Category: News

Lenten Celebrations at Wau School

“For us here at Loyola Secondary School we started our Lenten Season with the second lockdown due to the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. Our Ash Wednesday mass was...

IJI Commitment to Safeguarding

In light of the historic abuses in Ireland and the re-opening of deep wounds, survivors are at the forefront in their advocacy for justice. The naming of perpetrators of...

Yemeni Refugees in Jordan

Jordan hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees from surrounding countries including Iraq, Palestine and Syria. It also hosts a sizeable refugee population from Yemen, a country people are forced...

Hope for 2021

Four Jesuit organisations based in Gardiner Street, Dublin have come together to share a short video message with their reflections on 2020 and its upheaval, and their hopes for...

What led to the conflict in Tigray?

Ethiopia has had a complicated history in a region that has seen much conflict down the years, especially among its neighbours in Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan.  Kevin Carroll gives...

Michael J. Kelly SJ Obituary

Tributes have poured in for Irish Jesuit, Michael J. Kelly SJ, who died peacefully on Friday, 15th January 2021 in Zambia, the country he had called home for most...

Maternity Wing for Chisipula Health Centre

In Kasama, Northern Zambia, the Chisipula community has successfully lobbied local government for the construction of a maternity wing at their local health centre, the Namulundu Clinic, thanks to...

Restructuring in Southern Africa

The restructuring of Jesuit Provinces in Southern Africa which will result in the formation of one large united region has been underway since 2014 and is an attempt to...

Hong Kong Solidarity through Covid-19

A member of the Jesuit Hong Kong community has updated us about the changes that the virus has brought to the island, which is overshadowed by the news of...

Change and Living Through uncertain times

Noelle Fitzpatrick, from Cavan has been Country Director of JRS in South Sudan for over a year now. We asked her a few questions about the challenges she and...
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Tippy Taps Christmas Campaign

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. This year the Covid-19 pandemic has brought the issue of handwashing to the fore. People are probably washing their hands more than...

Walking with Basamat

Broadcaster and journalist Susan Cahill visited South Sudan early in 2020, just before global Covid-19 travel restrictions came into place and closed the borders. Since then, lockdown measures and...