Damien Burke
Commemorating the sesquicentenary of the arrival of Irish Jesuits in Australia
September 17, 2015
The Jesuit Archives record the role of the Irish Jesuit mission to Australia from 1865 to 1931 in the building up of the Catholic Church and Catholic education in Australia.
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Anzac, archives and the bullshit detector
May 6, 2015
DAMIEN BURKE :: Six Jesuits, five of them Irish-born, served with the Anzac forces at Gallipoli. There are good reasons to commemorate this ill-fated event. Jingoism, however, is not one...
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Irish Jesuit chaplains in the First World War
December 15, 2014
At a time of great turmoil at home in Ireland, thirty-two Irish Jesuits signed up to minister to Catholic soldiers on the European battlefields of the First World War. Damien...
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Jesuit Chaplains of World War I
October 3, 2014
Irish Jesuit Chaplains in the First World War, (Messenger Publications) edited by Damien Burke, assistant archivist to the Jesuit Province, was launched on Friday 17 September, by Roisin Duffy of...
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A Church in change: The challenge of synodality
November 10, 2026 - Fr Eamonn Conway examines how synodality, rooted in Vatican II, can shape Church life, leadership and decision-making at every level.
Job vacancy at the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice
November 9, 2026 - The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice is recruiting a Communications and Marketing Manager, a professional who is passionate about social justice and committed to advancing the mission of the Centre through strategic communication, engagement and relationship building
Willie Doyle SJ canonisation documents brought to Rome
November 9, 2026 - The final bundles of documentation central to the canonisation process of Fr Willie Doyle SJ have been delivered to the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints in Rome.
Climate leadership, not climate hypocrisy
November 3, 2026 - The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice are inviting people to join them at National Climate Demonstration in Dublin on Saturday, 14 November.
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