Irish Jesuits

60 years a Jesuit

September 12, 2018

Irish Jesuit Fr Barney McGuckian recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of his entering the Society of Jesus in 1958. Clongowes Wood College held a special event to celebrate this milestone....

Jesuit Archives collaborate on Irish language project

September 12, 2018

The Irish Jesuit Archives is collaborating with the Irish Script on Screen project by making its Irish language manuscripts available for digitisation

News

WMOF round-up

August 29, 2018

Irish Jesuits and colleagues were involved in lots of activities at the World Meeting of Families Pastoral Congress in the RDS, Dublin from 22 to 24 August 2018

News

Help with healing process, Pope urges Jesuits

August 29, 2018

During his visit, Pope Francis met with Irish Jesuits and urged them to pray, stay optimistic and help with healing

Inspirational Jesuits

A champion at the front

February 28, 2018

A number of centenary events took place in 2017 to mark the life and death of Fr Willie Doyle SJ, a Jesuit chaplain who was killed at Passchendaele. An exhibition...

books

Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2018

January 16, 2018

'Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2018' leads us into a life of prayer and in doing so, it inspires new expressions and depths of prayer.

Double tragedy at Gonzaga

January 9, 2018

Gonzaga community and college have been left in shock by the deaths on the same day of Kennedy O’Brien SJ and Joe Brennan SJ

podcasts

Unique view of early Jesuit Irish mission

December 20, 2017

A recent publication by the Jesuit Archives in Rome provides a unique view of the first Jesuits in Ireland, during the Irish Mission of the 16th to 18th century.

Roscrea remembers a heroic Jesuit

October 11, 2017

Roscrea Library is marking the 100th anniversary of the death of Fr Michael Bergin SJ, from nearby Fancroft, with an exhibition curated by Irish Jesuit Archives