It's Irelands biggest selling magazine with a circulation of over...

Jesuit Centre Calls for End to Detention of Asylum Seekers

June 5, 2012

The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice ( JCFJ) today called for an end to detention of asylum seekers entering Ireland and for reform of the 1996 Refugee Act. They...

Jesuit historian on Learning Lessons of past

June 5, 2012

Church of Ireland Archbishop Alan Harper and Catholic Archbishop Sean Brady, jointly launched Brian MacCuarta SJ’s book, Catholic Revival in the North of Ireland 1603-41 (Four Courts Press, 2007), in...

Jesuits host major conference on addiction

June 5, 2012

A major conference on Addiction and the Family will take place in Manresa Jesuit Centre of Spirituality. The event, organized by the Jesuits in Manresa, is part of their ongoing...

‘Studies’ looks at death and dying

June 5, 2012

RTE's iconic broadcaster Micheal O Muircheartaigh will launch the winter edition the Jesuit Journal Studies which focuses on the theme of ‘Death, Dying and Bereavement’, in association with the Irish...

Jesuits and ‘the joy’

June 5, 2012

Prisoners in Mountjoy have today, Tue, Nov 25,'09 put their own hand-made Christmas cards on the market. The proceeds from the sales will go to an orphanage in Calcutta linked...

‘Messenger’ in the pink!

June 5, 2012

For the first time in The Irish Jesuit Messenger's 121 year history, its iconic red cover has been transposed to a flush of pink as The Messenger magazine‘s way of ...

Irish Jesuit‘s book on Pope’s Theology

June 5, 2012

Joseph Ratzinger's Theological Ideas: Wise Cautions and Legitimate Hopes, is the title of the new book on on the theology of Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI by Jesuit theologian...

Irish prayer website celebrates 10th anniversary

June 5, 2012

Ash Wednesday Feb 25 ’09 marks the tenth anniversary of Sacred Space, the first online prayer website in the world and developed by the Jesuits in their Communication Centre in...

Political kitsch and cultural Christianity

May 1, 2026 - JCFJ social justice theologian Dr Kevin Hargaden responds to Donald Trump's recent attack on Pope Leo for his remarks on war and peace.

Justice and hope in dark times

May 1, 2026 - The role of civil society and faith-based organisations in working together was the focus of Dr Kevin Hargaden at the AMRI Justice Conference.

Human dignity and radical resistance

May 1, 2026 - "Palestinian voices matter." Dr Yousef Aljamal, Palestinian journalist and the Gaza Coordinator for the Palestine Activism Program, speaking at the Belfast Jesuit Centre.

‘Faithful Justice’ issue of Studies launched

April 30, 2026 - The spring issue of Studies, marking the 50th anniversary of the Jesuits committing to 'a faith that does justice', was launched recently.