Spirituality

‘Do we still need St Paul?’

November 17, 2009

‘Do we still need St Paul?’ is the question-title of Augustinian Kieron O’Mahony’s latest book which was launched in the Milltown Insititute on Tue Nov 10,’09. The author has lectured...

Pioneers take stock

November 17, 2009

On Saturday 7 November, over 50 Pioneers met in The Hazel Hotel, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare for a day-long session of debate, discussion and reflection. The busy conference agenda covered issues...

JESUITICA: First automobile

November 17, 2009

In the history of the car, the Flemish Jesuit Ferdinand Verbiest, a missionary at the Chinese Imperial court, is credited with inventing the first motor vehicle, as a toy for...

Short Notices

November 17, 2009

This Tuesday afternoon, bookmaker Paddy Power tips the Belgian Prime Minister to be the EU’s first president next week. Herman Van Rompuy’s home page is mostly devoted to quotations and...

Forthcoming Events

November 17, 2009

17 November: Cathal Goan launches six FÁS publications – Hopkins Room, Leeson Street, 6.00 pm. 18 November: Irish School of Ecumenics sponsors a public lecture by Professor Ron Large on...

Focus on faith at Interface conference

November 10, 2009

Michael Paul Gallagher SJ gave the keynote address to over one hundred young theolgians from North America, Continental Europe, the UK and Ireland on Friday 6 Nov 2009. He told the...

Corkery on Ratzinger: “sympathetic but not uncritical”

November 10, 2009

In his new book, Joseph Ratzinger’s Theological Ideas: Wise Cautions and Legitimate Hopes, Jim Corkery SJ argues against any simplistic caricaturing of Ratzinger’s thought, which he claims is highly nuanced...

Celebration with music

November 10, 2009

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Crescent College Comprehensive in Limerick, its music teacher Roisin Lavery organized a Celebración de Música on October 10th. Choirs and orchestras from Crescent, Belvedere,...

JESUITICA: Mungret man at the front

November 10, 2009

Tomorrow, Remembrance Day, we might think of Michael Bergin, born in Roscrea, schooled in Mungret, a remarkable Irish Jesuit chaplain with the Anzac force, which he joined as a trooper...

Short Notices

November 10, 2009

There is a Jesuit link in the significant appointment of Canon Pat Browne as the first Catholic chaplain to Britain’s Houses of Parliament. A late vocation, Pat graduated from the Mungret...

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.