Spirituality

Short Notices

January 11, 2011

Jesuit schoolboys Ed Byrne (Clongowes) and Gonzaga’s James Fitzpatrick worked hard for Ireland’s rugby Under-18s against England. Ed scored a sweet try under the posts. James’s tackling and tactical kicking...

Centres of reconciliation

January 11, 2011

Reconciliation, and the support of community effort, have always engaged Iona, the small Jesuit group in Portadown. In the last two months all four of them travelled to Limerick to study parallel...

Our man in S.F.

January 11, 2011

Perceptive readers will have noticed that the report on Declan Deane’s funeral in California, USA, was from Donal Godfrey; they may wonder what this Cork-born Jesuit is doing in the land...

Tom survives a battering

January 11, 2011

Galway-born Tom McGivern SJ was locking up Chula House in Lusaka, Zambia, on Thursday evening when he was set upon by a thug demanding money. Tom had very little, and...

The hills are alive with the sound of music

January 7, 2011

From the centre of snow-bound Munich, Irish Jesuit Niall Leahy (Niall Senior, not novice Niall) has given us a glimpse of an attractive pastoral side of his ministry. He has...

JESUITICA: Fine wines down under

January 26, 2010

“Complex savoury scents and plush, textured bass line with soft, natural-acid balance, with notes of charcoal, prune fruits and Havana leaf.” So goes one reviewer’s assessment of St Ignatius (2006),...

Go therefore and tweet to all nations!

January 26, 2010

“Priests are challenged to proclaim the Gospel by employing the latest generation of audiovisual resources (images, videos, animated features, blogs, websites) which, alongside traditional means, can open up broad new...

Light in the dark rooms of grief

January 26, 2010

Messenger Publications hosted the launch of Mary Brady’s book Time Without You: Moving through the Rooms of Grief, on 21 January, in Manresa Jesuit Centre for Spirituality, Clontarf. Myles O’Reilly SJ,...

Short notices

January 26, 2010

Coláiste Iognáid’s 5th Year Kairos retreat was held this year in Dromantine, Newry from 22-25 January. 37 students took part in a full programme of talks, group work and liturgies....

Fr Jean Yves Calvez SJ

January 26, 2010

Renowned French theologian and philosopher Jean-Yves Calvez SJ died in Paris on 11 January, aged 82. For half a century he was well established as a deep and innovative thinker...

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.