Africa – Can Education Contribute to Development

Social and Moral Challenges Two weeks ago, I left Lilongwe, capital of Malawi, a southern-central African country of great potentials, great problems. I am on my way to the...

Help Us Build a Chapel – Buy One Brick

An appeal has been launched by the Irish Jesuit Mission Office to build a chapel for Loyola Jesuit Secondary School in Wau. The region has been badly affected by...

A Jesuit’s Work with HIV and AIDS

Michael J. Kelly, SJ, was one of the first ten recipients of the new Presidential Distinguished Service Awards at Áras an Uachtaráin on 15th November 2012. President Michael D....

At the Frontiers in the Middle East

“What strikes me most about these refugees is their sadness at leaving a country which they love and where they have left many loved ones. Perhaps the bombardment crept...

Welcome to Pope Francis SJ!

The Irish Jesuit Provincial Fr Tom Layden last night warmly welcomed the news of the election of Pope Francis. Yesterday he wrote to the members of the Irish Province...

Appeal for help for Syria

The situation in Syria is increasingly desperate. Life in Aleppo, Homs, Damascus, and indeed throughout the country, remains on a knife edge. Shelling and bombing in Damascus is continuous....

Celebrating Bishop Corboy SJ

The life and work of James Corboy SJ, Bishop of Monze, Zambia, was celebrated with the launch of his biography by Sr Catherine Dunne, in the Arrupe Room, Milltown...

In face of chaos

The murder and mayhem in one of the world’s most godforsaken countries has triggered a significant initiative this month by the Irish Jesuit Mission Office. It is linking up...

Fr. Joe Mallin SJ – A Life of Service

The last eighty years have seen momentous changes and Fr. Joe Mallin SJ has been a witness to many, during his years of service in China. Clearly a life of...
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Fr. Michael J. Kelly SJ receives new Presidential Award

Fr Michael J Kelly SJ was one of the first ten recipients to receive the new Presidential Distinguished Service Award at Aras an Uachtarain on 15th November 2012. President...
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Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya

‘What difference does my being here make?’ It’s been eight months since I arrived in Kakuma Refugee Camp. The original plan was for a 3 month work placement with...

Interview with Fr. Liam Browne SJ

Fr. Liam Browne, born in 1929 in Rotunda, Dublin, can easily sum up why he wanted to be a priest: ‘to help other people’, particularly by allowing them to...