Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice

Prayer and protest for climate action

October 9, 2019

Students of Gonzaga College SJ and Belvedere College SJ live out their motto to be 'men and women for and with others' at the recent strike for Global Climate Action...

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Joining young people for climate action

September 17, 2019

Ciara Murphy, Environmental Justice Advocate at JCFJ, draws from the Pope's encyclical letter Laudato Si’ to expain why she is protesting with school students on 20 September

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The many faces of crime

August 21, 2019

The late summer issue of Working Notes goes beyond the definition of crime in relation to the law to include cases of 'economic crime', 'carbon crime' and crime with regard...

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Climate Action Plan: Will we adapt to climate chaos?

July 11, 2019

CIARA MURPHY (JCFJ) :: The Government's Climate Action Plan lacks urgency and shows no awareness of the scale of the impending crisis.

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The Climate Action Plan theologically considered

July 2, 2019

KEVIN HARGADEN :: In spite of the initial positive reception, there are good reasons why enthusiasm for the Government's Climate Action Plan has dampened.

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Legislation not aspiration

June 17, 2019

Dr Ciara Murphy of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice explains how the just-published Government plan to tackle climate disruption fails us

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Fond farewell to Eoin

April 4, 2019

After thirteen years of service with the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, Eoin Carroll said his last goodbye on Friday 29 March

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Human rights and Catholic social teaching

March 7, 2019

Renowned moral theologian David Hollebach SJ heard from and spoke to a number of Jesuit works whilst in Ireland recently

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Exploring the ‘harm of inaction’

February 6, 2019

The latest issue of 'Working Notes' explores the failure to respond adequately to crises in housing, economics, criminal justice, and environment

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Doing Ignatius today

January 30, 2019

Irish Jesuits and colleagues attended two days of reflection and 'spiritual conversation' by Martin Scroope, who oversees formation and leadership in the Australian Jesuit Province

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