Irish Prison Service
Reduce prison numbers, end punitive regime
November 24, 2020
The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice has been responding to a European report critical of the handling of mentally ill prisoners in Irish prisons
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McVerry calls for protection of prisoners and staff
April 2, 2020
Peter McVerry and the JCFJ have called for the release of a further 800 prisoners in the light of the Covid-19 crisis
Read morePope Francis and prisoner amnesty
August 21, 2018
Eoin Carroll of JCFJ sees the visit of Pope Francis to Ireland as an opportunity to give amnesty to prisoners while referring to action taken at the last papal visit...
Read moreJesuit centre says ‘chronic problems in prisons’
June 25, 2018
The Jesuit Centre for faith and justice responds to the launch of the Irish Prison Service’s Annual Report
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A Jesuit priest at Drumcree church
October 1, 2026 - Fr Brendan McPartlin SJ joins a prayer service at Drumcree, as renewed tensions bring Portadown’s historic divisions back into focus.
WWII – ‘A humanitarian disaster on a global scale’
October 1, 2026 - Bryan Dobson launched 'The Second World War through Jesuit Archives: The Case of Europe (1939-1945)', a book co-edited by Damien Burke, Irish Jesuit Archivist.
Clongowes students shares about his faith
October 1, 2026 - Twelve-year-old Clongowes student Anthony Buday won the National Knock Basilica Art Competition with his model of the basilica made of sugar cubes. He has a singular devotion to Mary.
October Messenger: Mission, ministry and spirituality
September 29, 2026 - Holiness, mental health, the power of the rosary, and the potential of Halloween - just a few of the articles in the October edition of the Messenger magazine
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