Spirituality

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...

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The Auschwitz Jesuit Priest of Divine Mercy

January 26, 2015

TOM CASEY SJ :: Tuesday, 27th of January, 2015, is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Fr Tom Casey SJ shares the story of Fr Antoni...

Jesuits in Lahore

January 26, 2015

Brian O'Leary SJ was invited to Pakistan to lecture on aspects of Ignatian spirituality. He found a small but vibrant group of Jesuits as well as many other dedicated religious....

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Exploring Jesuit Humanism

January 23, 2015

Conscience, competence, compassion and commitment, not solely as conventionally understood, are the key characteristics of a Jesuit humanism for today, according to Jesuit educationalist Dr David Tuohy SJ.