Damien Burke
Fascinating facts from our past
May 20, 2026
Damien Burke, archivist for the Irish Jesuit Province, has been casting a beady eye over the 1926 census just released online. It has a lot to tell us.
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A memorable encounter
September 29, 2025
The visit to the Irish Province by former pupils of Wah Yan College in Hong Kong was "a unique, consoling and lifegiving encounter for all concerned."
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When archivists meet…
March 19, 2024
WW II and Jesuit Archives was one of the topics discussed when Archivists from the Jesuit Conference of Europe met recently in Rome
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Digital preservation of religious collections
August 16, 2022
DAMIEN BURKE :: The Irish Jesuit Archives were involved in a conference on the digital preservation for the arts, social sciences and humanities in Dublin.
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Irish Jesuits and the London IRA, 1921
February 8, 2021
Damien Burke :: Archival background on Fr William McElligott SJ, whose IRA service medal for the War of Independence years was gifted to the Irish Province recently
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Strong Irish presence at Jesuit studies symposium
August 2, 2019
Participants at an archivist conference in Boston College heard about four-hundred-year-old letters of St Ignatius found inside the columns of an altar to Our Lady in 2016
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A real Jesuit plot
May 15, 2019
A video tour of the three Jesuit plots in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, with Brother Tom Phelan and Damien Burke, assistant archivist of the Province
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200 years at Tullabeg
April 9, 2019
The online catalogue of the papers of St Stanislaus College have been published to mark the bicentenary of its foundation
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The last parting: Jesuits and Armistice
November 11, 2018
DAMIEN BURKE :: For Jesuit chaplains in the First World War, Armistice Day meant decisions had to be made.
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Jesuits and the influenza, 1918-19
November 6, 2018
Jesuits and their schools were not immune to the ravages of the influenza outbreak which killed 100 million people just after World War I
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Studies: ‘The Suffering of Innocents in War and Beyond’
June 2, 2026 - The summer issue of Studies responds to the current state of global affairs, in which, as Pope Leo put it, "war is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading".
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.
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 the values of sports
June 2, 2026
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
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