Jesuit Refugee Service

JRS responds to the Sudan crisis

January 2, 2024

Irishman Shane Burke of the JRS shares plea from forgotten Sudan as war continues to cause devastation and destruction for all living there

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‘Syrians are starving,’ says Irish Jesuit in Aleppo

August 24, 2023

Fr Tony O'Riordan SJ, Director of JRS Syria, reports on the continued suffering of the people after the earthquake in February 2023.

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Good news from Syria

March 7, 2023

Tony O'Riordan SJ has a message of hope and gratitude for the people of Ireland whose generosity has enabled the distribution of food boxes for Syrian families.

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Syria winter clothes appeal

December 5, 2022

Irish Jesuits International are urging people to help keep a Syrian child warm this Christmas as families face desperate dilemmas.

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Hope for 2021: Jesuit works in Dublin

February 22, 2021

Four Jesuit works on the northside of Dublin have created a video to showcase their ongoing work in the changed circumstances of recent times

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JRS launches Covid-19 helpline

May 22, 2020

A helpline to assist asylum seekers during the Covid-19 crisis has been launched by the Jesuit Refugee Service

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Update from South Sudan

April 29, 2020

Tony O'Riordan SJ is in daily contact with colleagues in South Sudan who are trying to source soap for refugees

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Fears for refugees well-founded

April 7, 2020

The Jesuit Refugee Service Director, Eugene Quinn, voices concern for at-risk refugees in Direct Provision in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak

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Thousands displaced by South Sudan floods

October 22, 2019

The work of Tony O'Riordan SJ with Jesuit Refugee Service in South Sudan is hampered by massive flooding

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Human rights and Catholic social teaching

March 7, 2019

Renowned moral theologian David Hollebach SJ heard from and spoke to a number of Jesuit works whilst in Ireland recently

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