Category: News

Malawian Ecology in Daily Life

Chitetezo mbaula is a low-carbon-emitting energy-efficient stove produced and distributed by JCED. Pope Francis invites us “to acknowledge our contribution, smaller or greater, to the disfigurement and destruction of...

Responding to Injustice: An Ignatian Approach

While there is no universal definition of what justice is, the daily manifest of images and stories of injustice from across Ireland and the world is unambiguously clear. As...

Southern Africa Projects Visit

JCED, Malawi. Female farmers in Kasungu use contour ridging as a soil and water conservation technique I spent the last two weeks of September on a programme visit to...

Liam Browne SJ – a dedicated missionary

Irish Jesuit Fr Liam Browne SJ died peacefully at Cherryfield Lodge nursing home, Dublin on 26 October 2017 aged 88 years. His funeral took place on 31 October at...

Irish Teachers Travel to Uganda

The Irish Jesuit Missions continues to support and fund the teacher formation project between Ocer Campion and Jesuit schools in Ireland.Teachers from Jesuit schools in Ireland and teachers in...

Thanksgiving Mass in Dromantine Retreat Centre

On Mission Sunday, 22 October, a group of us met in Dromantine and celebrated a wonderful intimate Mass to remember our Missionaries and their families and friends from the...

Hospitality and Hope in Spain

John Guiney SJ, Director of Irish Jesuit Missions travelled through Spain last month, attending the European Social Delegates Meeting in Bilbao, a meeting of the Xavier Network in Madrid...

A Pause, to Reflect and Revive

Fr. Ashley Evans SJ at the Xavier Jesuit School Cambodia The sounds indicate change. The squawking of the sea-gulls above has replaced the croaking of the toads below. On...

‘Kenya Election Annulment Was Right Choice’

Dr Elias Mokua SJ, Executive Director of Jesuit Hakimani Centre in Nairobi, Kenya Dr Elias Mokua, Director of the Jesuit Hakimani Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, shares his insights about...

My Vision in Africa for the Next Several Years

Fr Leonard Chiti SJ meets Pope Francis at the GC 36 in Rome Fr Arturo Sosa has been quoting a lot from decrees passed at last year’s General Congregation...

Dreaming the Future for the Chinese Province

Fr John Lee SJ, Provincial of the Chinese Province Matteo Ricci was the great missionary to the East. He arrived in China in 1583 and proved to be a...

Planting a Field of Dreams for the Youth of Malawi

“One of the best ways to serve the present is to give hope for the future. Loyola Jesuit Secondary School will effectively serve the needs of the present youth...