Spirituality

Socius and Acting Provincial

October 21, 2008

John Dunne SJ is out of hospital, but starting fortnightly chemotherapy as AMDG Express goes out. In spite of this he is returning to his office as Socius (with the...

Clongowes for Kairos

September 30, 2008

Clongowes Wood College was the venue for not one but two Kairos retreats running in parallel last weekend, 25-28 September. Under the direction of Mary Maume, Peter Sexton SJ and...

Street evangelisation

September 30, 2008

Fr Charlie Davy SJ, having signed up for a one-day course on evangelisation. was disconcerted to find that it included a bit of practice. He went on to the Galway...

Ignatian Formation in Jesuit Colleges

September 30, 2008

Brian Flannery, the Education Delegate for the Irish Jesuit province, hosted a meeting 29-30 September for those involved in Ignatian Formation in the Jesuit Colleges. Attendees were: Helen Barden (Belvedere),...

Paddy Lavery SJ: a special jubilee

September 30, 2008

Among the many personal jubilees celebrated in the Irish Jesuit province this year, Paddy Lavery’s (60 years a Jesuit) had a special flavour. His Clongowes brethren gathered round him in...

Short Notices

September 30, 2008

Fr Brendan Comerford SJ (photo right) will give his popular 4-week Scripture course, an introduction to the Gospels (taking one Gospel each night), from 7.30 to 9.30 on Tuesday evenings...

Volunteers celebrate successful South Africa challenge

September 23, 2008

75 volunteers joined the Slí Eile South Africa Challenge this summer. They were mainly 6th year graduates of the Jesuit schools, but they were joined by volunteers from Terenure College...

Paddy Doyle and the ISE

September 23, 2008

Many others besides Jesuits have felt the loss of Paddy Doyle SJ, former Irish Provincial, who passed away recently. Below is a piece from Robin Boyd, the second director of...

Artwork for Tertianship building

September 23, 2008

A bronze and glass sculpture which was commissioned for the Tertianship building in Manresa was unveiled and blessed on Monday, 22 September, by John Dardis SJ. The artist is Corkman...

“Is religion dangerous?” – public lecture

September 23, 2008

The question to which the third public lecture of Studies Quarterly Review and The Iona Institute will be addressed is ‘Is religion dangerous?’ This is the title of one of...

Jesuits for Climate Justice in Bonn

June 4, 2026 - Follow the Jesuits for climate justice at SB64 in Germany through daily prayers, newsletters, and updates

Not for the faint-hearted!

June 3, 2026 - An appeal for refugees in a Jesuit church in Beirut, and tackling the negative stereotyping of asylum seekers - stories from Jesuit colleagues in media training in the Curia.

Warmly welcomed in Warsaw

June 3, 2026 - A warm welcome was extended by Polish Jesuits and colleagues to attendees of the annual meeting of Jesuit communications workers across Europe.