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Fr. Frans Van der Lugt: A Jesuit martyr for peace

We mourn the loss of our brother, Fr. Frans Van der Lugt SJ, who was assassinated in Homs, Syria on 8 April 2014. Fr. Van der Lugt had lived...
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South Sudan Urgently Needs Help to Stave Off Famine, U.N. Warns

South Sudan needs $230 million in international aid in the next 60 days or it will face the worst starvation in Africa since the 1980s, when hundreds of thousands...
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Fr. Orobator SJ gives Trócaire Lenten Talk

Fr. Orobator SJ, Provincial of the Eastern Africa province, gave a talk entitled ‘Water has no enemy’ for the Trócaire Annual Lenten Talk in Maynooth on Wednesday, 26th March....
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Pope Francis one year on: His message for Syria

As we mark the one year anniversary of the election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the first Jesuit Pope, the Irish Jesuit Mission Office reflects on his efforts...
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International Women’s Day 2014

Students in Loyola High School, Tanzania Saturday 8 March is International Women’s Day, and in conjunction with this the Irish Jesuit Missions Office is highlighting the work done by...
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Philippines Relief Operation Update February 2014

Click here for the latest update on the ongoing relief operation in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. We would like to thank all of the support received from our...
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Philippines Relief Operation Update March 2014

Click here for the latest update on the ongoing relief operation in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. We would like to thank all of the support received from our...
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First UN Report on Children in Syria

Syrian children have been subjected to ““unspeakable” suffering in the nearly three years of civil war, with the Government and allied militia responsible for countless killings, maiming and torture,...

The New Jesuit School in Cambodia

Fr. Ashley Evans S.J. has been sent to Sisophon, a remote town in the North-West of Cambodia to start a new Jesuit school there.  He has spent the last...
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Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year from all of us here at the Irish Jesuit Missions Office. We pray that this new year – the year of the horse – brings...

Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations (HIPSIR)

Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations (HIPSIR) offers MA degree in Peace Studies and International Relations. HIPSIR also offers accredited certificate courses in conflict analysis, transitional justice,...
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First phase of building complete in agricultural school, Rumbek South Sudan

 The Multi-educational and Agricultural Jesuit Institute of South Sudan (MAJIS), funded by the Irish Jesuit Missions Office, has finished the first phase of building. A recent report discussed the...