It Takes the World to Raise Some Children

Fr. Tony O’Riordan with Children of Maban, South Sudan. Photo: Paul Jeffrey Little baby Pia was born on a dark night into one of the poorest communities in the...

Feast of St Ignatius of Loyola

A message from Fr Endashaw Debrework SJ, Regional Director of JRS Eastern Africa, on the Feast of St Ignatius.  Today [31st July] is St.Ignatius Feast Day, the day we...

Statement from the Irish Jesuit Missions on the Violence in Maban, South Sudan

Photo: Paul Jeffrey. 2018 On Monday [23 July 2018] there was vicious spate of violence and destruction of property in a series of targeted attacks on humanitarian assets and...

Caught Between Conflicts: Refugees Living In The World’s Youngest Country

Between fighting in Sudan and civil war in South Sudan, violence has become a sad fact of life for hundreds of thousands of refugees in Maban county. A humanitarian...

China’s Irish Connections

Fr Stephen Chow SJ and Amanda Bermingham Stephen Chow The new Provincial of the Chinese region, Stephen Chow SJ has strong links to Ireland and is in his own...

Irish Jesuit in South Sudan

Tony O’Riordan SJ has been appointed as leader of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) team in Maban, South Sudan. In an effort to share his experiences working with refugees...

A Man of Courage and Honour

Jesuit Provincial Fr Leonard Moloney SJ A memorial mass was held in Dublin for Irish Jesuit missionary Fr Joseph Mallin SJ on Saturday, 21st April, a week after his...

South Sudan Crisis a Priority for Eastern Africa Province

The Provincial of the Eastern Africa Jesuits, Fr Joseph Afulo made a stopover in Dublin for a few days in February, on his way to the USA. He spent...

A Decade of Friendship

The South Dublin parish of Sandymount has shared cultural and social links with a township in Lusaka, Zambia for almost ten years. The partnership resulted in clean running water...

Bringing Mandazi to Market in Kenya

A group of single mothers in Western Kenya access training and resources from the Jesuit Hakimani Centre to create employment for themselves and promote healthy eating by starting a...

An Oasis at the Margins

“Women and girls are Africa’s greatest untapped resource, and it is they, not diamonds or oil and minerals, that will be the foundation for solid, sustainable and equitable progress”....

‘Fīor Eireannach gan dabht’

‘FÄ«or Eireannach gan dabht’ Joe Mallin SJ, son of Commdt. Michael Mallin, who was executed for his role in the Easter Rising, died peacefully and fittingly, on Easter Sunday...