biography
John Courtney Murray
September 10, 2019
John Courtney Murray, author of arguably the most controversial document to arise from Vatican II, Dignitatis Humanae, was vital in articulating the Church’s defence of the right of everyone to...
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Henri de Lubac
February 20, 2017
The French Jesuit Henri de Lubac was one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century.
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Saint Paul Miki
February 6, 2017
The founding of the Society of Jesus coincided in time with the discovery of new continents and peoples across the world by Europeans. Saint Francis Xavier, one of the founding...
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Saint Edmund Campion
January 25, 2017
One of many Catholics to suffer at the hands of the English government in the wake of Henry VIII’s separation from the Church of Rome, Saint Edmund Campion was forced...
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Michel de Certeau
January 10, 2017
It has been said of French Jesuit academic and scholar Michel de Certeau, who died in 1986, that he had "an intelligence without bounds".
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‘Community, punishment, forgiveness’
May 18, 2026 - The importance of 'not knowing' was a key theme of prison chaplain Pieter De Witte's lecture at the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice.
Swift return to St. Ignatius Church
May 18, 2026 - There has been much collaboration to ensure the safe return of an endangered bird species to St Ignatius' Church, Galway.
Mary’s ‘yes’
May 18, 2026 - May is the month of Mary. And Fr Gerard Condon reflects on her 'yes' to God at the annunciation in an article from the Messenger magazine.
Eco-spirituality, sustainability, hospitality
May 15, 2026 - European Jesuit Eco-Delegates met in Portugal to help foster ecological conversion among Jesuits, and their colleagues and friends.
Latest Podcasts
Restoring women to a recovered diaconate
April 2, 2026
The privilege of life-changing work
March 13, 2026
Our Mother Too: Mary Embraces the World
March 4, 2026
The challenge of co-creating
February 13, 2026
Latest Videos
Pray with the Pope: For priests in crisis
April 13, 2026
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March 13, 2026
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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