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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Jesuits in Ireland & Techo International
January 31, 2023 - Volunteer Cathal Lacey describes the living conditions of Chile's shanty towns and how the NGO Techo International helps empower communities.
Prisoner’s death preventable
January 31, 2023 - The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice have raised concerns about the death of a man following his attempted suicide in Cork Prison.
“Your clothes are stained with our blood”
January 24, 2023 - Dr Kevin Hargaden of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice was shocked by what he learnt at a conference in Bangladesh, exploring the idea of a 'just wage' there.
Biography of a Jesuit-educated judge
January 23, 2023 - 'Judge John O'Hagan, 1825-1890', on the life of a respected patriot, poet, scholar and lawyer, is among the most recent Messenger books.
Latest Podcasts
“Your clothes are stained with our blood”
January 24, 2023
Fifty-eight most powerful words
January 20, 2023
Pope Benedict and the abuse scandals
January 19, 2023
Benedict XVI’s theological legacy
January 10, 2023
Latest Videos
Pope Video: For educators
January 11, 2023
Pope Video: For volunteer organisations
December 5, 2022
Jesuit vocations film – ‘Walking with Jesus Christ’
December 5, 2022
Pope Video: For children who suffer
November 4, 2022
Latest Books
Biography of a Jesuit-educated judge
January 23, 2023
‘The Mindful Our Father’ – New Messenger book
January 3, 2023
Disciples of courage
December 2, 2022
Maynooth College: Essays on dying and death
November 17, 2022
