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Meet Mary Apet: farmer, mother and women’s leader in Akol Jal

. Mary Apet has lived close to the land all her life. She and her family have depended heavily on farming to feed themselves ever since she can remember....
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If you think education is expensive, try ignorance

 Teachers participate in a Jesuit Refugee Service training programme in Maban, South Sudan. (Deogratias Rwezaura SJ/JRS Eastern Africa) “If a teacher is paid nearly four times less than military...
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RIP: Fr Neil O’Driscoll SJ

Fr Neil O’Driscoll SJ died peacefully in St. Vincent’s Hospital on Tuesday 27th January, aged 81.

Education and training for kids and youth in Kangemi

“Upendo” is a Kiswahili word meaning “Love”. A project supported by the Irish Jesuit Missions which has been a wonderful success is the Upendo Vulnerable Care and Support Programme....
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Irish Jesuit Mission Office hosts its first Development Education Conference

Development Education is sometimes a challenging concept to unpack. However, this didn’t stop 25 representatives from Jesuit schools and works coming together to address the concept.
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Irish Men behind the Missions: Joe Keaney

Continuing our series on Irish Men behind the Missions, Fr Joe Keaney looks back over his life in Zambia and the happy life he has lived amongst the people...
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Three Jesuit deacons ordained by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin

  Three Jesuit deacons, Jae-wook Lee and Hjun-june Lee from South Korea, along with Shane Daly from Co. Kildare were ordained by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin in Milltown Park, Dublin on 4th January 2015.

Pope Francis:end conflict throughout the world

Pope Francis used his annual Christmas message to call for an end to conflicts throughout the world, mentioning particularly Christians in the Middle East suffering a “brutal persecution” and...
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Christmas Blessings in a changing world

““Everthing’s a changing” our village storyteller would often announce and so right he was. Life is about changing and to live is to change often.
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Maban, the most isolated refugee camp in the world

John Guiney SJ describes life in Maban refugee camp in the furthest corner of the northeast of South Sudan.
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Annual Memorial Mass celebrates Missionaries’ Lives

The annual memorial mass to celebrate the lives and works of deceased Jesuit missionaries and volunteers gathered their families and friends together at Milltown Institute in Dublin on 30th...

Irish Men behind the Missions: Bob Kelly SJ

Jesuit missionaries and volunteers were remembered at the annual Memorial Mass on 30th November at Milltown Institute. One such Jesuit was Fr Bob Kelly SJ who died in 2005....