St Ignatius
Harry Clarke window installed in Gardiner St
August 3, 2017
Jesuits from home and abroad marked St Ignatius feast day by unveiling a newly acquired stained glass portrait of St Francis Xavier in Gardiner St Church, Dublin
Read moreHeat of desire
July 29, 2017
GAVIN T. MURPHY :: Getting close to the heat of what you really want requires a long-lasting look at reality and some hard questioning, but the “joys that endure” are...
Read moreInspirational Jesuit lives
June 14, 2017
'With Christ in Service' is a book about the lives of inspirational Jesuits through the ages. It's written by Jesuits, and published by Messenger Publications
Read moreNew Fr General prays in St Ignatius’ room
October 18, 2016
Brain Mac Cuarta SJ was present when the new Jesuit Fr General prayed with one of the oldest books in the Jesuit archives in Rome
Read moreJesuit General Congregation in full swing
October 12, 2016
On Friday Jesuit delegates in Rome will elect a new leader. They've been there over a week and here's what they've been doing
Read moreHow discernment can change your life
September 28, 2016
TOM CASEY SJ :: During convalescence, Ignatius of Loyola learned to examine his life and discover the good desires that were drawing him to God – in other words, he...
Read moreForgiveness in Saints Maria Goretti and Ignatius
July 5, 2016
TOM CASEY SJ :: We all experience conflicts and divisions, most of them less tragic than what Maria Goretti had to undergo. To realise that an 11 year-old girl was...
Read moreMary – how she made a new man of Ignatius
May 17, 2016
It was Jesuits in Rome who, over 300 years ago, launched the custom of dedicating the month of May to Our Lady - appropriate given the vital role Our Lady...
Read moreFounding of the Jesuits
January 15, 2015
The Society of Jesus was founded in 1540 by St. Ignatius Loyola and since then has grown from the original seven to 24, 400 members today who work out of...
Read moreWhy Jesus never read the New Testament
January 14, 2015
Jesus meant so much to Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, that Ignatius once said he would have loved to have been Jewish himself, so that he...
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