Dermot Roantree
Democracy stress-tested by COVID-19
December 7, 2021
DERMOT ROANTREE :: The pandemic is the latest and most strenuous test of the strength of democratic commitments in many countries.
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First lay editor appointed to Studies
September 28, 2021
Dermot Roantree has been appointed to the editorship of Studies, the Irish Jesuit quarterly journal – the first lay editor since its foundation in 1912
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Studies: Explaining the present
September 15, 2021
The lead article of the Autumn 2021 issue of Studies explores the significance of modernity's turn away from the truly Christian understanding of temporality
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Change we can believe in: The fate of unbaptised infants
December 18, 2019
DERMOT ROANTREE :: How the Church has shifted in its understanding of the fate of unbaptised infants tells us much about the development of doctrine
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John Henry Newman: a saint for the times
February 14, 2019
Blessed John Henry Newman has been cleared for canonisation. Dermot Roantree considers the different uses that Catholics will make of his legacy.
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The power of everyday mysticism
January 29, 2019
Speaking at the AGM of Irish schools trust Ceist, Pat Coyle proposed a route to take in response to these difficult times for the Church
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‘Going but not leaving’
October 26, 2018
All Souls and All Saints day are really two sides of the one mysterious reality that is death, according to Dermot Roantree
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Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ – prayer and provocation
December 14, 2016
Scorsese's latest film 'Silence', based on the 1966 novel by Shusaku Endo, is a provocative but rewarding watch, according to Dermot Roantree of Irish Jesuit Communications
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The quality of mercy
October 21, 2016
DERMOT ROANTREE :: Pope Francis's efforts to bring a neglected theme – in this case mercy – to bear on the life of the Church is fully in keeping with...
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The gift of darkness
October 9, 2016
DERMOT ROANTREE :: Leonard Cohen's new album, 'You want it darker', is a fitting conclusion to a life of art that probed the mystery of the divine and the human.
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Good news from SpIRE
May 18, 2022 - The Spirituality Institute becomes the first body to offer postgraduate degrees in Applied Spirituality in a university in Ireland.
Pope Video: Faith-filled young
May 18, 2022 - For May 2022, Pope Francis prays that young people be inspired by Mary's way of listening, discerning, faithfulness and service.
European Jesuit Provincials in Portugal
May 18, 2022 - Fr Leonard Moloney SJ tells Pat Coyle that the Ukrainian crisis was on top of the agenda at a meeting with other Provincials.
The wisdom of feelings
May 18, 2022 - Messenger books help people discern the role of the heart in emotionally charged situations and recognise numbness as a phase of grief.
Latest Podcasts
European Jesuit Provincials in Portugal
May 18, 2022
Sons of Ignatius podcast: Care of God’s creation
May 18, 2022
Re-imagining the Church
April 25, 2022
Latest Videos
Pope Video: Faith-filled young
May 18, 2022
Growing in awareness of our common home
May 3, 2022
Accompanying young people in creation of hope-filled future
April 26, 2022
A Christian response to bioethical challenges
March 9, 2022
Latest Books
The wisdom of feelings
May 18, 2022
Joy of Easter: A scholarly perspective
March 29, 2022
Pastoral conversion of the parish
March 23, 2022
Messenger Publications: Springtime collection
March 1, 2022
