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Healing Grandmother by Irish Jesuits

Fr. Sullivan’s Collar: Conor Harper SJ on John Sullivan’s collar and clothes

Personal items: Conor Harper SJ details items taken from Fr. Sullivan’s room after he died

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Syria and its people no longer make new headlines but according to Tony O'Riordan SJ, who works with the Jesuit Refugee Service there, the once beautiful country is suffering greatly and needs the help of the Irish people and its government. In this interview with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, he says shockingly that many of the people there tell him they felt they were better off when...

Highly renowned church historian John W O’Malley SJ died at the Colombiere Jesuit Community in Baltimore on 11 September, aged 95. He had a long and illustrious career as a writer and teacher on the history of the Church from the Renaissance to the present. He is remembered here in Ireland for giving two memorable talks, one in 2011 and the other in 2015. In this interview, with Pat Coyle of Irish...

Pope Francis is making sure that lay men and women are enabled to work in areas of the Vatican that were once the preserve of religious and clerics only. It's part of his synodal process and reform of the Vatican, as Dr Gerry Whelan SJ explains to Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications in this second part of her extended interview with him in August 2022.

How realistic is Jesus' command to forgive our enemies? What does he mean? In a modern day context are Christians really supposed to forgive and have compassion for people like VladmirPutin as he continues his war of invasion against the people of Ukraine? Am I expected to forgive and forget the person who continually hurts me? These are questions that Richard Leonard SJ does not shy away from in...

Fr Richard Leonard SJ speaks to Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications about the uniqueness of the incarnation among world religions, and he points to its significance in and through other people. This podcast interview is the second in a series on his book 'The Law of Love'(Paulist Press) which gives traditional church teaching on gospel values a modern day make-over.

Gerry Clarke SJ speaks to Pat Coyle about his shared dreams for the new Belfast Jesuit Centre including initiatives for Ukrainian refugees.

In this interview from the RNN Archives, Piaras Jackson SJ explains to Eileen Good the significance of the Easter Triduum – the three days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. It marks the end of Lent and leads to the Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord at the Easter Vigil.

In this archived interview, author Helen Gallivan spoke to Miriam Gormally of Soulwaves Radio on how her experience of pregnancy during Advent and giving birth at Christmas led to a whole new appreciation of the incarnation and birth of Christ.

Irish Jesuit Edmond Grace, Secretary for Ecology at the Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC) in Brussels, has written a book entitled 'Business and the Earth: A Reflection on Laudato Si'. In this podcast interview with Pat Coyle, he tells the interesting story of how the book came about and he examines the role that business can play in the light of Laudato Si'.

Dominican Fr Joe Cullen offers a reflection on the back to back Feast days from the archives of Soul Waves Radio.

Fr Anthony de Mello was an Indian Jesuit and renowned meditation teacher who spent most of his life talking about God’s goodness and encouraging people to live in the present. John Callanan SJ, who has written several books on De Mello, speaks to Eileen Good of his profound influence on people's prayer life in Ireland and abroad. This is an archived interview from Soul Waves Radio which ended in S...

Fr Barney McGuckian SJ on the life and heroism of young St Aloysius Gonzaga.

KEVIN DORAN, BISHOP OF ELPHIN [2007] :: For centuries, Glendalough – the valley of the two lakes – has attracted people because of its unique blend of solitude and natural beauty, making it easy to understand why St Kevin went there as a hermit and later chose to build his monastery there. Fr. Kevin Doran told Eileen Good how it is that Glendalough still has an appeal for those wishing to take tim...

Pádraig Ó’Tuama is a poet, theologian, and friend of Dr Kevin Hargaden of the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. He is also a broadcaster and former leader of the Corrymeela Community of peace and reconciliation in Belfast. In this interview with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, he tells the story of a fascinating ‘process-workshop’ he developed with his late friend Glenn Jordan, also a...

The Irish Jesuit Province in Dublin is going greener and Dr Ciara Murphy of their Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice will draw up the plan from implementation based on suggestions, big or small, that she receives from all who want to take part. You can email her with your ideas at ecology@jcfj.ie. Learn more about the process and the greening of the Irish Province by listening to her interview ab...

Can one be a mystic in the midst of a life full of distraction and responsibilities?  What is specific or unique to Ignatian Spirituality? Why did Pope Francis hold up the lesser-known Jesuit Saint Peter Faber as a model for all priests? These are just some of the questions Brian O'Leary SJ discusses in the interview above with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications. Brian is the author of many...

The inauguration of Joe Biden as President has given hope to many, according to Donal Godfrey SJ, an Irish Jesuit living and working as a chaplain in San Fransisco University. In the interview above with Pat Coyle, he gives his unique take on recent events. He outlines the importance of Joe Biden's Catholic faith and his own Jesuit friends and colleagues who have assisted him in that regard as rec...