Social Justice
Pope Video: Abolition of the death penalty
September 5, 2022
For September 2022, Pope Francis says that "capital punishment offers no justice to victims, but rather encourages revenge".
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Tackling the scourge of homelessness
August 30, 2022
As homeless figures soar the Peter McVerry Trust calls for three-fold action from government.
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Preparing for the Pope in South Sudan
August 9, 2022
Cardinal Pietro Parolin conveyed the greeting and blessing of Pope Francis during Mass in Juba, South Sudan, attended by JRS Director Noelle Fitzpatrick.
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Tackling energy poverty
August 9, 2022
The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice were one of twenty organisations that submitted recommendations for a new Energy Poverty Strategy to the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications
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Pope Video: For the elderly
July 14, 2022
The Pope invites people to pray that the experience and wisdom of the elderly may help young people to look towards the future with hope.
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A meeting to remember
July 5, 2022
Gerry O'Hanlon SJ attended the all Ireland pre-synod gathering in Clonmacnoise. It was an amazing event.
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Peter McVerry Trust wins garden award
June 22, 2022
The homeless charity wins the People's Choice Show Garden Award at the Bord Bia Bloom 2022 garden festival in the Phoenix Park, Dublin.
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World Refugee Day 2022
June 20, 2022
Lucy Ray of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Ireland reports on initiatives within the increasingly prevalent context of climate change.
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Pope to Jesuit editors: ‘Reality is superior to ideas’
June 14, 2022
Pope Francis tells the editors of European Jesuit cultural journals that human reality is much more important than abstract ideas.
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Asylum seekers sleeping on hotel floors
June 13, 2022
Eugene Quinn of JRS Ireland says the hotel conditions for asylum seekers here resembles a "humanitarian disaster".
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Sculpting a Saint
June 23, 2026 - RNN archive July: Dony MacManus reflects on creating his bronze statue of St. Oliver Plunkett and the inspiration behind it.
The Role of the Body in Christian Spirituality
June 17, 2026 - A number of Jesuits presented at a major international symposium in Dublin organised by SpIRE and the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality.
Sacred Heart Novena touched human hearts
June 16, 2026 - This year's novena to the Sacred Heart in Gardiner St Church and The Messenger magazine drew people close to the heart of Jesus in various ways.
Vacancy for Pastoral Ministry Co-Ordinator
June 16, 2026 - The Belfast Jesuit Centre is seeking to recruit a Pastoral Ministry Co-Ordinator for a 9-month Fixed-Term Contract role, based within the Jesuit Centre.
Latest Podcasts
‘The grandeur of humanity’
June 15, 2026
Philosophical reflections
June 4, 2026
GLOW: Girls learn their own worth
June 3, 2026
Fascinating facts from our past
May 20, 2026
Latest Videos
Pray with the Pope: For the values of sports
June 2, 2026
Pray with the Pope: For priests in crisis
April 13, 2026
Pray with the Pope: For disarmament and peace
March 13, 2026
Pope Video: For children with incurable diseases
February 6, 2026
Latest Books
‘Dreaming A New Dream’
March 19, 2025
‘I am infinitely loved’ – Messenger booklet
August 21, 2023
Messenger autumn catalogue
August 8, 2023
‘Brothers in Arms’ – Ignatian Camino book
July 3, 2023