Social Justice

Football in Foynes

March 10, 2009

A joint initiative between JRS Ireland and the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) for asylum seekers who are residents in Mount Trenchard, Foynes commenced with a Soccer Open Day on...

Ballymun choir bang out the hits

March 10, 2009

The Ballymun Gospel Choir, one of the foremost choirs of its kind in the country, is hosting an evening of “electric gospel music” on Saturday, 14 March, in St Anne’s...

Sleep-out reaches a million

February 17, 2009

Fr Peter McVerry SJ unveiled a plaque in Belvedere College to acknowledge that the “Sleep Out” run by the students of the College had raised over €1,000,000 for the upkeep...

Talking about democracy

February 3, 2009

Irish Provincial John Dardis launched a new Jesuit initiative on Tuesday 3 February – the Conversation on Democracy in Ireland. It is a follow-on to Edmond Grace’s recent work on...

Building homes in Madagascar

February 3, 2009

Fifth year students from Gonzaga College in Dublin are once again raising money to help build homes in Madagascar, working in conjunction with Habitat For Humanity. They hope to raise...

JCFJ trip studies support after prison

January 27, 2009

Tony O’Riordan SJ and Eoin Carroll, from the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, recently hosted a study trip to a number of support projects for people coming out of...

Salvadoran Martyrs

January 27, 2009

A Spanish court has begun an investigation into the murder of six Jesuits (five of them Spanish citizens) and two laywomen in El Salvador in 1989. Although two soldiers were...

‘Floods of refugees’, ‘waves of migrants’, ‘immigration flow’… In an incisive article for World Day of Migrants and Refugees (18 January), Eugene Quinn, director of JRS Ireland, identifies a dehumanising...

Following a star

January 13, 2009

On Tuesday 6 January, the feast of the Epiphany, Michael Hurley made a brief appearance on the RTE 1 programme Witness. He could be seen star-gazing through a telescope in...

JRS brings Christmas cheer to migrant kids

January 6, 2009

Jesuit Refugee Service Ireland ran a very successful Christmas toy appeal, collecting a huge number of toys for distribution to more than 120 children of migrants and asylum seekers. The...

Jesuit leaders address global challenges

May 8, 2026 - Irish Jesuit Provincial Fr. Shane Daly SJ was in attendance the the 38th General Assembly of the Jesuit Conference of European Provincials

Bishops raise “serious concerns” over Act

May 6, 2026 - Bishop Alan McGukian SJ raises "serious concerns" over Ireland’s new International Protection Act 2026

Pray with the Pope: That everyone have food

May 5, 2026 - The Pope Video: "That everyone might have food." A moral call to action on hunger in a world of abundance.

“One of the most dangerous places”

May 5, 2026 - Ravaged by conflict, poverty, and danger. Irish Jesuits International unites efforts for change at the Forum for Irish Missionaries in South Sudan event.