Category: News

COP26 – Girls’ Education & Climate Action

It’s Day 4 of the COP26 conference, and my second day in Glasgow at the event. In the Blue Zone – the main arena – today, the topic for...

Influence of Irish Jesuits in Zambia

Fr Hector Mwale of St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, reflects on his youth in Zambia and the influence on his life of the Irish Jesuits there.

Memories of Frank Wafer SJ

Dónall Ó Murchú was on the staff of Charles Lwanga Teachers’ College in Zambia from 1967 – 74. He lived in the Jesuit Community House with several others, including...

Journey from South Sudan to Uganda

Utua Lily* looks on as her infant daughter plays on the classroom veranda. Her smile is quick and easy. Lily is a primary four teacher at Tandala Primary School...

Leave A Lasting Legacy

A gift in your Will could have an impact that will last for generations. “A legacy gift means that your love lives on in the lives of the people...

Maembo – The One Who Sings

Padraig Swan, Director of Faith and Service Programmes in Belvedere College, reflects on the life of Frank Wafer SJ, who worked with the Tonga people in Zambia to preserve...

The Work of Many Hands

Mikono Refugee Craft Shop has been badly affected by the lack of tourism in Kenya. The shop sells high quality craft items to support people from a refugee background....

I Am Because We Are

To be asked to write on your jubilee is both shocking and humbling. Shocking in realising how fast the years have passed. I am becoming an old man. Humbling...

Accompanying Young Adults in Zambia/Malawi

Peter Carroll SJ has spent his life in Zambia and Malawi leading novices, fellow Jesuits and laypeople in their spiritual formation. After serving Mass for some years at the...

Not a Silent Spectator

The death of 84-year-old Jesuit Stan Swamy SJ in hospital, while awaiting bail from an Indian prison, has caused shockwaves throughout the world. Falsely accused of being linked to...

Graduation Ceremony in Rumbek

The St Peter Claver Ecological Training Centre in Rumbek, South Sudan held its 12th Graduation Ceremony on 25th June.

In memory of Fr Fridolin Pfluger SJ: A life of accompaniment with refugees

We pray in thanksgiving for the life of our companion Fr Fridolin Pfluger SJ, who passed away on Saturday, 19 June 2021, in Kampala, Uganda after contracting the coronavirus....