Damien Burke of Irish Jesuit archives has been researching the material in the archives concerning the role of the Jesuits in 1916 and their reaction to the Rising.

Click To Pray app is available in both Android and iOS formats, so that people virtually everywhere can unite their prayers with those of Pope Francis easily and quickly everyday.

The Spring 2016 issue of 'Studies' contains many articles which probe the values and significance of the 1916 Rising.

Large numbers attended Gardiner Street Church both for this year's 'Novena of Grace and Mercy' and the "24 Hours for the Lord" Year of Mercy event.

Paddy Cullen spoke to a congregation in Dalkey, Dublin, about the hugely important work being done in Moyross, Limerick, where Tony O'Riordan SJ is parish priest.

Fr Joseph Mallin SJ (102), last surviving child of an executed leader of the 1916 Rising, has received the freedom of the city of Dublin at a ceremony in Hong Kong.

Professor Eamon Conway launched the last book of Michael Paul Gallagher SJ, a series of reflections during the last stages of his cancer, in Belvedere House on 15 March.

Dr Roger Lipsey is author of a new book on the life and spirituality of Dag Hammarskjöld. He believes his death in a plane crash in 1961 was no accident and says he is a mystic and a martyr.

The funeral of Supreme Court Judge Adrian Hardiman took place on 10 March. Fr Myles O'Reilly SJ celebrated the Mass and gave the homily.

JRS Europe Director Jean Marie Carrière SJ urges regional organisations to lobby their governments hard on behalf of refugees.