Dermot Roantree

Dermot Roantree is content editor with Irish Jesuit Communications. He has a doctorate in Modern History and many years of teaching and of e-learning projects behind him. He is married with two children.
Jesuits make their mark at Ploughing Championship

September 28, 2015

The Jesuit tent at the National Ploughing Championships last week was buzzing with visitors who wanted to learn more about the wide array of apostolic works in the Province.

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Studies on the Synod

September 24, 2015

The upcoming Ordinary Synod on the Family dominates the Autumn issue of Studies. The chief focus throughout is Pope Francis himself. What does the lead-up to this synod tell us...

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Ireland and the Jesuits

video July 29, 2015

An introduction to Ireland, its history, and the history of then Jesuits in the country. It was shown to the participants at the interprovincial meeting in Heverlee, Leuven, Belgium, before...

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Jesuits ‘experiment’ with an eye to the future

July 28, 2015

Jesuits of North West Europe took taken time off from their regular ministries to participate in alternative works in order to reflect on apostolic priorities for the Society over the...

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Studies: The pity of war

July 1, 2015

"We are in a season of momentous commemorations," begins the editorial of the summer issue of Studies, alluding to the centenary commemorations of the First World War, the event which...

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Touching the audience

June 17, 2015

Christian spirituality as an academic discipline has been developing now for some time. Last month marked another milestone in that development when the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality...

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Exploring the Pope’s latest letter

June 10, 2015

Gardiner St Church is hosting a talk on Laudato Si by well known author on Chrisitianity and ecology Fr Donal Dorr, on Wednesday 8 July.

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A listening Church and an empowered laity

June 3, 2015

Gerry O'Hanlon SJ has twice written publicly on the subject of the marriage equality referendum on 22 May. In both he argues strenuously for the Catholic Church in Ireland to...

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Doing all one can

May 20, 2015

Fr Bernard Arputhasamy SJ, who is getting medical treatment in Ireland at present, is the director of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Jordan. The work is never-ending, and one has...

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Jordan Spieth at Jesuit, Dallas

April 15, 2015

Jordan Spieth, the astonishing 21-year-old who won the US Masters title on Low Sunday, has a strong link with the Jesuits, having attended the Jesuit College in Dallas, Texas.

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