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St Declan’s marks 50th birthday
September 30, 2008
St Declan’s School celebrated its 50th birthday on 27 September 2008, and past and present students and their families filled Haddington Road church for a Mass at which Jesuit Provincial...
Read moreColáiste Iognáid welcomes government funding
September 30, 2008
Staff, students, parents, Jesuits and the Board of Management of Coláiste Iognáid have given a warm welcome to the news that the Department of Education will provide the funding for...
Read moreSlí Eile present cheque to Irish charity
September 30, 2008
Slí Eile director Padraig Swan presented a cheque for €45,000 to John Clarke of Friends in Ireland on 27 September in the Belvedere Hotel. The money was raised by students...
Read morePioneers keep ploughing away with young people
September 30, 2008
The Pioneer Association made its presence felt at the National Ploughing Championships, which was held in Cuffesgrange, Kilkenny, and drew a record crowd of 210,000 people over three days. One...
Read moreClongowes for Kairos
September 30, 2008
Clongowes Wood College was the venue for not one but two Kairos retreats running in parallel last weekend, 25-28 September. Under the direction of Mary Maume, Peter Sexton SJ and...
Read moreStreet evangelisation
September 30, 2008
Fr Charlie Davy SJ, having signed up for a one-day course on evangelisation. was disconcerted to find that it included a bit of practice. He went on to the Galway...
Read moreIgnatian Formation in Jesuit Colleges
September 30, 2008
Brian Flannery, the Education Delegate for the Irish Jesuit province, hosted a meeting 29-30 September for those involved in Ignatian Formation in the Jesuit Colleges. Attendees were: Helen Barden (Belvedere),...
Read morePaddy Lavery SJ: a special jubilee
September 30, 2008
Among the many personal jubilees celebrated in the Irish Jesuit province this year, Paddy Lavery’s (60 years a Jesuit) had a special flavour. His Clongowes brethren gathered round him in...
Read moreShort Notices
September 30, 2008
Fr Brendan Comerford SJ (photo right) will give his popular 4-week Scripture course, an introduction to the Gospels (taking one Gospel each night), from 7.30 to 9.30 on Tuesday evenings...
Read moreLatest News
Bishop Alan ‘making pathways together’
April 11, 2024 - Irish Jesuit Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ was installed as the Bishop of Down and Connor, the second largest diocese in Ireland, on Sunday 14 April.
May Messenger
April 10, 2024 - May is the month of Our Lady; she is a prominent feature in this month's Messenger.
Exploring a just wage
April 9, 2024 - The latest 'Working Notes' from the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice explores the nature of a 'just wage' and how it might be implemented.
Speaking up for Gaza
April 8, 2024 - The Society of Jesus worldwide says it is scandalous that residents of Gaza are starving and warmongers are not brought to account.
Latest Podcasts
Grief as a weapon for good
March 25, 2024
Jesuit Tertianship
March 20, 2024
The promise of death and resurrection
March 19, 2024
Recovering Jesus as ‘friend’
February 16, 2024
Latest Videos
The Pope Video: For the role of women
April 8, 2024
Pope Video: For the martyrs of our day
March 1, 2024
World Day of Social Justice
February 19, 2024
Pope Video: Pray for the terminally ill
February 6, 2024
Latest Books
‘I am infinitely loved’ – Messenger booklet
August 21, 2023
Messenger autumn catalogue
August 8, 2023
‘Brothers in Arms’ – Ignatian Camino book
July 3, 2023
Messenger book: ‘Shaping the Assembly’
June 13, 2023
