Category: News

10 November 2015

Beauty and brutality: the confounding contradictions of South Sudan
  Darkness falls early in South Sudan. When the unspeakably bright sun sleeps, there isn’t much to illuminate the hot air. Just fireflies, the headlights of occasional military trucks,...

30 October 2015

Irish Men behind the Missions
Every year on a Sunday afternoon in November, the chapel at Milltown Park in Dublin glows in candlelight and resonates with the sound of music and singing. Families, friends...

20 October 2015

A statement of the Jesuit Major Superiors of Europe
                        CEP General Assembly – A statement of the Jesuit Major Superiors of Europe October 19th, 2015  Since...

20 October 2015

Annual Memorial Mass, 8th Nov 2015
  The Annual Memorial Mass for deceased Jesuit missionaries and volunteers will take place on Sunday 8th of November at 3pm in Milltown Park Chapel.  Our homilist for the...

15 October 2015

Mission Month: Dare to dream of a better future
  Fr Ashley Evans SJ leads the Xavier Jesuit School project in Sisophon, Cambodia. The Jesuits have opted to establish the school in this location to make the most...

09 October 2015

October is Mission Month
  Humanitarian Response To love our neighbour as ourselves is the theme for Mission Month 2015. This mission is being lived out daily by the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)...

01 October 2015

The Refugee Crisis: An Educational Response
Photo by kind permission of Kristóf Hölvényi, photo journalist, at the Hungarian-Serbian border Modern culture exposes us to a phenomenal amount of imagery. From advertising to info-graphics, a steady stream...

21 September 2015

World Peace Day 21st September
In South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, a student is more likely to find soldiers occupying their school than teachers preparing lessons. Sixty-three percent of schools are occupied by armed...

15 September 2015

Happy 102nd birthday to Fr Joe Mallin SJ!
Our congratulations to Fr Joseph Mallin SJ who celebrates his 102nd birthday in Hong Kong this week! He has seen many changes during his years of service in China....

11 September 2015

Journeying into Europe: how to help refugees
Thousands of migrants are reaching our European shores at this present time. The Jesuits through the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) are responding to this crisis with a project in...

08 September 2015

UN International Literacy Day 8th September at Kasungu, Malawi
What better way to mark United Nations International Literacy Day than by opening a brand new secondary school for children living in poverty. This week the Loyola Jesuit Secondary...

01 September 2015

Abay Mado Catholic Academy, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
On the shores of Lake Tana in Ethiopia is a block of land undergoing a transformation. It lies on the outskirts of the city of Bahir Dar. Families living...