Spirituality

Singing for Mary Ward

February 7, 2011

There was a full house at the Gardiner St Gospel Choir Mass Sunday 30th January for the blessing of a portrait for the church of Mary Ward, foundress of the...

Forthcoming events

January 25, 2011

26 January: Free event entitled ‘A Place our of Dreams – A Dream out of Place’; Axis: Main Street, Ballymun, Dublin 9. Colm Brophy SJ, currently working with JUST Ballymun,...

Exploring culture and communication

January 25, 2011

Irish Jesuit Fergus O’Donoghue, Editor of Studies, was one of the guest speakers when thirty-seven Jesuits in Formation gathered for a residential weekend to consider media and communications. The event...

A new year and a new nation is born

January 25, 2011

After a break in Ireland, Richard O’Dwyer SJ was back in Lobone, Southern Sudan, in good time for the crucial referendum about the country’s future. The development goes far beyond...

Wintry consolation in Athlone

January 25, 2011

When a meeting trebles its expected size, something is happening. So it was at the recent gathering of the Association of Catholic Priests in Athlone. Twenty were expected, but sixty...

Short Notices

January 25, 2011

Cherryfield hosted a 90th birthday party for Brother Joe Cleary. His sisters Maura and Sally came up from the family home in Sandymount to enjoy the cake, the music provided...

Moyross walks tall

January 25, 2011

The people of Moyross, Limerick, who celebrated the RTE Radio Mass for the last two Sundays, have been buoyed up by the many messages received from people around Ireland, England...

Louis McRedmond RIP

January 25, 2011

The crowds who packed Dundrum church for the Removal and then the Funeral Mass for Louis McRedmond, were paying tribute not just to a major figure in Irish journalism –...

New Co-Ordinator for Ecumenism

January 11, 2011

Brian O’Leary SJ has been appointed the new Province Co-ordinator for Ecumenism, replacing the now Provincial, Tom Layden. He says his role will be “to keep the ecumenical dimension of...

Forthcoming events

January 11, 2011

11, 18, 25 January: ‘Steps-2-Serenity’ – series of 3 evenings in Manresa offering an opportunity for anyone in a 12-step programme prayerful reflection and meditation. For further information, phone 01-8331352...

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.