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RIP: Fr Neil O’Driscoll SJ

Fr Neil O’Driscoll SJ died peacefully in St. Vincent’s Hospital on Tuesday 27th January, aged 81.
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Irish Jesuit Mission Office hosts its first Development Education Conference

Development Education is sometimes a challenging concept to unpack. However, this didn’t stop 25 representatives from Jesuit schools and works coming together to address the concept.
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Irish Men behind the Missions: Joe Keaney

Continuing our series on Irish Men behind the Missions, Fr Joe Keaney looks back over his life in Zambia and the happy life he has lived amongst the people...
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Three Jesuit deacons ordained by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin

  Three Jesuit deacons, Jae-wook Lee and Hjun-june Lee from South Korea, along with Shane Daly from Co. Kildare were ordained by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin in Milltown Park, Dublin on 4th January 2015.

Pope Francis:end conflict throughout the world

Pope Francis used his annual Christmas message to call for an end to conflicts throughout the world, mentioning particularly Christians in the Middle East suffering a “brutal persecution” and...
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Christmas Blessings in a changing world

““Everthing’s a changing” our village storyteller would often announce and so right he was. Life is about changing and to live is to change often.
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Maban, the most isolated refugee camp in the world

John Guiney SJ describes life in Maban refugee camp in the furthest corner of the northeast of South Sudan.
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Annual Memorial Mass celebrates Missionaries’ Lives

The annual memorial mass to celebrate the lives and works of deceased Jesuit missionaries and volunteers gathered their families and friends together at Milltown Institute in Dublin on 30th...

Irish Men behind the Missions: Bob Kelly SJ

Jesuit missionaries and volunteers were remembered at the annual Memorial Mass on 30th November at Milltown Institute. One such Jesuit was Fr Bob Kelly SJ who died in 2005....
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Special food for special kids in Kakuma

Children with cerebral palsy living in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya, have chewing and swallowing difficulties and need special nutritional support. It was found that most children who are suffering...
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Clive Dillon Malone SJ looks back over his life

Last in our series for the Mission Month of October “Irish Men behind the Missions”, Fr. Clive Dillon Malone SJ looks back over 76 years of his life which...

Irish Men behind the Missions – Fr. Eddie Murphy SJ.

“That they may have life” is the theme for World Mission Sunday on 19th October in Ireland this year. Over the centuries, inspired by the founders of the Society...