Irish Jesuits

It was kidneys, sausages, bacon and copious cups of tea all the way at the Bloomsday breakfast held in Belvedere College on Monday 16 June 2025.Joyce himself was a pupil of the college from 1893 to 1898. Bloomsday is the annual celebration held on this day every year to commemorate the life and works of James Joyce, particularly his novel Ulysses. The hearty breakfast was served in the beautifully...

Croatian/Irish author and spiritual director Dr Iva Beranek, who worked as Parish Manager in St Francis Xavier’s Church, Gardiner Street, speaks with Pat Coyle about her two children's books. The first 'Veronica's Bookstore' which was published in 2021 and the sequel 'The Year of Celebrations' which has recently been published (2025). Both are published by Independent Publishing Network. The stori...

Irish Jesuit theologian Gerry O'Hanlon recently took part in an ecumenical seminar at Oxford University. the topic of 'Anglican and Catholic Synodality'. On his return to Ireland, Gerry spoke with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications about his meeting in Oxford. He talked about the contribution made by Anglican Professor Marc Chapman, and outlined the main points of discussion in his own talk....

Michael O'Sullivan: Returning to Chile by Irish Jesuits

Martha Phiri, the Policy and Advocacy officer with the Jesuit Centre for Ecology & Development (JCED) in Malawi speaks with Pat Coyle about life in Malawi, one of the worlds most vulnerable countries. Climate change is having a huge impact on agriculture which is crucial for the economy. The JCED have set up multiple initiatives to support local people and businesses there, with a particular focus...

Irish Jesuit and Director of the Department of Fundamental Theology in Rome Gerry Whelan SJ, speaks with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications about the life and work of Pope Francis in light of his recent passing.

Faith gives hope - Donal Godfrey SJ by Irish Jesuits

Who is a good local? by Irish Jesuits

American actor Paul Rudd and singer songwriter Nick Jonas have sent a video message of support for the 41st annual Belvedere SleepOut which takes place at the Bank of Ireland College Green, Dublin, from Sunday 22 December at 12pm until Christmas Eve at noon, Tuesday 24 December 2024. Listen to the interview with some of the students from the SleepOut team about their plans for the two days, which...

Father Tony returned to Ireland in June 2024 following a three year stay Syria. Earlier in the week Father Tony visited the Irish the Jesuit Communications office to share the backstory of what was happening in Syria which led to the historic weekend events.

In this interview with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, Gerry O'Hanlon gives his assessment of this final phase of Pope Francis' synodal processes which ended in Rome this October. In what some might regard as a surprisingly hopeful take on what emerged, he roots out important aspects of the Synod documents which he says have been paid scant attention, particularly regarding the controver...

Australian Jesuit and author Father Richard Leonard SJ reads a section from his latest book Why God? The book is a collection of personal stories focussing on four themes: church, liturgy and sacraments, society, and faith and spirituality. In this piece he speaks about his mother and the awful tragedies that occurred throughout her life. She has kept her faith in God throughout them all and now s...

Austen Ivereigh, journalist and biographer of Pope Francis has been writing about the Sacred Heart in The Tablet in anticipation of the encyclical. In this interview with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, he outlines the background to 'Dixit Nos -He Loved Us' and speaks about Pope Francis' personal devotion to the Sacred Heart and the importance of the Sacred Heart as a popular devotion in...

Austen Ivereigh, journalist and biographer of Pope Francis has been writing about the Sacred Heart in The Tablet in anticipation of the encyclical. In this interview with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, he outlines the background to 'Dixit Nos -He Loved Us' and speaks about Pope Francis' personal devotion to the Sacred Heart and the importance of the Sacred Heart as a popular devotion in...

Author and Jesuit Father Richard Leonard SJ reads a section from his latest book 'Why God?'. In the piece Father Richard reflects on a time when he was given the opportunity to be part of a birthing experience with a young woman named Mary who fell pregnant at the age of sixteen and had no birthing partner.

Vincentian Priest and Spiritual Director, Father Michael McCullagh speaks with Pat Coyle Director of Jesuit Communications in Knock about his recent book 'With Due Respect: Taking a Second Look at God, at Self, at Others' which was launched earlier this year. Michael explains that the word "respect" comes from the Latin "respectus" from the verb respicere "look back at" or in Michael's words" look...

Journalist, author and biographer of Pope Francis, Dr. Austen Ivereigh was the Novena guest speaker at Knock on 14 August 2024. His talk was entitled 'Hope for a Changing Church'. In this interview with Pat Coyle of the Irish Jesuit Communication Centre he reflects on the topics raised during his talk, specifically the "communion of unity and fraternity". He says there are two different kinds of u...

Author and Jesuit Father Richard Leonard SJ reflects on the life of the late Father Gerald Collins SJ who died on 22 August 2024 at age ninety three.

Fr Richard Leonard gave a workshop on ‘Taking a fresh look at Mary’ in Knock. He outlined 10 key points about her that we can learn from the gospels, noting that the references to her are often so sparse and so familiar that we lose the depth of their meaning.

Youth Pilgrimage by Irish Jesuits

Pilgrimage Points by Irish Jesuits

André Brouillette SJ, author of The Pilgrim Paradigm: Faith in Motion and lecturer at Boston College speaks with Pat Coyle about the three aspects of Pilgrimage, embodiment, vulnerability, and memory.

'Wildness and Structure' was just one of the many themes to emerge from the SpIRE (Spirituality Institute for Research and Education) lecture. The general title for the event was 'Pilgrimage by Land or Sea: Portal to Spiritual Awakening and Eco Awareness.' The keynote presenters were André Brouillette SJ, lecturer in Boston College, USA, and author of The Pilgrim Paradigm: Faith in Motion. And Dón...

In this interview with Pat Coyle, Brian Grogan SJ remembers his friend the late Imogen Stuart, renowned German-Irish artist.

Well-known papal author Austen Ivereigh's latest book, 'First Belong: On Retreat with Pope Francis' is a new departure for him and he explains why in this with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications.