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Madrid Summit

October 28, 2008

Twelve new Provincials were among those who gathered with John Dardis just outside Madrid for the annual meeting of the European Provincials. Ireland makes a big contribution through Dermot O’Connor...

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Guns near Goma

October 28, 2008

Gerry Clarke SJ in Goma (Democratic Republic of Congo) asks for our prayers. The war is coming closer. The rebels are within twenty miles of the JRS camp, and there...

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Making headway with JRS in Limerick

October 21, 2008

In his first weeks in the Jesuit Refugee Service in Limerick, Rory Halpin SJ has been working with JRS Director Eugene Quinn to identify the needs of asylum seekers, refugees...

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Arriving in Goma

October 21, 2008

Gerry Clarke SJ has begun to take up his new duties, working for the Jesuit Refugee Centre in Goma, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. His journey to...

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Slí Eile assist at UN World Poverty Day

October 14, 2008

Slí Eile (Jesuit centre for young adults) is one of 25 voluntary groups involved in a series of events to mark the UN Eradication of World Poverty Day on Friday...

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Provincial visits Cherryfield before move

October 14, 2008

The Irish Provincial, Fr John Dardis, was on visitation to Cherryfield Lodge on Monday, 13 October, the last visitation before the transfer to the new building, which is due to...

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Provincial outlines new priorities

October 7, 2008

At a meeting for directors and board members of Jesuit Works in Manresa on 30 September, the Provincial, Fr John Dardis, summarised the day’s work in a statement of three...

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JCFJ in Sierra Leone

October 7, 2008

Walt Kilroy, a staff member of the Centre for Faith and Justice and a PhD student at Dublin City University, has just returned from four weeks of field research in...

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Coláiste Iognáid welcomes government funding

September 30, 2008

Staff, students, parents, Jesuits and the Board of Management of Coláiste Iognáid have given a warm welcome to the news that the Department of Education will provide the funding for...

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Slí Eile present cheque to Irish charity

September 30, 2008

Slí Eile director Padraig Swan presented a cheque for €45,000 to John Clarke of Friends in Ireland on 27 September in the Belvedere Hotel. The money was raised by students...

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