cannonball moment

Cannonball moment: Plane crash to solidarity with refugees

May 23, 2022

Irish Jesuit John K Guiney recounts how the crash of a Cessna aircraft he was travelling in reinforced his closeness to refugees.

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A cannonball moment: From worldly fame to vocation

February 21, 2022

Brendan McManus SJ describes his work in IT before entering the Jesuits and how he learned to listen to the still, small voice of God.

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A cannonball moment with a homeless man

November 22, 2021

Sean O'Rourke, alumnus of Gonzaga College SJ, experienced a transformative moment when he saw the crucified Christ in a homeless man

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A cannonball moment with Ignatian prayer

September 6, 2021

Spiritual Director Siobhan Murphy speaks of an experience during a prayer workshop that led to a long-term faith commitment

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A cannonball moment with a young rapper

July 6, 2021

Writer Gavin Thomas Murphy describes an eye-opening experience with a young orphan and rapper in Guyana

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A cannonball moment where it all began

June 18, 2021

Gráinne Delaney, chaplain in Crescent College, Limerick, describes her own 'cannonball' experience in Loyola itself – where St Ignatius had his

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