Charlie Searson SJ
‘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
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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'.
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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...
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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...
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Jesuit’s ‘brother’ wins prestigious award
August 11, 2026 - Jimmy Fullam, the former Irish Defence Forces member who wrote 'Brothers in Arms' with Brendan McManus SJ, has been nominated for a Blue Light Award.
Honouring children killed in Gaza
August 10, 2026 - A quiet act of witness and solidarity at the Belfast Jesuit Centre as the Shroud of Remembrance comes to the city.
The spiritual impact of abuse
August 5, 2026 - Safeguarding Manager for the Jesuits, Saoirse Fox, reflects on the importance of recognising the spiritual impact of abuse within the Church
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