Charlie Searson SJ

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‘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'.

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‘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...

Bishops raise “serious concerns” over Act

May 6, 2026 - Bishop Alan McGukian SJ raises "serious concerns" over Ireland’s new International Protection Act 2026

Pray with the Pope: That everyone have food

May 5, 2026 - The Pope Video: "That everyone might have food." A moral call to action on hunger in a world of abundance.

“One of the most dangerous places”

May 5, 2026 - Ravaged by conflict, poverty, and danger. Irish Jesuits International unites efforts for change at the Forum for Irish Missionaries in South Sudan event.