Syria
Irish solidarity with Syrian earthquake victims
February 13, 2023
News of the support and donations from Ireland to Syria has been inspirational for the suffering people there, says Tony O'Riordan SJ.
Read moreSyria winter clothes appeal
December 5, 2022
Irish Jesuits International are urging people to help keep a Syrian child warm this Christmas as families face desperate dilemmas.
Read moreA light of hope in Aleppo
December 20, 2016
The Jesuits in Aleppo are bringing food and comfort to the people who are still suffering dreadfully
Read more‘Inequality requires radical action’
September 16, 2015
The crisis is Syria was high on the agenda of a meeting of representatives from European Jesuit academic institutions, social research centres and advocacy groups. Eoin Carroll represented the Irish...
Read moreDoing all one can
May 20, 2015
Fr Bernard Arputhasamy SJ, who is getting medical treatment in Ireland at present, is the director of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Jordan. The work is never-ending, and one has...
Read more“My brother” – his killer
April 15, 2015
"My brother": the last two words of Fr Frans van der Lugt SJ, spoken to his killer who shot him twice at point-blank range. Irish Jesuit Missions Office have made...
Read more‘Don’t forget us’ says Syrian Jesuit
November 28, 2014
Bishop Antoine Audo SJ is the Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo and president of Caritas Syria. Recently two of his close friends, both bishops, have been kidnapped and disappeared. He’s in...
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