Category: News

06 March 2017

International Women’s Day 2017: Safe Havens for women
Photo: Jesuit Refugee Service International Pope Francis reaffirms the church’s stance against all forms of abuse against women in the encyclical Amoris Laetitia: “we must…see in the women’s movement...

25 February 2017

Endings and beginnings in the Far East
John Guiney SJ from the Irish Jesuit Missions office visited fellow Jesuits and Jesuit works in the Far East this month – China and South East Asia. Over 125...

10 February 2017

World Radio Day: Radio Chikuni Journalists get on their bikes in Zambia
Bridging the information gap In Monze, Zambia, the vision of Chikuni Community Radio Station is to enable the community of Chikuni to be fully developed in all aspects of human...

03 February 2017

Michael J Kelly SJ and the Man with the Welcoming Smile
Father Tom McGivern, S.J.Memorial Mass, St. Ignatius28th January 2017 Fr Michael J Kelly SJ and a large number of priests concelebrated a Memorial Mass in Lusaka, Zambia for their...

26 January 2017

Irish Men behind the Missions: Fr Tom McGivern SJ RIP
Fr Tom McGivern SJ passed on to his final reward on the 14th January 2017 in his 90th year. Encouraged by his friends and family, he had completed his...

23 January 2017

Homily for Fr Tom McGivern SJ by Joe Hayes SJ
When I think of you Tom the image that comes to my mind is that of the reluctant hero, reluctant because you are the last to realize that in...

17 January 2017

Companions in a Mission of Reconciliation and Justice
General Congregation 36, Fr Arturo Sosa SJ and delegates The delegates of the Jesuit General Congregation 36, held in Rome would like to share with you the fruits of...

09 January 2017

Witnesses of Friendship and Reconciliation
Fr Frans Van der Lugt SJ, a Dutch Jesuit who was killed in Homs, Syria in April 2014 Far from the media’s spotlight, the Jesuits and their courageous co-workers...

08 December 2016

Christmas is a special time for children
Christmas is a special time for children. They teach us wonder and joy as they open their Christmas gifts. Every year we are nourished by that same wonder and...

01 December 2016

Education in Uganda
Sr. Dr. Alice Jurugo Drajea Currently I serve the Catholic Diocese of Arua. It is in the West Nile Region in North Western Uganda as Deputy Education Secretary. My...

01 December 2016

Safe places for children
Child protection is a term that I have come to get used to and understand fully only in my adulthood. To understand why, you would need a little exposure...
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01 December 2016

Listening to children
Children in the context of a refugee camp, an urban setting, or any other location around the world fall into a category of individuals who are extremely vulnerable. Simply...