Social Justice

Bernadette Fahy, Counsellor and survivor of institutional abuse, on her experience

January 1, 2014

Irish Jesuits · Bernadette Fahy, Counsellor and survivor of institutional abuse, on her experience Four interviews from the 2011 Conference on ‘Broken Faith’, relating to the clerical sex-abuse issue in...

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Jesuit Centre Calls for End to Detention of Asylum Seekers

June 5, 2012

The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice ( JCFJ) today called for an end to detention of asylum seekers entering Ireland and for reform of the 1996 Refugee Act. They...

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Jesuits host major conference on addiction

June 5, 2012

A major conference on Addiction and the Family will take place in Manresa Jesuit Centre of Spirituality. The event, organized by the Jesuits in Manresa, is part of their ongoing...

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Jesuits and ‘the joy’

June 5, 2012

 Prisoners in Mountjoy have today, Tue, Nov 25,'09 put their own hand-made Christmas cards on the market. The proceeds from the sales will go to an orphanage in Calcutta linked...

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‘Messenger’ in the pink!

June 5, 2012

For the first time in The Irish Jesuit Messenger's 121 year history, its iconic red cover has been transposed to a flush of pink as The Messenger  magazine‘s way of ...

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‘The Recession and God’-Jesuit’s new book

June 5, 2012

“The current economic crisis is of such scale that it calls for a real revolution in our society’s priorities, policies and structures”, says theologian, Gerry O’Hanlon SJ, in The Recession...

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Jesuits launch unique education project in Ballymun

June 5, 2012

The Irish Jesuit Province and Dublin City University (DCU) have this Autumn 2006, launched a unique project to enable greater numbers of Ballymun residents enter 3rd level education.

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Jesuit calls for new economic model

May 22, 2012

Jesuit theologian Gerry O’Hanlon SJ and policy analyst Nat O’ Connor from the independent think-tank TASC will jointly address a seminar on developing a new economic model for Irish society,...

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Jesuit Journal Asks How to Make Ireland a Caring Society

May 22, 2012

“Caring is costly, empathy is cheap”, claims Fergus O’Donoghue, in his editorial in the spring edition of the Jesuit Journal Studies, ‘Making Ireland a Caring Society’. “Empathy abounds on our...

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‘Spirituality Serving Survivors of Trauma’

May 16, 2012

A groundbreaking International conference to be held in Belfast from March 9-13. Trauma and Spirituality: An International Dialogue, will bring together health professionals and faith leaders from all faiths...

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