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Devotion to the Sacred Heart and the Irish experience
May 21, 2008
Dr Louise Fuller, Research Fellow at NUI, Maynooth, charts the history of devotion to the Sacred Heart in Ireland. This article is re-published with permission from Intercom, May 2008. Devotion...
Read morePaul Miki: Japanese samurai and Christian martyr
March 16, 2007
March 16, 2007 Paul Miki: Japanese samurai and Christian martyr by Mgr. Denis O’Callaghan With changes in the liturgical calendar in recent years many feastdays of obscure saints no longer...
Read moreThe Jesuits: God’s ‘secret agents’!
January 19, 2007
Brendan McManus SJ reviews a recent book about the Jesuits in 16th and 17th century Britain, a book which goes a long way towards rebutting the pejorative fictions about Jesuit...
Read moreFr John Hayes: a Jesuit at war
November 29, 2006
November 29, 2006 Fr John Hayes: a Jesuit at war New book relates story of WWII Jesuit hero by Patrick McNamara John Hayes, the son of Michael and Agnes Hayes...
Read moreStrange connections
April 11, 2006
April 11, 2006 Strange connections What has Tennessee Williams to do with the Jubilee Year? by Bernard McGuckian SJ Thomas Williams died on 23rd February 1983. He wasn’t Welsh as...
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Climate leadership, not climate hypocrisy
November 3, 2026 - The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice are inviting people to join them at National Climate Demonstration in Dublin on Saturday, 14 November.
Christian challenges for the new Common Agricultural Policy
November 3, 2026 - The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice is a member of the 'Our Daily Bread' network, which has published a paper on the new EU Common Agricultural Policy, calling for justice for farmers and a just European food system.
Stories of Compassion, community and hope
November 2, 2026 - The November 'Messenger' explores how faith, kindness, forgiveness, and human connection make a difference in a divided world.
‘Jesuits for Climate Justice’ campaign for COP 31
October 30, 2026 - The 'Jesuits for Climate Justice' campaign will provide communications coverage of COP31 (9–21 November 2026), highlighting what they encounter through an Ignatian lens.
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Women and the Irish National Assembly – what really happened
November 4, 2026
The Vatican and the Women Deacons
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Living water: “Join the force”
September 18, 2026
Healing for the soul
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March 19, 2025
‘I am infinitely loved’ – Messenger booklet
August 21, 2023
Messenger autumn catalogue
August 8, 2023
‘Brothers in Arms’ – Ignatian Camino book
July 3, 2023