Social Justice

Can the body be sold?

January 15, 2008

Can the body be sold? Prostitution, trafficking and llegal adoption of children and other abuses to our bodies are the subject of Slí Eile’s January debate that is to be...

Bridging troubled waters

January 8, 2008

A long-time peace worker who began work in Northern Ireland with Belfast’s Jesuit-led Columbanus Community has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s honours list. Revd Paul Symonds was...

A flick through next year’s pages

December 29, 2007

In the last Saturday supplement of 2007, The Irish Times‘ Arminta Wallace previews the literary year 2008 with a mention of a Jesuit writer, Nigerian Uwem Akpan. Conflicts in Africa...

Teaching English to refugees

December 20, 2007

2007 Fourteen Clongowes Transition Year students and two teachers plan to use Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) to assist local asylum seekers and refugees. They are a pilot...

Sentence adjourned

December 18, 2007

Irish newspapers today carried reports of an Englishman, a former clerical employee of the Jesuits, who was charged with setting fire to the Irish headquarters on Good Friday last. He...

JVI

December 17, 2007

Jesuit Volunteers Philippines have agreed to accept two Irish applicants, at the request of JVI Ireland, to join their 29th batch of volunteers. Each year about 20 volunteers...

Singing in the rain

December 17, 2007

Jesuit Volunteers Philippines have agreed to accept two Irish applicants, at the request of JVI Ireland, to join their 29th batch of volunteers. Each year about 20 volunteers take part...

The Arrupe vision in action

November 8, 2007

November 8, 2007 The Arrupe vision in action Pedro Arrupe and the Jesuit Refugee Service by Mark Raper SJ Just four days before his cerebral stroke, in August 1981, I...

Eight encounters with Arrupe

October 31, 2007

Adolfo Nicolás recalls eight meetings with Pedro Arrupe that characterise the man.

Bringing justice to the world

October 31, 2007

October 31, 2007 Bringing justice to the world by Peter McVerry SJ Fr Pedro Arrupe SJ is considered by many Jesuits, myself included, to be the “second founder” of the...

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.