Ireland
1923: Ireland joins the League of Nations
October 25, 2023
STUDIES :: One hundred years ago, the Irish Free State – not even one full year in existence – joined the League of Nations.
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Studies: Art, literature and national identity
September 26, 2023
The autumn 2023 issue of 'Studies' has as its main theme the "web of indebtedness" into which Irish art and literature is woven.
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A key to understanding Mary Lavin
June 7, 2023
STUDIES :: An essay from winter 1963 by Augustine Martin, Professor of Anglo-Irish Literature at University College Dublin, on the great short story writer Mary Lavin.
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The re-birth of Patrick Kavanagh
March 29, 2023
JOHN BIRD :: A look at Kavanagh's fascinating essay in 'Studies' (1959) about his transformation on the banks of the Grand Canal after his cancer treatment.
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Thinking ahead to Ireland’s future
March 7, 2023
DERMOT ROANTREE :: What kind of Ireland do we want in 2030? Many concrete issues need attention, but most of all we must ask from where we will draw our...
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Garret Fitzgerald on the European project
January 12, 2023
JOHN BIRD :: Ireland joined the EEC 50 years ago. Garret Fitzgerald helped pave the way to this event, as his 1962 article in the Jesuit journal 'Studies' shows.
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JRS Ireland’s call to action
May 20, 2022
JRS Ireland is marking World Diversity Day, Sunday 21 May, with a call to action against racism in all its forms.
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An Irish Camino experience
July 27, 2021
Three Jesuits, including Bishop Alan McGuckian of Raphoe, are helping to establish a new pilgrimage route in Ireland, the Slí Cholmcille in Donegal and Derry
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Studies: Ireland and euthanasia
June 9, 2021
The Summer 2021 issue of Studies contributes to the public scrutiny of issues raised by Gino Kenny's 'Dying with Dignity Bill' in Dáil Eireann
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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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Irish Jesuit honoured in US
November 30, 2023 - Dr Michael O'Sullivan, SJ is the first Jesuit to be elected as President of the International Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
Cakes, coffee, care
November 29, 2023 - The Jesuit Curia staff held a coffee morning to raise money for Tony O’Riordan SJ's work in Syria and UNICEF’s work in Gaza.
‘Waiting for Jesus’: Sacred Space Advent retreat
November 22, 2023 - 'Waiting for Jesus' is the theme of the Advent retreat from Sacred Space. It begins on 3 December, the first Sunday of Advent.
Advent: A season of contradictions
November 20, 2023 - "Advent is full of contradictions", says Dr Kevin Hargaden, Social Justice Theologian at the JCFJ and Presbyterian Elder.
Latest Podcasts
COP 28: Is it too late?
November 28, 2023
Evaluating the Synod on Synodality
November 20, 2023
What it was like at the Synod
November 8, 2023
Justice for Michael Mallin
November 7, 2023
Latest Videos
Massimo Faggioli: An early assessment of the Synod
November 22, 2023
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November 3, 2023
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November 2, 2023
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Latest Books
‘I am infinitely loved’ – Messenger booklet
August 21, 2023
Messenger autumn catalogue
August 8, 2023
‘Brothers in Arms’ – Ignatian Camino book
July 3, 2023
Messenger book: ‘Shaping the Assembly’
June 13, 2023
