Tony O’Riordan SJ
Good news from Syria
March 7, 2023
Tony O'Riordan SJ has a message of hope and gratitude for the people of Ireland whose generosity has enabled the distribution of food boxes for Syrian families.
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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.
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Earthquake appeal from Jesuit missions
February 8, 2023
Irish Jesuit Tony O'Riordan and the JRS in Syria are responding to the devastation caused by the earthquakes there and in Turkey.
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Syria 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.
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‘The bomb of poverty’
September 13, 2022
Syria is no longer making the news headlines, but that once-beautiful country is suffering greatly and needs the help of the Irish people and government.
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Update from South Sudan
April 29, 2020
Tony O'Riordan SJ is in daily contact with colleagues in South Sudan who are trying to source soap for refugees
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Thousands displaced by South Sudan floods
October 22, 2019
The work of Tony O'Riordan SJ with Jesuit Refugee Service in South Sudan is hampered by massive flooding
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Love at the heart of mission
November 7, 2018
The love of God shown by Jesuit missionaries was matched by their love of people, said Provincial Leonard Moloney SJ at a recent Mass for the relatives of deceased missionaries
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JRS forced to suspend work in Sudan
August 1, 2018
A Jesuit Refugee Service centre in South Sudan headed up by Tony O'Riordan SJ, has come under targeted, violent attack
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Irish Jesuit in South Sudan
May 23, 2018
Tony O'Riordan SJ reports on his work and cross-cultural learning as leader of the Jesuit Refugee Service team in Maban, South Sudan
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Climate workshop in Milltown
March 22, 2023 - The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice ran a climate workshop in Milltown to explain the science behind climate change and to encourage people to address it in their lives.
The ‘beautiful’ shepherd
March 22, 2023 - Aidan Mathews' Lenten retreat focuses on the parable of the Good Shepherd, with an interesting commentary on the appropriateness of the translation of the word 'good'
Pope Francis: The ‘zig-zag Pope’
March 22, 2023 - Gerry Whelan SJ, Director of the Department of Fundamental Theology in the Gregorian University in Rome assesses the last ten years of Pope Francis' papacy.
‘Reimagining Religion’
March 22, 2023 - Jim Maher SJ's book @Reimagining Religion' addresses a fundamental spiritual malaise that expresses itself through injustice, wars, xenophobia, narcissism, exclusion, and other dehumanising behaviours.
Latest Podcasts
Pope Francis: The ‘zig-zag Pope’
March 22, 2023
‘A heart larger than the world’
March 20, 2023
Final thoughts
February 27, 2023
Words matter
February 7, 2023
Latest Videos
Pope Video: For victims of abuse
March 6, 2023
Pope Video: For parishes
February 7, 2023
Pope Video: For educators
January 11, 2023
Pope Video: For volunteer organisations
December 5, 2022
Latest Books
Rediscovering Saint Patrick
March 6, 2023
Living with Ignatius
February 28, 2023
‘Stations of the Cross’ book for Lent
February 21, 2023
Dancing with loneliness
February 14, 2023
