Brendan McManus SJ
Emerging from the mess
July 11, 2024
Concluding their 'Mess' series authors Brendan McManus SJ and Jim Deeds have published 'Emerging from the Mess' with Messenger Publications.
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Beloved brothers
July 5, 2024
Seasoned pilgrim Brendan McManus SJ reflects on his Ignatian Camino journey with eight fellow Jesuits from Florida.
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Discerning anger
March 20, 2024
BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: Discerning anger, developing awareness and assertion when dealing with this difficult emotion.
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What’s Another Year? The Wisdom of Looking Back
January 2, 2024
Brendan McManus SJ : : If we want to make changes for the better in the year ahead it is important to look back on the year just past. Now...
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The day I nearly gave up
December 8, 2023
BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: A difficult pilgrimage experience teaches that you shouldn't make big decisions when you're feeling low.
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Belfast book launch draws big crowd
November 13, 2023
Veteran journalist and author Alf McCreery was guest speaker at the Belfast launch of 'Brothers in Arms'- a journey along the Ignatian Camino..
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Praying with anxiety: Ignatian survival tips
October 10, 2023
BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: Anxiety is not from God and is not good for people. Tips from Ignatian spirituality for dealing with it.
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Ignatianised on the Camino
October 3, 2023
A taxi driver from Dublin and a Jesuit priest walk the Ignatian Camino together. What could possibly go wrong?
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Comfortably numb
August 22, 2023
BRENDAN McMANUS SJ :: Being numb seems like a pleasant state in that it avoids pain but it also avoids life and the unpredictability, and any real happiness.
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Sinéad: Being real with God
August 21, 2023
Reflections on the sadly departed Sinéad O'Connor were being shared recently in the Milltown Park Jesuit community when it was recalled that she had studied theology at the Milltown Institute
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Called to the frontiers
May 20, 2026 - "What is God calling us to do today?" A question posed by Jesuit Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ on his recent visit to Poland.
Art as prayer: Evie Hone and the Ignatian vision
May 20, 2026 - The Loyola Institute TCD hosted an illuminating lecture exploring the intersections between modern Irish art, patronage, and Ignatian spirituality.
‘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.
Latest Podcasts
Fascinating facts from our past
May 20, 2026
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
Latest Videos
Pray with the Pope: For priests in crisis
April 13, 2026
Pray with the Pope: For disarmament and peace
March 13, 2026
Pope Video: For children with incurable diseases
February 6, 2026
Pope video: For prayer with the word of God
January 9, 2026
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