Spirituality

JESUITICA: Père Lachaise

August 25, 2009

One of Europe’s best known cemeteries takes its name from Père François de la Chaise SJ (1624-1709), confessor to Louis XIV, who lived in the Jesuit house rebuilt in 1682 on the...

Short Notices

August 11, 2009

Two thousand of Fr Frank Browne’s photographs formed the basis of a highly recommended TV programme shown on RTE on 10 August: “Day before yesterday: Birth of a Nation”. Take a...

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Early Irish brothers

August 11, 2009

Joe Ward SJ of Manresa has been visiting the Province archives on an interesting quest: the links between pre-Suppression Irish Jesuit brothers and South America. Starting with the dates of...

JESUITICA: Saint Jean de Brébeuf SJ

August 11, 2009

Lacrosse began life as a sport to instil manly virtues and preparedness for war in the youth of Native American tribes. St Jean de Brébeuf SJ observed the game being...

John moves on

August 11, 2009

The Jesuit Communication Centre has lost a highly valued colleague and friend in John White, who left this week to work for the Discovery Programme, a public institution for advanced research in...

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....

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.