Category: News

Summer BBQ in Milltown Park

The Irish Jesuit Missions (IJM) held a social gathering with Milltown Park Community for our men home on leave, missionaries in Cherryfield and other friends and colleagues in late...

The forgotten refugees in Africa

A young boy’s drawing shows his view on life before and after displacement/JRS International Fr Endashaw Debrework SJ visited Ireland this summer to create awareness of refugees in Africa...

Ten aid agencies unite to call on South Sudan government

Andrew Ash/Jesuit Refugee Service The Jesuit Refugee Service is deeply concerned at the fragile state of affairs in South Sudan after fighting re-erupted and killed nearly 300 civilians in...

A new phase for IJM Development Education

Irish teachers’ group with Fr Edmund Mallaya SJ and Fr Kevin White SJ, Jesuit Refugee Service The Irish Jesuit Mission office’s Development Education (DE) programme established in 2013 was...

Once a Canisian. Always a Canisian.

The Irish Jesuit Missions’ series “Achievement in Africa” brings us to Zambia to the Jesuit Secondary school of St Canisius in Monze. The present day buildings bear no resemblance in...

World Refugee Day 20th June

The 20th June 2016 is a very special Monday. It is the United Nations World Refugee Day when the focus is on refugees’ plight and the ordinary human beings...

Laudato Sí and ‘Go Wild for Life’

An old Oak tree. Photo-credit ©: C. Devitt Go ‘Wild for Life’ on June 5th. It’s the United Nations World Environment Day (WED) of awareness and action for the...

Year of Mercy: Education in South Sudan

A Sudanese refugee teacher pauses after finishing her courses for morning, before attending JRS teacher training courses in the afternoon. “I’ve lived through three decades of war and I’ve...

Nepal Earthquake one year later

A family in Jaretar, Kavrepalanchowk at candle making training Education Ever since the earthquake that devastated Nepal on 25th April 2015, the Nepal Jesuit Social Institute (NJSI) has been...

A Jesuit moves on

Fr Martin Curry SJ leaves the Irish Jesuit Missions (IJM) this month after 10 years’ dedicated service. He returns to his beloved Galway to take up new duties there....

Mother Earth Day and the Paris Agreement

Paris Agreement (google creative commons) This Friday, April 22nd, marks the celebration of Earth Day, the annual event which brings together millions of people from around the globe to...

South Sudan: Loyola Secondary School

Our series on Achievement in Africa and the struggle towards success focuses in on South Sudan, one of the most conflicted countries on the continent. At Loyola Secondary School...