Charlie Searson SJ

News

‘An unassuming Jesuit’

February 24, 2021

Jerry O'Connell SJ was a missionary who died in his beloved Zambia last November. Peter Carroll SJ recalls his life of service as a 'humble, unassuming Jesuit'.

News

‘Above all I believe in people’

November 20, 2019

Jesuits at home and abroad along with friends and colleagues have been paying tribute to the late Winnie Ryan of Irish Jesuit Missions

videos

Discerning the voice of the Lord

March 6, 2018

“The times in which we live demand that we develop a profound capacity of discernment,” Pope Francis says in the March edition of 'The Pope Video'.

podcasts

Pioneering spirit in Africa

June 8, 2016

As Director of the Pioneer Association in Zambia, Charlie Searson SJ has helped to devise a government policy to meet chronic alcohol abuse. Sadly this policy is now under attack...

Praying with the Pope

January 15, 2015

The Pope's Univeral Intention for January is 'That those from diverse religious traditions and all people of good will may work together for peace'. Charlie Searson SJ, of the Apostleship...

July Messenger: Trusting with faith

July 3, 2026 - July Messenger: Seeking balance, rest, restoration and prayer during the summer months

Emergency earthquake appeal for Venezuela

July 2, 2026 - The Irish Jesuits International (IJI) has launched an emergency appeal following the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June

‘Make your path as you walk’

July 2, 2026 - An accident ended Brendan McManus SJ’s plan to walk the entire Camino; through discernment and 'let go let God' he discovered a better plan.

A thriving northern ministry

July 2, 2026 - The AGM of the Dialogue for Diversity programme heard updates on prisoner accompaniment, environmental projects, and the Spiritual Exercises for prisoners.