Spirituality

Jesuit has last word on Ahern’s departure

April 24, 2008

Outgoing Taoiseach Bertie Ahern concluded his final Dáil session with a quote from the Jesuit writer, Fr John Sullivan. Mr Ahern urged that life be taken “in instalments” and that...

Prayer promoter spreads message

April 22, 2008

Claudio Barriga SJ, director of the Apostleship of Prayer, is spending some days in Ireland this week. Based in Rome, he is here to help promote a long-standing method of...

Spanish video on the New Jesuit General

April 22, 2008

A documentary on the new Jesuit General, Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, which was shown at the recent Irish Province Assembly is now available on the Jesuit website: www.jesuit.ie. Originally made in...

Vocations in focus

April 21, 2008

Conall O’Cuinn SJ has just returned from a three day Jesuit European Vocation Directors Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany. They addressed key questions such as: Is eighteen too young to join...

Pope meets Avery Dulles SJ

April 19, 2008

EWTN commentators say the Pope met with Cardinal Avery Dulles SJ on his visit to St Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, New York, for the ‘Blessing of Youth with Disabilities’. Avery...

Video on the New Jesuit General

April 16, 2008

A video introducing Adolfo Nicolás

President and Archbishop commend Jesuits and colleagues

April 15, 2008

President Mary McAleese gave a challenging and encouraging address to almost three hundred Jesuits and their colleagues at the Irish Jesuit Province Assembly on Saturday April 12, 2008 where she...

Francis Xavier’s head

April 15, 2008

Work is currently underway to renovate the statues on the roof of Gardiner St Church, particularly to solve the problem of the headless St Francis Xavier! Donal Neary SJ, the...

Training Galway’s new spiritual directors

April 15, 2008

Eileen Houlihan from Milltown Institute visited the Diploma in Spiritual Direction course running in Galway last weekend 12-13 April. In her capacity as external examiner, she met the Manresa organising...

Changing the inner programming

April 15, 2008

Dick McHugh SJ and Myles O’Reilly SJ are giving a number of courses on Gestalt and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) in Milltown during June and July 2008. Dick, who has worked...

Sculpting a Saint

June 23, 2026 - RNN archive July: Dony MacManus reflects on creating his bronze statue of St. Oliver Plunkett 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.

Vacancy for Pastoral Ministry Co-Ordinator

June 16, 2026 - The Belfast Jesuit Centre is seeking to recruit a Pastoral Ministry Co-Ordinator for a 9-month Fixed-Term Contract role, based within the Jesuit Centre.