“Be Merciful, Just as your Father is Mercifulâ€Â
Pope Francis has put it very simply: “The Church is not in the world to condemn, but to make possible an encounter with the visceral love that is God’s...
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South Sudan: Education is an Act of Mercy
Students study after class in Yambio, South Sudan (Aidan Azairwe/Jesuit Refugee Service) “I’ve lived through three decades of war and I’ve never experienced as much violence as I did...
Achievement in Africa: Tanzania, Gonzaga Primary School
Africa: our series on achievement and the struggle towards success on the continent bring us to Tanzania to visit a Jesuit primary school in Dar es Salaam. Education is...
Women are the strength of their communities
Pope Francis: “A world where women are marginalised is a sterile world, because women don’t just bear life but transmit to us the ability to see otherwise, they...
Refugees or migrants? Husbands, fathers, wives, mothers, sons and brothers
Through its collection of stories, “Journeys of Hope”, the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) records the individual voices, hopes and dreams of people seeking new, safe lives in Europe....
Irish Men Behind the Missions : Fr. Donal Doyle SJ
‘Going to the Far East’ was an expression used by many missionaries in the past to mean they were going to China and South East Asia. In this new...
World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Sunday 17th January
The theme chosen by Pope Francis for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2016 is “Migrants and Refugees Challenge Us. The Response of the Gospel of Mercy.”...
COP21. Success and Disappointments
Source: Photograph by Patrick Kovarik / Afp / Getty The Paris Agreement: successes, disappointments, and the road ahead In early December, Catherine Devitt, environmental justice officer with the Jesuit...
Irish Men behind the Missions: Fr Gerry Keane SJ
“Christ on a bike!”—or, a priest on a Honda 50—was rare in 1970’s Ireland, well in Tipperary anyway. I suppose it was summer 1974 when Uncle Gerard, as...
Encounters with God in Japan
Fr Donal Doyle SJ has lived and worked in Japan for over 50 years. He is a recipient of this year’s Business and Education Presidential Distinguished Services Awards that...
Learning to Make a Living and a Difference
After several years of an empty plot and then three years of busy construction work, Loyola Jesuit Secondary School (LJSS) has finally moved from dream to reality! In...
Transforming our world: The Sustainable Development Goals
Catherine Devitt is the newly appointed Environmental Justice Officer in the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. Here she lays out the aims of the Sustainable Development Goals...