Spirituality

Martin Curry SJ

January 9, 2015

Born in Donegal in 1949 and educated at Colaiste Iognaid Galway, Martin Curry entered the Jesuits in 1966. After a science degree in UCD and philosophy in Milltown Park, Martin...

Des O’Grady SJ

January 9, 2015

Des was born in Dublin on the 8th September, 1941, and entered the Jesuit noviceship at Emo Park, Co. Laois in 1959. After the noviceship he followed the usual course...

Dermot Mansfield SJ

January 9, 2015

Dermot Mansfield, born 1946 in Cobh, joined the Jesuit novitiate at Emo in 1963. He had spent many of his school years at Portarlington. A short retreat in the Christian...

Brendan Staunton SJ

January 9, 2015

Brendan Staunton was ordained in 1976. He is now Chaplain in the Pro-Cathedral. Before that he was Chaplain in St Vincent’s Private Hospital. So the pastoral field is now his...

Brian O’Leary SJ

January 9, 2015

Brian O’Leary hails from Wexford. After secondary schooling at Crescent College in Limerick he entered the Jesuits in 1954 and was ordained in 1969. He was then missioned to study...

Making good decisions

January 7, 2015

Fr Jim Corkery SJ reflects on the first Jesuit Pope

January 3, 2015

Irish Jesuits · Fr Jim Corkery SJ reflects on the first Jesuit Pope Jesuit theologian Jim Corkery is co-author of a recently published book on the history of the papacy....

The Daily Examen

December 16, 2014

The Daily Examen is a technique of prayerful reflection on the events of the day in order to detect God’s presence and discern his direction for us. The Examen is...

Redemption Road: Grieving along the Camino

November 17, 2014

Struggling to come to terms with his brother’s suicide, Jesuit priest Brendan McManus decides to walk the Camino de Santiago, the famous Spanish pilgrimage route, where he undergoes a profoundly...

Ordination

October 27, 2014

For those Jesuits who enter the Society as candidates for priesthood, ordination to deaconate takes place during his third year of theology studies. He will then be ordained to the...