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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