Art

Painting a poem for Arts and Aging initiative

June 27, 2024

In response to a national initiative, Colm Brophy took inspiration from GM Hopkins for a set of paintings for display in Cherryfield Nursing Home.

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Studies: Art, literature and national identity

September 26, 2023

The autumn 2023 issue of 'Studies' has as its main theme the "web of indebtedness" into which Irish art and literature is woven.

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Remembering Colm Lavelle, Jesuit and artist

September 24, 2019

Colm Lavelle SJ, who died aged 87, had a contemplative sense that showed in his art and his work as teacher

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Preaching through beauty: Giuseppe Castiglione SJ

July 18, 2016

TOM CASEY SJ :: Jesuit artist Brother Giuseppe Castiglione, famous in China, died 250 years ago on 17 July. We could learn from his example of preaching the Good News...

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Religious broadcasting thriving

May 6, 2016

Soulwaves Radio, co-founded by the Jesuits, has had a successful year syndicating interviews that aired on radio stations around the country.

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A memoir full of gratitude

audio May 6, 2015

Catherine McCann, lifelong friend of recently deceased Jesuit Charlie O'Connor, has just published 'In Gratitude: The Story of a Gift-Filled Life', a memoir of what Tom Casey SJ calls 'an...

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‘Passion and Persuasion’

April 15, 2015

Dr Audrey Nicholls, art curator, takes Pat Coyle on a tour of 'Passion and Persuasion', an exhibition of Jesuit-inspired paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland. The exhibition has been...

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Jesuits and the Arts

April 1, 2015

"The Society of Jesus was probably the most prolific patron of the arts in the Baroque era". This was the bold claim made by renowned historian John O'Malley SJ during...

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