Social Justice

Milltown launch HDip in Ethical Studies

June 19, 2006

As society changes, writes Kevin O’Reilly of the Milltown Institute, new ethical challenges are emerging for us all, and Milltown’s new diploma course in Ethical Studies is designed to help...

CFJ in international coalition on immigration

June 19, 2006

A challenge to the practice of immigration-related detention will be leveled by a new coalition of human rights groups, with the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice prominent among them,...

Fighting the good fight a long, long way from home

June 19, 2006

First published in the Offaly Independent, this is an interview by Eoghan MacConnell with Tullamore-born Michael Kelly SJ, who was recently honoured by the Irish government for his lifelong contribution...

Some news travels slowly…

May 23, 2006

May 23, 2006 Some news travels slowly... Media coverage of sex abuse cases is unjust by Edmond Grace SJ Some news travels slowly, especially news about sexual abuse of minors...

Living among the poor, listening to their silence

May 19, 2006

Mary Stokes spent a year as a Jesuit volunteer among the socially deprived people of the Ballymun flats in north Dublin. She reflects on the unsung heroes she met there,...

Sunny Sudan surprise!

May 19, 2006

Katherine Butterly had her eyes opened wide by her experience of working with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Sudan for a year. Life is hard in the Sudan, but the...

Slí Eile Easter experience in Clongowes Wood

May 19, 2006

Breda Lannigan remembers a truly meaningful Easter with Slí Eile in Clongowes. Going to the Slí Eile Easter Experience, she says, is like “going home for a family reunion”. It’s...

Singing Gospel behind bars

May 19, 2006

Anne Hallahan of the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir remembers the choir’s experience of singing two Masses in Wheatfield Prison. They went down well with the inmates, though they thought it...

Bethlehem calling

April 20, 2006

Charlotte Carson, UK coordinator of Open Bethlehem, explains the difficulties Bethlehem faces this Easter – both the physical obstacles which cut it off from Jerusalem and the lack of the...

Irish girl comes second in JRS competition

April 19, 2006

The life of aged-out minors seeking asylum in Ireland by Hélène Hofman At 2pm on April the 18th 2006 at a prize-giving ceremony at the European Parliament, the Jesuit Refugee...

‘A privilege to be part of it’

April 15, 2026 - The celebratory event to mark the historic Silver Jubilee of postgraduate studies in Applied Spirituality was a special day for all.

An attitude of gratitude

April 14, 2026 - Gratitude: The solution to worry, Kierkegaard claimed, was to make a leap of faith and put our trust in God’s enduring love.

April Messenger: Hope, renewal and growth

April 13, 2026 - In these uncertain times, the April Messenger offers rest and reflection, with themes of hope, renewal, gratitude and transformation in everyday life.

Faithful Justice Today: A Jesuit Commemoration

April 1, 2026 - The spring 2026 issue of Studies commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Jesuits formally committing the Society to 'a faith that does justice'.