Social Justice

Fun continues on JRS Ireland’s Summer Programme

July 22, 2008

A Family Fun Day will be held in Mountjoy Square Park on Thursday 24 July for the families of asylum seekers who are participating in JRS Ireland’s Summer Programme. The...

Launch of JCFJ’s Oireachtas Watch

July 15, 2008

On Wednesday 9 July, in Buswells Hotel, An Ceann Comhairle John O’Donoghue TD formally launched the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice’s ‘Oireachtas Watch’ website. (www.jcfj.ie/pqs) This initiative contains a...

JCFJ keeps tabs on justice and reform

July 8, 2008

An Ceann Comhairle, John O’Donoghue, will launch the Jesuit Centre of Faith and Justice’s web-based Oireachtas Watch service. The launch will take place on Wednesday 9 July at 7.00pm in...

Ethnic tensions in Kenya

July 8, 2008

Last week we published the first of two articles published recently by Gerard Whelan SJ in Civiltà Cattolica: ‘Christian hope and the African city’. This week we publish the second,...

Whelan on Kenya

June 30, 2008

Gerry Whelan SJ is back from Rome to spend the summer in Dublin. He attended the Province retreat last week and is currently helping out in two parishes in Dublin....

New Jesuit General debunks ‘black pope’ myth

June 19, 2008

In an exclusive interview given recently to the editors of Jesuit journals, Father Adolfo Nicolás, the new Superior General of the Society of Jesus, was questioned about the challenges now...

Slí Eile trip inspired by social activist Provincial

June 18, 2008

For the first time, Slí Eile is running a summer programme in Jamaica this July. This was made possible through Joe Palmisano’s help, he is a US Jesuit who has...

Lisbon and lost trust

June 17, 2008

In this brief commentary on the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty by the Irish electorate, Edmond Grace SJ identifies in Irish politics a crisis of trust which requires attention. After...

JRS seeks new Integration Officer

June 17, 2008

The Jesuit Refugee Service (Ireland) is currently welcoming applications for the post of Integration Officer, a two-year, fixed-term, full-time contract. The successful candidate will be required to support and develop...

New faces for JCFJ

June 17, 2008

Dr Michael Punch, an authority on Irish Housing Policy, has joined the team of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice (JCFJ) for the summer months. He will devote much...

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.