Liam O’Connell SJ

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Food and medical supplies for Ukrainians

March 30, 2022

Alumni of Crescent College Comprehensive SJ are helping to feed Ukrainian women and children and provide supplies for critical wound care.

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‘Remember, give thanks, be surprised’.

October 7, 2016

Longstanding members of the Lay Retreat Association gathered for a final thanksgiving Mass followed by dinner in Milltown Park

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Farewell with gratitude to LRA

June 7, 2016

After over seventy successful years offering retreats to lay people, the LRA is to discontinue its ministry due to the ageing profile of its officers, all of whom were volunteers.

Liam O’Connell SJ

January 15, 2015

Liam O’Connell was born in Dublin in 1943, and grew up with two brothers and two sisters, in Limerick and in Dublin. He attended Crescent College SJ and Belvedere College...

Remembering a unique Jesuit/Protestant school

August 18, 2026 - Irish Jesuits visited Drogheda this summer to mark a significant event in the town's history involving St Oliver Plunkett and their Order.

The landscape that influenced C.S. Lewis

August 11, 2026 - In his August Messenger article, Kevin Hargaden explores the Irish landscape that moulded C. S. Lewis's soul and his writing.

Jesuit’s ‘brother’ wins prestigious award

August 11, 2026 - Jimmy Fullam, the former Irish Defence Forces member who wrote 'Brothers in Arms' with Brendan McManus SJ, has been nominated for a Blue Light Award.