Social Justice

A listening Church and an empowered laity

June 3, 2015

Gerry O'Hanlon SJ has twice written publicly on the subject of the marriage equality referendum on 22 May. In both he argues strenuously for the Catholic Church in Ireland to...

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...

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The Irish Referendum – discerning the spirits

May 28, 2015

GERRY O'HANLON SJ :: The 'yes' side in the recent marriage referendum won a decisive victory. The Church, as Archbishop Martin has acknowledged, needs a reality check. But what shape...

How to vote wisely

May 20, 2015

Fifteen people took part in the referendum workshop on 'Making Good Decisions' organised by team members of the Jesuit Centre of Spirituality and Culture in Galway. Their feedback was encouraging.

“Chronic overcrowding in prisons must end,” says JCFJ

May 20, 2015

"Several critical objectives have not been met", in the Irish Prison Service’s Strategic Plan 2012–2015, says Eoin Carroll, Advocacy Officer of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice.

‘They will never silence us’

May 20, 2015

Archbishop Romero will be beatified as a modern-day martyr who saw the fight for justice in El Salvador as a political and economic struggle against the forces of sin and...

Doing all one can

May 20, 2015

Fr Bernard Arputhasamy SJ, who is getting medical treatment in Ireland at present, is the director of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Jordan. The work is never-ending, and one has...