Peter McVerry SJ

Peter McVerry Trust calls for tax breaks for landlords in return for rent freezes for tenants

August 19, 2015

Introduction of new measures could help reduce pressure in the private residential rental sector and help address the current homelessness crisis.

Peter McVerry Trust welcomes funding for new social housing

July 24, 2015

New units will provide housing for people currently dependent on homeless accommodation in four local authority areas.

Housing is a ‘sacred right’

June 3, 2015

'Homelessness is worse now than at any time in recent memory' says Peter McVerry SJ in the latest issue of Working Notes, the journal of the Jesuit Centre for Faith...

Ethics in a Catholic schools context

February 11, 2015

Peter McVerry SJ and Pat Coyle, director of Irish Jesuit communications, spoke to Transition Year students as part of Catholic Schools Week, Peter addressing homelessness and Pat raising ethical issues...

Peter McVerry SJ

January 15, 2014

Fr. Peter McVerry SJ grew up in Newry, Co. Down and was educated at the Christian Brothers in Newry and at the Jesuit school at Clongowes Wood College. In 1962,...

Jesuits for Climate Justice in Bonn

June 4, 2026 - Follow the Jesuits for climate justice at SB64 in Germany through daily prayers, newsletters, and updates

Not for the faint-hearted!

June 3, 2026 - An appeal for refugees in a Jesuit church in Beirut, and tackling the negative stereotyping of asylum seekers - stories from Jesuit colleagues in media training in the Curia.

Warmly welcomed in Warsaw

June 3, 2026 - A warm welcome was extended by Polish Jesuits and colleagues to attendees of the annual meeting of Jesuit communications workers across Europe.