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JRS South Sudan emergency update
May 8, 2023
Noelle Fitzpatrick and her JRS team are providing psychosocial support and essential services for the influx of refugees into South Sudan.
Read more‘Breakfast for Aleppo’
April 20, 2023
Tony O'Riordan SJ spoke to Oireachtas staff and invited guests in Dáil Éireann, as part of a fundraiser securing almost €12,000 for victims of the recent earthquake in Syria and...
Read more‘Racism is the opposite of encounter’
March 21, 2023
The Irish Jesuit Refugee Service marks International Day against Racism and welcomes Bishops' statement challenging the rise of racism and xenophobia.
Read moreIrish solidarity with Syrian earthquake victims
February 13, 2023
News of the support and donations from Ireland to Syria has been inspirational for the suffering people there, says Tony O'Riordan SJ.
Read moreEarthquake appeal from Jesuit missions
February 8, 2023
Irish Jesuit Tony O'Riordan and the JRS in Syria are responding to the devastation caused by the earthquakes there and in Turkey.
Read morePope’s straight-talking in South Sudan
February 7, 2023
Pope Francis' Ecumenical Peace Pilgrimage to South Sudan, was a special experience for Noelle Fitzpatrick and her team at the Jesuit Refugee Service. where Pope Francis' words made a powerful...
Read morePreparing to meet the Pope.
February 1, 2023
Noelle Fitzpatrick and the Jesuit Refugee Service in South Sudan are busy preparing for the imminent visit of Pope Francis to the country.
Read moreJRS Ireland voices concern
January 18, 2023
JRS Ireland has been on national media calling for minimum standards in accommodation for persons seeking the protection of the Irish state to ensure their ‘basic needs’ are met.
Read moreJesuits and colleagues serve as witnesses in South Sudan
December 19, 2022
Irish woman Noelle Fitzpatrick reports on how the Jesuit Refugee Service is addressing the crises faced by the people of South Sudan.
Read moreChange-Climate Project launched
November 23, 2022
JRS calls on Irish schools and students to continue to be ‘agents of change’ in responding to climate change and forced migration.
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