Spirituality

Deep sharing in Moyross

February 11, 2015

Brendan McManus SJ spoke to a group of over fifty people in Moyross, Limerick, on the subject of suicide bereavement, on 7 February. His talk was based on his own...

Remembering Ron Darwen SJ

February 11, 2015

On Thursday, January 29th, Jim Culliton SJ and Brendan Comerford SJ, attended the funeral Mass of the late Ron Darwen SJ in Preston, Lancashire, England. Both Jim and Brendan had...

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Can God and evil co-exist?

February 9, 2015

BRIAN GROGAN SJ :: ‘Monstrous’ and ‘a maniac’ was how Steven Fry described God on RTÉ. Brian Grogan SJ, who responded to fry on a Newstalk panel with Pat Kenny,...

Jesuit responds to Stephen Fry

February 6, 2015

'Monstrous' and 'a maniac' was how Steven Fry described God on Gay Byrne's 'The Meaning of Life' programme this week. Brian Grogan SJ responded to this charge on Newstalk in...

Jesuits help Scorsese with ‘Silence’

February 5, 2015

Irish Jesuit Brian Mac Cuarta and the staff of the Roman Jesuit Archives are helping Martin Scorsese's production team with details for 'Silence', a film adaptation of Shusako Endo's novel...

RIP: Fr Patrick Heelan SJ

February 2, 2015

Fr Patrick Heelan SJ died in Cherryfield Lodge on 1 February. Aside from being a Jesuit priest, he was a theoretical physicist and a philosopher of science who studied under...

RIP: Fr Neil O’Driscoll SJ

January 30, 2015

Fr Neil O’Driscoll died peacefully in St. Vincent’s Hospital on Tuesday 27th January, aged 81. He was a fine figure of a man who never lost the military bearing that...

Mercy abounds at ‘Retreats Ireland’

January 28, 2015

Piaras Jackson SJ and Brendan Comerford SJ of the Manresa Jesuit Centre of Spirituality unexpectedly gave the keynote addresses at the annual Retreats Ireland gathering in Dromantine, Co. Down, Jan...

Tertians begin experiment

January 28, 2015

Ten European Jesuits, currently in their final year of formation in the Tertianship house in Manresa, Dublin, are about to go on 'experiment', a period of active mission work, usually...

Refurbished Belvedere House to hold art exhibition

January 28, 2015

The opening of the recently refurbished Belvedere House will be marked by a public exhibition on Friday 30 January. It will showcase the work of such past pupils as Harry...

An inheritance held in trust

June 29, 2026 - Dr Kevin Hargaden of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice explores the changing relationship between people, farming, and the land.

Sculpting a Saint

June 23, 2026 - RNN archive July: Dony MacManus reflects on crafting his bronze statue of St. Oliver Plunkett (martyred 1 July 1681) 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.