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Food for saints and scholars
April 29, 2019
Messenger Publications have produced 'Saintly Feasts: Food for Saints and Scholars,' a novel cookery book with a difference
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Converted like the magi
February 6, 2019
Paolo Beltrame, Jesuit novice and astrophysicist, spoke to Pat Coyle about how spirituality and religion opened the door to his unanswered questions of the universe
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Vows at North-West European novitiate
January 16, 2019
Irish Jesuit Fr Kevin O'Rourke SJ helped to guide Luke Taylor SJ in the taking of his First Vows in the Society of Jesus
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The best laid plans…
September 25, 2018
Storm Ali put paid to some of the work laid on for eight Jesuit novices on a return visit to Ireland
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Making sense with the homeless
January 10, 2018
British Jesuit novice Luke Taylor tried to make sense of the broken pieces while working with the homeless in Dublin
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“A palpable sense of the presence of God”
December 6, 2017
Patrick Corkery SJ returned from his studies in the United States to profess his first vows to the Society of Jesus in front of his family, friends, and Jesuit colleagues
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Finding God through the streets of Dublin
July 13, 2017
Stephen Noon SJ is a British Jesuit novice on an urban pilgrimage of Dublin, as part of a short experiment to go beyond his comfort zone and test his vocation.
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Hanging out with the homeless
April 4, 2017
Chris Brolly is a Jesuit novice whose vocation has been strengthened whilst working in Peter McVerry's drop-in centre for the homeless
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Novices take first vows
September 17, 2015
'What is it to be a Jesuit?' The question posed and answered by the Irish Jesuit Provincial Tom Layden SJ in his homily at the first vows ceremony for novices...
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Warm tributes paid to Lúcás Chan SJ, RIP
June 2, 2015
Warm tributes have been paid by noted academics and theologians from Ireland and around the world to Fr. Lúcás Chan SJ (46), a Hong Kong native and Jesuit of the...
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Update on Jesuit naming process
November 27, 2024 - An update on the progress of the Independent Working Group established to review the files of all Jesuits who are the subject of child abuse allegations.
Sacred Space Advent retreat
November 26, 2024 - Sacred Space will launch their online Advent retreat on 1 December. It features scripture readings, reflections, prayers and meditations
Advent: a season of spiritual nourishment
November 26, 2024 - The season of Advent is full of contradictions as well as a time for spiritual nourishment, according to Dr Kevin Hargaden, Presbyterian Elder
Praying with the Bible
November 26, 2024 - Nikolaas Sintobin SJ has recently published a book entitled 'Praying with the Bible'. It features suggestions of prayer to accompany a sequence of fifty Bible texts.
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Hope and hanging in there
November 14, 2024
Her bags are packed
November 5, 2024
Sons of Ignatius: Homily Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 29, 2024
Dilexit Nos – ‘He Loved Us’
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Latest Videos
The Pope Video: For those who have lost a child
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Care, consult and be co-responsible
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August 6, 2024
Latest Books
‘I am infinitely loved’ – Messenger booklet
August 21, 2023
Messenger autumn catalogue
August 8, 2023
‘Brothers in Arms’ – Ignatian Camino book
July 3, 2023
Messenger book: ‘Shaping the Assembly’
June 13, 2023
