Author: Joe Munnelly

Landscape photo of Kangemi Slum, Nairobi

25 November 2022

IDEVW: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (IDEVW) is an international holiday which recognises the work and efforts of women’s rights activists against gender-based violence observed on...
Jesuit students pose in group photo

04 November 2022

Up the Jes! MAGIS Student Council Leadership Conference
On the 26th of October, Student Council representatives took part in the first ever Jesuit Schools Leadership Conference in Tullamore, Co. Offaly. The aim of the day was to...
doorway revealing art exhibit gallery

27 September 2022

Citizens? An art exhibit
Citizens is an exhibition by Belinda Loftus and Manar Al-Shouha, a Syrian artist currently seeking asylum in Ireland. This summer, Manar helped art students from Clongowes paint a Laudato...
school girls pose and smile for a group photo in their school uniforms

21 September 2022

World Gratitude Day 2022
On World Gratitude Day we take a moment to thank all our supporters. In 1977, World Gratitude Day was born and supported by Sri Chinmoy and the Peace Meditations...
Colm Brophy abstract art

12 September 2022

Imagining the Unseen by Colm Brophy
Colm Brophy an art therapist and former Jesuit launched his latest art collection titled: Imagining the Unseen: Quantum Physics & Cosmology”. An exhibit mainly displaying abstract art, Brophy takes...
Sarah, a teacher poses for photo outside with student

08 September 2022

International Literacy Day 2022
Since 1967, #ILD celebrations have taken place annually around the world to remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights, and to advance...
mothers and women in refugee camp in Tigray

06 September 2022

Tigray, Ethiopia: Hunger & Desperation
At the end of August, IJI released a statement of solidarity to the thousands of innocent people suffering a civil war leading to mass displacement and extreme hunger. Last...
woman with child in the shade under an umbrella at refugee camp in Tigray

22 August 2022

Tigray: A Statement of Solidarity
#Tigray is an ignored crisis – thousands impacted by violence face mass food shortages and lack of medical aid means medical staff are having to resort to using salt...
Children from Upendo programme hug in the classroom

11 August 2022

International Youth Day 2022
The theme of #IYD2022 is intergenerational solidarity and the recognition that both older and younger generations have more in common then one would think. To achieve the Sustainable Development...
woman making a clay stove pot by hand

02 June 2022

Volunteer blog: Mbira stoves
The past week I had the opportunity to see JCED’s projects in the flesh. This required taking a trip north of the capital to a town called Kasungu. Up...
Sam Duff, an overseas volunteer poses with Padraig Sawn, a teacher at Belevere college SJ. they both pose at the entrance to Belevere College.

16 May 2022

Volunteer Overseas: Sam & JCED
Best of luck to Sam Duff who arrived in Malawi yesterday Sam will volunteer with Jesuit Centre for Ecology and Development on an overseas placement for 1 month where...
fine artist poses with Clongowes art students with the painted mural behind group

11 May 2022

Laudato Si Mural: Clongowes Art Students work with Fine Artist.
In 2015 Pope Francis spoke of the need for all of us to care for our common home. In his groundbreaking encyclical letter, Laudato Si, the Pope calls on...