Spirituality

Spirituality in times of trauma

July 7, 2009

Michael O’Sullivan SJ delivered one of the papers at the second European Conference on the Academic Study of Spirituality, which took place last week in London. His paper – “Gender,...

Short notices

July 7, 2009

Rob Kearney, who left Clongowes in 2004, played brilliantly for the British & Irish Lions in South Africa this summer. He came on as a replacement in the first test, and gave such...

Distance no object

July 7, 2009

Fr General recently expressed strong interest in setting up a studio in the Curia for video-conferencing. An excellent studio already exists in the Bellarmino in Rome, and on 30 July, the ...

Cathal’s homecoming

July 7, 2009

Carndonagh’s imposing parish church was en fete for the last weekend in July. The parish’s new priest, Cathal Doherty SJ, was welcomed by a banner stretched across the gates. Bunting and...

Cathal the priest

June 30, 2009

They came from North, South, East and West, led by an Inishowen bus full of Cathal’s kith and kin, to celebrate Cathal Doherty’s ordination to the priesthood in Gardiner Street....

Sound sense

June 30, 2009

For the last two years a Czech-born sound artist has been working with the children of St Declan’s school, taking each class for half an hour a week. “I’m not...

Covering the country

June 30, 2009

June, the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart, proved the continuing vitality of the Messenger. People wonder what makes the Messenger the most widely read religious magazine in Ireland, with...

JESUITICA: Moon-gazers

June 30, 2009

“That orbèd maiden with white fire laden, whom mortals call the Moon” has at least 35 craters named after Jesuit astronomers. And one of the earliest maps of the moon’s...

Short notices and forthcoming events

June 30, 2009

The denizens of Cherryfield Lodge made full use of the sunny and cloudless weather on Tuesday 23 June. On an outing to Wicklow they took inboth the Jesuit holiday house...

The Status for the year ahead

June 23, 2009

The ‘Status’ for the Irish Jesuit Province was posted this week. It is the list of assignments for Jesuits for the coming year. Did it connote a centrifugal or a...

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.