Spirituality

Lent is here!

February 24, 2023

Lent is the season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving…in secret. This Lent may your secret life with God be a true source of consolation for you and may you hear...

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Lent retreat: weeks 3-4

February 22, 2023

Weeks 2-4 off Aidan Mathews's online Lenten retreat on the theme 'the reign’ or ‘kingdom’ of God based on St Matthew's gospel.

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‘Stations of the Cross’ book for Lent

February 21, 2023

John Cullen helps people to recognise the divinity at the heart of humanity through meditations and prayers on each of the fourteen stations.

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Dancing with loneliness

February 14, 2023

José María R. Olaizola SJ shows people how to discern their experience of loneliness, guide their emotions and dance to their 'heart song'.

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New Irish Jesuit Provincial

February 8, 2023

Shane Daly SJ, former Socius of the Irish Jesuit Province, has been appointed Provincial of the Order by Father General Arturo Sosa SJ.

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Words matter

February 7, 2023

Theologian Jim Corkery SJ discusses the legacy of Pope Benedict XV1 in regard to his controversial reform of English in the liturgy.

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Justice was his middle name

February 7, 2023

People from all around the country turned up to say a final and fond 'farewell' as Micheál MacGréil SJ was laid to rest.

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Pope Video: For parishes

February 7, 2023

For February 2023, Pope Francis prays that parishes may increasingly become communities of faith, fraternity and welcome to all.

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Preparing to meet the Pope.

February 1, 2023

Noelle Fitzpatrick and the Jesuit Refugee Service in South Sudan are busy preparing for the imminent visit of Pope Francis to the country.

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Biography of a Jesuit-educated judge

January 23, 2023

'Judge John O'Hagan, 1825-1890', on the life of a respected patriot, poet, scholar and lawyer, is among the most recent Messenger books.

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