Category: News

China’s Irish Connections

Fr Stephen Chow SJ and Amanda Bermingham Stephen Chow The new Provincial of the Chinese region, Stephen Chow SJ has strong links to Ireland and is in his own...

Irish Jesuit in South Sudan

Tony O’Riordan SJ has been appointed as leader of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) team in Maban, South Sudan. In an effort to share his experiences working with refugees...

A Man of Courage and Honour

Jesuit Provincial Fr Leonard Moloney SJ A memorial mass was held in Dublin for Irish Jesuit missionary Fr Joseph Mallin SJ on Saturday, 21st April, a week after his...

South Sudan Crisis a Priority for Eastern Africa Province

The Provincial of the Eastern Africa Jesuits, Fr Joseph Afulo made a stopover in Dublin for a few days in February, on his way to the USA. He spent...

A Decade of Friendship

The South Dublin parish of Sandymount has shared cultural and social links with a township in Lusaka, Zambia for almost ten years. The partnership resulted in clean running water...

Bringing Mandazi to Market in Kenya

A group of single mothers in Western Kenya access training and resources from the Jesuit Hakimani Centre to create employment for themselves and promote healthy eating by starting a...

An Oasis at the Margins

“Women and girls are Africa’s greatest untapped resource, and it is they, not diamonds or oil and minerals, that will be the foundation for solid, sustainable and equitable progress”....

‘Fīor Eireannach gan dabht’

‘FÄ«or Eireannach gan dabht’ Joe Mallin SJ, son of Commdt. Michael Mallin, who was executed for his role in the Easter Rising, died peacefully and fittingly, on Easter Sunday...

Irish Men Behind the Missions: Fr Joe Mallin SJ RIP

Fr Joe Mallin SJ passed on to his final reward on the 1st April 2018 in Hong Kong. At 104, Fr Mallin was the oldest living Irish Jesuit missionary,...

Spirit of Success in South Sudan

Sarah Phillip attends the JRS Adult Literacy Programme in Maban, South Sudan Sarah and Rahab are inspirational young women who are striving to complete their education in the hostile...

Xavier Network Meeting in Rome

John Guiney SJ, Director of Irish Jesuit Missions and the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice was in Rome earlier in the month at a meeting of representatives of...

A Condition of Gratitude

Fr Tony O’Riordan SJ Tony O’Riordan SJ is travelling to South Sudan next week, to take over as Project Director of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Maban. The refugee settlement...