Social Justice
Working together in building our common home
June 19, 2015
In his latest Encyclical letter Pope Francis invites people to an ecological conversion by taking responsibility for caring for nature and our planet.
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Rooftop farming at Belvedere College
June 17, 2015
Belvedere College has created an innovative 'Urban Farm' which utilises a small rooftop space to create a wide range of growing projects.
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Sensitivity of heart
June 16, 2015
Slovakian Jesuit Peter Girasek SJ was asked to help in refugee camps in Iraq, a country largely dominated by ISIS. It felt It felt to him like a death sentence,...
Read moreThe marriage referendum: Why I voted yes
June 4, 2015
EDMOND GRACE SJ :: What gay people are looking for, access to marriage, is itself a good, and when the state denies them access it causes an intense, counter-productive hostility,...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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“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.
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‘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...
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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.
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