World War 1

Inspirational Jesuits

Blessed Rupert Mayer

October 26, 2016

Known as the ‘Apostle of Munich’, Blessed Rupert Mayer SJ, survived two world wars – the first as chaplain-in-service of those who fought and died, and the second as a...

News

Faith at the front

May 24, 2016

Roisin Duffy's RTE TV documentary on WWI chaplain Fr Frank Browne SJ, was recently screened in the Irish Embassy in London.

At September’s end a number of Jesuits along with students and staff of Clongowes College, visited Flanders and the Somme. There they commemorated the contribution of former Clongowes’ students and...

Jesuit Chaplains of World War I

October 3, 2014

Irish Jesuit Chaplains in the First World War, (Messenger Publications) edited by Damien Burke, assistant archivist to the Jesuit Province, was launched on Friday 17 September, by Roisin Duffy of...

Fr Browne’s forgotten war

August 29, 2014

The famed photographer of the Titanic and Irish man Fr Frank Browne SJ was the subject of a documentary broadcast on RTÉ Television on Wednesday 30 July. It coincided with...

A journey that shaped them

September 21, 2023 - Peter McVerry SJ launched 'Brothers in '(Messenger Publications) by Brendan McManus SJ, Irish Jesuit, and James Fullam, Dublin taxi driver.The book is already a best seller and all sale proceeds go to the Peter McVerry Trust.

James Smyth SJ RIP: Friend of the poor

September 6, 2023 - Fr Jim Smyth SJ, died on 31 August. Aged 95 he had a remarkable life long involvement with those on the margins of inner city Dublin

Book launch of ‘Shaping the Assembly’

August 29, 2023 - Prof John F. Baldovin SJ was a guest speaker at the launch of 'Shaping the Assembly: How our Buildings Form us in Worship' on 9 August 2023.

Something for everyone

August 24, 2023 - How St John Henry Newman played a part in Gerard Manly Hopkins joining the Jesuits - that and much more at the Hopkin's festival in Co.Kildare. attended by Brendan Staunton SJ.