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unhcr fleeing libya

19 June 2015

Jesuits tell of their experiences to accompany, to serve and to advocate
 Image: UNHCR,refugees fleeing from Libya across the Meditteranean June 20th is World Refugee Day. The Irish Jesuit Mission office is honouring the courage and perseverance of refugees with a...
candles

16 June 2015

THANKSGIVING MASS IN GALWAY
Mass was celebrated on Saturday the 6th June in Galway in memory of deceased missionaries from Galway and the surrounding areas. The church was decorated with symbols from Asia...

11 June 2015

Interview with Fr Mourad Abou Seif SJ from Syria
Fr Mourad Abou Seif SJ / www.jrs.net June 20th is World Refugee Day. During this month, the Irish Jesuit Mission office is honouring the courage and perseverance of refugees...
south sudan council churches

10 June 2015

Lessons learned from a Genocide
Twenty five Sudan Church leaders have issued a statement from Kigali in Rwanda on 7th June. They refer to the peace and reconciliation lessons learned as Rwanda emerged from...
wrd

05 June 2015

In Honour of World Refugee Day
June 20th is a special day. It is World Refugee Day. It’s becoming increasingly notable as there are over 50 million people on the road as refugees worldwide as...
Jenny-Cafiso1

05 June 2015

An Antidote to Cynicism: Interview with Jenny Cafiso
Passion to change the world Jenny Cafiso has been Director of Canadian Jesuits International (CJI) for 11 years. Her previous positions were with the Jesuit Refugee Service and the...
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20 May 2015

Celebrating Achievement in Africa
Image created by aaun.edu.au   The Irish Jesuit Missions office presents the first of its new series on achievement and the struggle towards success on the continent of Africa....
Nepal xaviers medical team rotator

14 May 2015

Namaste: “I bow to the God within you”.
“Namaste” is an ancient Sanskrit greeting still in everyday use in the Nepal Himalayas. It means, “I bow to the God within you”, acknowledging that we are all created...

14 May 2015

Introduction to Development Education
Introduction As a child I was fuelled with wonder about the world I could not comprehend the injustices presented through the daily news. Famine in Ethiopia, war in Somalia,...
Xavier network

14 May 2015

Jesuit Mission Offices meet
Twice a year (March and October) the Xavier Network (XN) of Jesuit Mission Offices and NGOs meet to work on increasing cooperation on development issues with a view to...
Melilla-border-fence

11 May 2015

Frontiers of fear
Fr John K. Guiney, Director of the Irish Jesuit Mission Office, reflects on a recent meeting of the European Social Delegates which explored Jesuit work with migrants at borders/frontiers...

08 May 2015

Reaching the Unreached in Nepal
St Xavier volunteers deliver tarpulin sheets to remote villages for sleeping under  Fr. Boniface Tigga SJ, Regional Superior in Nepal reports: ““”¦we the Jesuits with our collaborators and co-workers...