Spirituality

Endings and beginnings in the Far East

February 21, 2017

John Guiney SJ visited his fellow Jesuits in the Far East where he witnessed endings and beginnings of Jesuit works

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A life of quiet faithfulness

February 21, 2017

Jesuits, family and friends paid a final farewell to Fr Hugh O'Neill SJ, remembered fondly for his kindness, courtesy and fidelity

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‘High art from low life’

February 21, 2017

Brendan Staunton SJ is a psychotherapist with a unique take on the 'Beyond Caravaggio' art exhibition now running in the National Gallery of Ireland

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Henri de Lubac

February 20, 2017

The French Jesuit Henri de Lubac was one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century.

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Ruggiero Boscovich

February 14, 2017

Born in Dubrovnik in 1711, this well-regarded Jesuit developed the first general mathematical theory of atomism; saved the dome of St. Peter’s from ruin; and a lunar crater was named...

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Open to one another’s traditions

February 8, 2017

Reverend Helen Freeburn is a Presbyterian minister at the United Methodist and Presbyterian Church in Galway. Her Church specialises in welcoming the stranger

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Tom McGivern SJ: a man without guile

February 8, 2017

Michael J. Kelly SJ gives an account of his late missionary friend Tom McGivern SJ who passed away on 14 January, 2017 in his 90th year.

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Saint Paul Miki

February 6, 2017

The founding of the Society of Jesus coincided in time with the discovery of new continents and peoples across the world by Europeans. Saint Francis Xavier, one of the founding...

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‘Fine scholar, outstanding lecturer’

February 1, 2017

Warm tributes were paid to Ray Moloney SJ at his funeral Mass in Milltown Park. The well known theologian died peacefully, aged eighty five

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Saint Claude de la Colombière and Sacred Heart devotion in Ireland

February 1, 2017

It was the fruitful friendship of Saint Claude de la Colombière and Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque that spurred the development and popularity of the devotion to the Sacred Heart in...

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