Peter McVerry Trust

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...

Belvedere record-breaking sleepout

January 15, 2015

The Belvedere College SJ sleepout was a record-breaking success this year. The students sleeping on O'Connell St and College Green raised €178,000 for Focus Ireland, The Peter McVerry Trust and...

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,...

Collecting in the cold

January 11, 2011

The Annual Belvedere College Sleep-Out and Fast 2010 raised €111,000 for charities for the homeless: Fr. Peter McVerry Trust, Focus Ireland and Home Again Society. Facing the worst conditions ever...

‘Pity the Nation’

June 15, 2026 - As violence continues across Lebanon, Jesuits and partners have reshaped their relief efforts to assist the displaced and vulnerable.

Bee-autiful photography

June 12, 2026 - The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice invited Jesuit schools and communities to submit photos of nature for their competition.

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.