Journeying into Europe: how to help refugees

Thousands of migrants are reaching our European shores at this present time. The Jesuits through the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) are responding to this crisis with a project in...

UN International Literacy Day 8th September at Kasungu, Malawi

What better way to mark United Nations International Literacy Day than by opening a brand new secondary school for children living in poverty. This week the Loyola Jesuit Secondary...

Abay Mado Catholic Academy, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

On the shores of Lake Tana in Ethiopia is a block of land undergoing a transformation. It lies on the outskirts of the city of Bahir Dar. Families living...

Irish Men Behind the Missions: Fr Michael J Kelly SJ

Fr Michael J Kelly SJ continues our series of Jesuit stories in “Irish Men behind the Missions”. This year marks a special one for him: August 22nd was the...
Earthquake relief by Nepal Jesuits

World Humanitarian Day

People who face danger and adversity in order to help others are recognised every year on United Nations’ World Humanitarian Day, 19th August. For those following the Jesuit path...

Ocer Campion Jesuit College: Rebuilding Education in the Shadow of War.

This video profiles Ocer Campion Jesuit College, Gulu, Northern Uganda. This Jesuit school aims to serve the poorest of the region who have been denied access to education for...

Celebrating Achievement in Gulu, Uganda

The third story in the Irish Jesuit Missions’ series on achievement and the struggle towards success on the continent of Africa, takes us this time to Northern Uganda, to...
human trafficking

World Day Against Trafficking

The UN World Day against Trafficking in Persons was on July 30th. Its purpose is to raise awareness of the situation of victims of human trafficking and for the...
Rosaleen Kenny

A Very Special Place to Work

When I started working for the Irish Jesuit Missions (IJM) 12 years ago, I thought I would never be able to remember all the different people and the exotic...
Michael Kelly

Fr Michael J Kelly SJ and 60 Years in Zambia

August 22nd will be the 60th anniversary of my first arrival in Zambia in 1955. I was young and inexperienced then, but greatly excited at the prospect of sharing...

Today’s youth is challenged by uncertainty: Peter Walpole SJ

Pope Francis is pictured with youths at ANAK-Tnk foundation www.nbcnews.com As discussion and controversy ebb to and fro in the wake of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’, Fr Peter...
Sean Dingle

Formation and Friendship: Learning from Uganda

By Sean Dingle  The Ugandan Formation Visit to Gulu was a hugely rewarding experience, on both a personal and a professional level. We were privileged to spend more or...