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.
The Church and paternalism
February 24, 2015
The Milltown Institute's spring lecture series on the reception of Vatican II over 50 years continued with 'Is the Church unjustifiably paternalistic in speaking of the common good', by Patrick...
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Jesuits and the Baroque
February 24, 2015
As part of the bi-centenary celebrations of the restoration of the Jesuits in 1814, the National Gallery will host a three-month exhibition of Baroque art relating to the counter-Reformation. A...
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Ethics in a Catholic schools context
February 11, 2015
Peter McVerry SJ and Pat Coyle, director of Irish Jesuit communications, spoke to Transition Year students as part of Catholic Schools Week, Peter addressing homelessness and Pat raising ethical issues...
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Remembering Ron Darwen SJ
February 11, 2015
On Thursday, January 29th, Jim Culliton SJ and Brendan Comerford SJ, attended the funeral Mass of the late Ron Darwen SJ in Preston, Lancashire, England. Both Jim and Brendan had...
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Jesuit responds to Stephen Fry
February 6, 2015
'Monstrous' and 'a maniac' was how Steven Fry described God on Gay Byrne's 'The Meaning of Life' programme this week. Brian Grogan SJ responded to this charge on Newstalk in...
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Jesuits help Scorsese with ‘Silence’
February 5, 2015
Irish Jesuit Brian Mac Cuarta and the staff of the Roman Jesuit Archives are helping Martin Scorsese's production team with details for 'Silence', a film adaptation of Shusako Endo's novel...
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RIP: Fr Neil O’Driscoll SJ
January 30, 2015
Fr Neil O’Driscoll died peacefully in St. Vincent’s Hospital on Tuesday 27th January, aged 81. He was a fine figure of a man who never lost the military bearing that...
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Mercy abounds at ‘Retreats Ireland’
January 28, 2015
Piaras Jackson SJ and Brendan Comerford SJ of the Manresa Jesuit Centre of Spirituality unexpectedly gave the keynote addresses at the annual Retreats Ireland gathering in Dromantine, Co. Down, Jan...
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Irish Jesuit addresses Ukrainian crisis
January 28, 2015
Edmond Grace SJ, Director of the PeopleTalk Democracy Project and former MEP Pat Cox addressed the Veritas in Caritate Social Academy in Ukraine recently on the crisis the country is...
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Tertians begin experiment
January 28, 2015
Ten European Jesuits, currently in their final year of formation in the Tertianship house in Manresa, Dublin, are about to go on 'experiment', a period of active mission work, usually...
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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
