Spirituality

A pastor in the Greg

April 5, 2011

Irish Jesuit Gerry Whelan, who teaches pastoral theology and fundamental theology in the Gregorian University, Rome, is coordinating a series of public lectures for the centenary of Mother Teresa’s birth,...

Lent as desert

April 5, 2011

A flute playing, Irish speaking, Church of Ireland minister from the Protestant heartland of East Belfast is the interviewee on Lenten Voices for the fourth week of Lent. Rev Gary...

Plato in Ballymun

April 5, 2011

J.U.S.T., the Jesuit University Support and Training Project in Ballymun, run cultural programmes in addition to their work with undergraduates. Director Kevin O’Higgins SJ launched a course of Philosophy for Beginners, hoping that...

The leader within

April 5, 2011

Fifteen people completed the first Arrupe Leadership Progamme in Ireland, having spent six weekends over six months, examining leadership from a faith-based and Ignatian perspective. The course which took place...

What makes a school Jesuit?

April 5, 2011

Australian Jesuit Richard Leonard was back in Ireland in late March to give three workshops. On Friday 25 March, he led teachers from the Jesuit colleges in exploring what it...

A question of faith

April 5, 2011

What does it mean to be a person of faith?’ was the question explored by well known Christian author Margaret Silf, in a talk attended by over three hundred people...

Eric Cantillon R.I.P.

April 5, 2011

Eric Cantillon SJ was 86 when he died on 2 April. He was a quiet Corkonian with the air of a countryman, loved by his parishioners in Staplestown where he...

JESUITICA: Truth without fear or favour

March 22, 2011

A hundred years ago, Paddy Walsh was born in Rosmuc to an Irish-speaking family that frequently welcomed Padraic Pearse as a visitor. Paddy was the first Irish Jesuit missionary to...

Forthcoming Events

March 22, 2011

Tuesday 22 March: J.U.S.T. Ballymun are hosting a talk entitled ‘Philosophy for Beginners’. It will be held in the Ballymun Job Centre at 7.30pm to 9pm. For further information visit...

“Empathy is cheap”

March 22, 2011

“Caring is costly, empathy is cheap”, claims Fergus O’Donoghue SJ, in his editorial in the just-launched spring edition of the Jesuit Journal Studies, ‘Making Ireland a Caring Society’. Theodore Dalrymple,...

The Pope and the President

April 20, 2026 - Fr. Donal Godfrey SJ, reflects on the recent remarks of Pope Leo XIV and the response to them from Donald Trump and his administration.

‘A privilege to be part of it’

April 15, 2026 - The celebratory event to mark the historic Silver Jubilee of postgraduate studies in Applied Spirituality was a special day for all involved.

An attitude of gratitude

April 14, 2026 - Gratitude: The solution to worry, Kierkegaard claimed, was to make a leap of faith and put our trust in God’s enduring love.

April Messenger: Hope, renewal and growth

April 13, 2026 - In these uncertain times, the April Messenger offers rest and reflection, with themes of hope, renewal, gratitude and transformation in everyday life.