MICHAEL SHEIL SJ :: Rector of Clongowes Wood College SJ in County Kildare reflects on his 50th anniversary as a Jesuit priest.
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The priests’ way of life
Nikolaas Sintobin SJ, a Flemish Jesuit who has close connections with the Irish Province, features in this month's Pope Video on active solidarity with those who are most poor
Read More »Priestly vocation? Your questions answered
A new website has been launched by the Vocations Committee of the Irish Jesuit province to help young men discern a vocation to the priesthood
Read More »WMOF: Young people discern
Young people from all over Europe prepared for the World Meeting of Families with a special retreat in Manresa, Dublin
Read More »How discernment can change your life
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 learned 'discernment'
Read More »‘Why would you join the Jesuits?’
'Why would you join the Jesuits?', the third phase of the Irish Jesuit digital vocations strategy, went live on Wednesday 20 July.
Read More »The Jesuit saint who wanted a small heart
TOM CASEY SJ :: A reflection on the vocation of Fr Jacques Berthieu, a humble and generous Jesuit priest who was martyred in 1896 and canonised in 2012.
Read More »Becoming a priest of Jesus’ wounded heart
TOM CASEY SJ :: Friday, 3 June, is the Feast of the Sacred Heart. Fr. Tom Casey reflects on how the wounded heart of Jesus challenges him to be a more authentic priest.
Read More »God can make a nobody into a priest
TOM CASEY SJ :: A thought for school-leavers – if God were a prospective employer, what would he be looking for in the interview? Probably not the same things as other employers.
Read More »Attracting young people to religious life
Those involved in promoting vocations need to think differently and understand youth culture today, according to Bernhard Eckerstorfer OSB, an Austrian Benedictine speaking at a recent SpIRE event.
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