Patrick Riordan SJ
Irish Jesuit honoured in Rome
January 11, 2022
Patrick Riordan SJ is awarded the 2021 edition of the Centesimus Annus Foundation’s prize for his book 'Recovering Common Goods'.
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Does Common Good mean anything?
November 7, 2018
Dr Patrick Riordan SJ is concerned about populism's common but unreflective use of the term 'the common good'
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Love, law and the 8th amendment
May 2, 2018
Irish Jesuit philosopher Dr Patrick Riordan discusses the 8th Amendment in light of his recent talk at Trinity College Dublin
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Democracy in peril
September 13, 2017
The theme of the current issue of Studies is the threats posed in recent times to democracy, even in some of the world's most staunchly democratic states
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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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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
