Social Justice
Does being Christian make a difference?
March 16, 2016
DERMOT ROANTREE :: When it comes to such issues as immigration and the needs of suffering peoples, what difference should one's Christianity make?
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Help refugees by lobbying
March 9, 2016
JRS Europe Director Jean Marie Carrière SJ urges regional organisations to lobby their governments hard on behalf of refugees.
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‘We must regain our outrage’
March 2, 2016
Peter McVerry SJ says we must regain our outrage and make it felt, if we as a society are to have any hope of effectively tackling the issue of homelessness...
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Caring for our common home
February 23, 2016
In 'The Pope Video', Pope Francis asks us to unite in respect for creation and to act to preserve the natural world for future generations.
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Housing policy a disaster – JCFJ
February 23, 2016
Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice says latest statistics on family homelessness are a shocking indictment of current housing policy.
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Rahman’s story with JRS Ireland
February 11, 2016
Jesuit Refugee Service Ireland have accompanied Rahman, a young person from Afghanistan, as he faces serious obstacles during his time here. He speaks to Project Worker Marta Hernandez.
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Make housing key election issue
February 2, 2016
The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice is calling on all candidates and voters in the forthcoming General Election to make housing and homelessness key issues in the campaign.
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Real but defying belief
February 1, 2016
The film Room, 'a testimony to love and courage' in the face of the horror of sex slavery, has received four Oscar nominations. Its producer is Ed Guiney, the nephew...
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1916: Remembering the Rising
January 28, 2016
A number of Jesuit responses to this year's commemoration of the 1916 Rising have emerged in recent days, most notably Seamus Murphy SJ's critical view in the Irish Times.
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Belvo Boys sleep-out for homeless
January 23, 2016
Celebrities like Brian O’Driscoll, Bernard Brogan and Conor McGregor supported Belvedere College S.J.'s Annual Sleep-Out & Fast from December 22 – 24, 2015 with more than €190,000 raised.
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