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Australian Jesuit Richard Leonard continues his podcast series on the sacraments with a focus this week on the Eucharist. Speaking with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, he sings a song that highlights an essential element of the sacrament and takes a closer look at the meal with Jesus and the apostles. He draws from his latest book, 'Hatch, Match & Dispatch: A Catholic Guide to Sacraments...

Nikolaas Sintobin SJ, internet pastor of the Low Countries, speaks to Gavin T. Murphy of Irish Jesuit Communications about his latest book 'Where was God before the World Began?' Containing 52 questions and answers on the fundamentals of Christian faith, the book aims to reach a wide audience with its accessible language and short answers in a maximum of 300 words each. It will be translated into...

Fr Martin Curry SJ is a member of the Jesuit community in Galway. He took Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications on a tour of the Jesuit schools and chapel there. The interview begins in St Ignatius Church in Sea Rd, Galway which is rarely empty as local people or tourists drop in for a visit.  Martin points out the recently added John Sullivan shrine and the small display cabinet which houses a...

Professor BrianMacCraith and Fr Leonard Moloney speak of the new partnership between Dublin City University and the Milltown Park Library. The Jesuits have transferred their renowned collection of books to the All Hallows campus of DCU.

The Jesuit Province is transferring its renowned Milltown Park library collection to Dublin City University and, in this address, Daire Keogh, Deputy President of Dublin City University says the partnership, "will transform the student experience", in the university.

Australian Jesuit Richard Leonard, author of 'Hatch, Match & Dispatch: A Catholic Guide to Sacraments', speaks to Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications on the meaning of baptism. He tells an entertaining story of a baptism in his family and refers to an Irish Jesuit missionary who taught him a great theological lesson on the sacrament.

Best-selling author Richard Leonard SJ speaks with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications on his latest book entitled 'Hatch, Match & Dispatch: A Catholic Guide to Sacraments' with Paulist Press. In this interview, he points out the meaning of the catchy title and touches on the sacraments of baptism and matrimony.

Australian Jesuit Richard Leonard speaks to Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications about Steve Bannon, US strategist and former campaign aide to Donald Trump, who has recently been very critical of Pope Francis. He discusses Bannon's criticisms of the Pope, suggests a different interpretation of the Pope's views and hopes that Bannon will be fairer in his assessment. Fr Leonard also shares his p...

In this interview about her work on the book 'Irish Jesuit Annual Letters, 1604-1674' with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, Dr Vera Moynes tells how the Jesuits in Ireland were singled out in royal proclamations read aloud by town criers, in edicts ordering all Catholic priests and Jesuits to leave Ireland or face execution. There were other orders in the country larger in numbers but the...

Gavin T. Murphy, mental health and well-being blogger, speaks to Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications about the publication of his first book entitled 'Bursting Out in Praise: Spirituality and Mental Health' with Messenger Publications. In the interview, he describes a typical day in his life trying to live well with bipolar disorder, and he encourages the general public to live a balanced lif...

Terry Howard SJ speaks to Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications about his work in Belfast over the last nine years. This includes being a quality presence as chaplain to students and staff at Ulster University and acting as spiritual director for lay people and clergy from his community home. He also describes what it is like as a Southerner living in Northern Ireland and shares many personal l...

Professor Stuart Walker, who holds the Chair of Design for Sustainability at Lancaster University in the UK, speaks to Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications about spirituality and design after presenting a paper on the same topic at the Spirituality in Society and the Professions international conference in Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) on 16 May 2019. Here, he presents the case for a...

Brendan McPartlin is a member of the Jesuit community in Churchill Park, Portadown, in Northern Ireland. The area made world headlines because of the Orangemen who demanded the right to march through this nationalist area. In this interview, Brendan explains how nowadays the situation for the people is much improved. The area itself is in much better shape.  The Orangemen still demand the right to...

Terry Howard SJ speaks to Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications about setting up a young adult ministry in Belfast in collaboration with the Diocese of Down and Connor. He is currently full-time chaplain at Ulster University and has previously worked with Slí Eile Young Adult Ministry in Dublin. This ministry will be the first of its kind since the Jesuits came to Belfast thirty years ago.

"The craic is great, the food is good and I guarantee a good time for anybody open enough to go on it!" So says Brenan McManus SJ, who is organising a three-day pilgrimage from Ballintubber to the top of Croagh Patrick in the West of Ireland. Brendan is a seasoned pilgrim who walked the full 800km of the Camino de Santiago and wrote the best-selling book 'Redemption Road: Grieving along the Camino...

Kevin Jackson, Professor of Business Ethics and Law at Fordham University in New York City, speaks to Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications about music as a profession of contemplative journey. This was in light of his presentation at the international conference on Spirituality in Society and the Professions at Waterford Institute of Technology on 16 May 2019. He is a composer and jazz pianist...

Celeste Snowber, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, speaks to Pat Coyle about the role of the body as central to how people live, move, breathe, question, and uncover passion and voice. This was in light of her performative presentation on 'Body, Spirituality and Passion: Embodied Ways of Inquiry in Vocation' at the international confer...

Ralph Hood, Professor of Psychology and distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), spoke to Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications after his presentation on Mysticism and the Relationship between Religion and Spirituality. He was speaking at the international conference on Spirituality in Society and the Professions, which took place in the Wate...

David Coghlan is a Jesuit and leading academic in the field of 'action research', lecturing in business studied in Trinity College Dublin. He speaks to Pat Coyle about the inseparability of his spirituality and his work as an scholar. He defines spirituality simply as connecting with the transcendent. "I connect with a God who loves me, knows me and has sent me into the world for a purpose and I'm...

Piaras Jackson SJ, director of Manresa Jesuit Centre of Spirituality in Dublin, speaks to Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications about World Labyrinth Day on Saturday, 4 May 2019. He describes the centre’s own labyrinth next to the coastline, among mature trees and in grassland that becomes a meadow in the summer. He also gives a brief history of labyrinths and points to their deeper spiritual m...

As Good Friday approaches, spiritual director Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications speaks to Miriam Gormally of Soulwaves Radio about what she perceives to be the serious inadequacies of the current and prevailing atonement theory linked to Jesus' death on the cross. And she offers a different interpretation of it regarding His death based on her readings of various theologians and biblical sc...