Category: News

“Go to the frontiers” exhorts Jesuit Pope

John K Guiney SJ meets Pope Francis at the Jesuit General Congregation 36. Image:CNS/Itua Egbor SJ An historic meeting in Rome Pope Francis, the first Jesuit Pope, addressed the...

World Health Day 2017: Let’s talk about depression

Community Counsellors in Kakuma Camp. (Michael Oyoo/JRS) Sometimes people just need to talk and be listened to. World Health Day on 7th April recognises this and has as its...

Water is life: ‘Maji ni uhai’

The Swahili saying ‘Maji ni uhai’ – ‘Water is life’ captures the absolute necessity of having continuous, safe water in eastern Africa. It can’t be taken for granted. Located...

Educating men and women for others

Take a tour to each education project the Irish Jesuit Missions is linked with. Click through on the map and read about them, look up their websites, view their...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...