Irish Jesuits and colleagues
Des O’Grady SJ
January 9, 2015
Des was born in Dublin on the 8th September, 1941, and entered the Jesuit noviceship at Emo Park, Co. Laois in 1959. After the noviceship he followed the usual course...
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Dermot Mansfield SJ
January 9, 2015
Dermot Mansfield, born 1946 in Cobh, joined the Jesuit novitiate at Emo in 1963. He had spent many of his school years at Portarlington. A short retreat in the Christian...
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Brendan Staunton SJ
January 9, 2015
Brendan Staunton was ordained in 1976. He is now Chaplain in the Pro-Cathedral. Before that he was Chaplain in St Vincent’s Private Hospital. So the pastoral field is now his...
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Brian O’Leary SJ
January 9, 2015
Brian O’Leary hails from Wexford. After secondary schooling at Crescent College in Limerick he entered the Jesuits in 1954 and was ordained in 1969. He was then missioned to study...
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Gerry Whelan SJ
October 21, 2014
Gerry Whelan was born in 1959. He grew up in Dublin, and attended primary school with the De La Salle brothers and secondary school at Gonzaga College, run by the...
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John Callanan SJ
October 21, 2014
John Callanan S.J. was born in Dublin and educated at Belvedere College. He became very interested in different styles of meditation after attending a number of workshops given by the...
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Michael McGuckian SJ
October 21, 2014
Michael McGuckian, from Cloughmills, Co. Antrim, was born on January 1st 1946, attended the diocesan seminary of St MacNissi and did a degree in Applied Mathematics at Queen’s University Belfast...
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Paddy Tyrrell SJ
October 21, 2014
Fr. Paddy Tyrrell was born in Cabra, Dublin, on 14th November, 1933. He was 5th in a family of seven. The family lived in a corporation house, one of the...
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Brendan McManus SJ
January 21, 2014
Brendan McManus’ love of walking and pilgrimage comes from being raised on a farm in Lisnaskea, in Northern Ireland. After studying psychology and I.T. at university, he worked in the...
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Latest News
Ignatius Loyola – ‘The vulnerable saint’
May 23, 2023 - José María R. Olaizola SJ gave a talk entitled ‘St Ignatius of Loyola – a saint for troubled times’ in Milltown Park, Dublin on 19 May 2023.
Laughter and Learning: JesWeb in London
May 23, 2023 - Hard work and good fun were the hallmarks of this year's annual JesWeb Euopean wide conference of communicators held in London.
‘The politics of Irish education – What’s next?’
May 22, 2023 - The theme of Jonathan Tiernan's presentation on Irish primary education in Limerick was that change, as in all things, is inevitable.
Still inspiring young people
May 16, 2023 - Leonard Moloney SJ preached at a Mass and event in Knock where over two thousand young people marked the 10th anniversary of inspirational Kerry teenager Donal Walsh RIP.
Latest Podcasts
‘Dismissed, discredited, and badly treated’
May 16, 2023
Throwing down the gauntlet
May 5, 2023
‘Creeping infallibility’ and women’s ordination
May 5, 2023
Latest Videos
Pope Video: For ecclesial movements and groups
May 2, 2023
Pope Video: For a non-violent culture
April 3, 2023
Pope Video: For victims of abuse
March 6, 2023
Pope Video: For parishes
February 7, 2023
Latest Books
Finding God in the Mess – Revised edition
April 18, 2023
Rediscovering Saint Patrick
March 6, 2023
Living with Ignatius
February 28, 2023
‘Stations of the Cross’ book for Lent
February 21, 2023
