Irish Jesuits

Dec 18 2024 383 ep. 14 mins 33
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Podcasts of the Irish Jesuit Province.

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A beacon of hope

Dec 18 2024 10 mins  
American actor Paul Rudd and singer songwriter Nick Jonas have sent a video message of support for the 41st annual Belvedere SleepOut which takes place at the Bank of Ireland College Green, Dublin, from Sunday 22 December at 12pm until Christmas Eve at noon, Tuesday 24 December 2024. Listen to the interview with some of the students from the SleepOut team about their plans for the

Hope and Fear in Syria

Dec 08 2024 16 mins  
Father Tony returned to Ireland in June 2024 following a three year stay Syria. Earlier in the week Father Tony visited the Irish the Jesuit Communications office to share the backstory of what was happening in Syria which led to the historic weekend events.

Assessing Pope Francis' Synod

Nov 14 2024 28 mins  
In this interview with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, Gerry O'Hanlon gives his assessment of this final phase of Pope Francis' synodal processes which ended in Rome this October. In what some might regard as a surprisingly hopeful take on what emerged, he roots out important aspects of the Synod documents which he says have been paid scant attention, particularly regard

Her bags are packed

Nov 04 2024 6 mins  
Australian Jesuit and author Father Richard Leonard SJ reads a section from his latest book Why God? The book is a collection of personal stories focussing on four themes: church, liturgy and sacraments, society, and faith and spirituality. In this piece he speaks about his mother and the awful tragedies that occurred throughout her life. She has kept her faith in God throughout t

Revisiting the Sacred Heart

Oct 24 2024 9 mins  
Austen Ivereigh, journalist and biographer of Pope Francis has been writing about the Sacred Heart in The Tablet in anticipation of the encyclical. In this interview with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, he outlines the background to 'Dixit Nos -He Loved Us' and speaks about Pope Francis' personal devotion to the Sacred Heart and the importance of the Sacred Heart as a pop

Austen Knock sacred Heart

Oct 23 2024 9 mins  
Austen Ivereigh, journalist and biographer of Pope Francis has been writing about the Sacred Heart in The Tablet in anticipation of the encyclical. In this interview with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, he outlines the background to 'Dixit Nos -He Loved Us' and speaks about Pope Francis' personal devotion to the Sacred Heart and the importance of the Sacred Heart as a pop

Birthing accompaniment

Oct 08 2024 4 mins  
Author and Jesuit Father Richard Leonard SJ reads a section from his latest book 'Why God?'. In the piece Father Richard reflects on a time when he was given the opportunity to be part of a birthing experience with a young woman named Mary who fell pregnant at the age of sixteen and had no birthing partner.

Taking a second look

Oct 07 2024 24 mins  
Vincentian Priest and Spiritual Director, Father Michael McCullagh speaks with Pat Coyle Director of Jesuit Communications in Knock about his recent book 'With Due Respect: Taking a Second Look at God, at Self, at Others' which was launched earlier this year. Michael explains that the word "respect" comes from the Latin "respectus" from the verb respicere "look back at" or in Micha

Communion of Unity

Sep 25 2024 11 mins  
Journalist, author and biographer of Pope Francis, Dr. Austen Ivereigh was the Novena guest speaker at Knock on 14 August 2024. His talk was entitled 'Hope for a Changing Church'. In this interview with Pat Coyle of the Irish Jesuit Communication Centre he reflects on the topics raised during his talk, specifically the "communion of unity and fraternity". He says there are two diff

Remembering Father Gerald O' Collins SJ

Aug 30 2024 11 mins  
Author and Jesuit Father Richard Leonard SJ reflects on the life of the late Father Gerald Collins SJ who died on 22 August 2024 at age ninety three.