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Protesting, preaching and praying

June 7, 2020

Irish Jesuit Donal Godfrey SJ has been preaching in his church and protesting on the streets of San Francisco

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New issue of Studies: Fraught times for democracy

April 29, 2020

The Spring 2020 issue of Studies reads the 'signs of the times', examining some of the critical shifts in political and cultural vision in late modernity

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Religious Imagination and Public Life

February 27, 2018

Edmond Grace SJ argued in a recent lecture that the exclusion of religious discourse from public life gives free rein to fundamentalism and crass populism.

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Je ne suis pas Charlie

January 15, 2015

BRIAN LENNON SJ :: 'Je suis Charlie' is a passionate cry to defend our right to dissent and to challenge. But a question remains to be answered: even if we...

Remembering a unique Jesuit/Protestant school

August 18, 2026 - Irish Jesuits visited Drogheda this summer to mark a significant event in the town's history involving St Oliver Plunkett and their Order.

The landscape that influenced C.S. Lewis

August 11, 2026 - In his August Messenger article, Kevin Hargaden explores the Irish landscape that moulded C. S. Lewis's soul and his writing.

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.