Tag: missionaries

Memories that stay with you forever

My first connection with Jesuit missionaries goes back to my time in India over 40 years ago. At the beginning of a two-year period teaching in Kolkata, I was...

A fond companion: Go well, Fr Russell

From all the team at Irish Jesuits International we would like to send our thoughts and prayers to the family, friends and loved one’s of Father John Russell. John...

A Message of Hope for 2022

As we ease ourselves into the New Year and enter the season of Spring. Take a moment to listen to our Message of Hope for 2022. Reflecting on the...

Annual Mass for Deceased Jesuits Missionaries

Irish Jesuits International celebrated a wonderful Mass at the chapel in Gonzaga College on Sunday 7 November. Fr John Guiney SJ as the Celebrant warmly greeted the family and...

Influence of Irish Jesuits in Zambia

Fr Hector Mwale of St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, reflects on his youth in Zambia and the influence on his life of the Irish Jesuits there. Growing up in southern...

Accompanying Young Adults in Zambia/Malawi

Peter Carroll SJ has spent his life in Zambia and Malawi leading novices, fellow Jesuits and laypeople in their spiritual formation. After serving Mass for some years at the...

Fr James Hurley SJ Obituary

The obituary of Fr James Hurley SJ, who died peacefully on 13th April in Cherryfield Lodge Nursing Home, Dublin. He is sadly missed by his Jesuit colleagues worldwide,...

If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

Michael J. Kelly SJ, who is based in Lusaka, Zambia reflects on how the Coronavirus pandemic, like the crises before it, will be transformed into bright hope. "When I...

Opening Doors in Maban

Noelle Fitzpatrick, Country Director for JRS South Sudan, pays tribute to her colleague, Fr Tony O’Riordan SJ who spent the last two years working with JRS in Maban where...

Fr Michael J. Kelly SJ with Kenneth Kaunda, first President of Zambia.

Michael J. Kelly Featured on Stamp

The pioneering work of Irish Jesuit, Michael J. Kelly SJ, as an educator and a campaigner for HIV/AIDS in his adopted home of Zambia, has been honoured on a...

Mission Month October 2013

October is Mission Month October is Mission Month. Pope Francis recalls the many missionaries “who proclaim the Gospel despite great obstacles”.