Fr Anthony de Mello was an Indian Jesuit and renowned meditation teacher who spent most of his life talking about God’s goodness and encouraging people to live in the present. John Callanan SJ, who has written several books on De Mello, speaks to Eileen Good of his profound influence on people's prayer life in Ireland and abroad. This is an archived interview from Soul Waves Radio which ended in September 2020.

Anthony de Mello SJ

Author John Callanan SJ speaks with Pat Coyle about his experiences with spiritual leader, author and psychologist Anthony De Mello SJ. John met De Mello in Ireland many years ago and he explains that De Mello taught him how to use the wisdom of the Scriptures by looking at their deeper meaning, incorporating them into his own psychology and day to day life.

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Students of Belvedere College SJ will be taking part in the 40th Christmas SleepOut for the homeless, from 22-24 December 2023 in Dublin's city centre. Transition year students who slept out overnight in their gardens on Friday 8 September have already raised €80,000 and the donations for them are still flowing in. 

Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications met recently with this year's SleepOut23 team to learn about their plans and preparations and find out what celebrities might be joining them.

Aiming for the stars

A Cloud in Love, a children's tale by Nazim Hikmet, translated from Turkish into English by Evrim Emir-Sayers, audio recording by David Selim Sayers (Paris, France), 2023.

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A Cloud In Love

Richard Leonard SJ puts religious language to the test and finds it wanting, in his latest book 'The Law of Love'. In this interview with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, he turns to the beatitudes (gospel of Matthew chapter 5: 3-12). He says that he wanted to update some of the language and modern applications concerning this powerful gospel teaching.

Finding God at the barricades

When James (Jim Foley)  an American journalist, was tragically murdered by the terrorist group ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) in 2014 a video showing his beheading was released by the group, shocking the world and drawing widespread condemnation. Jim Foley's death was a horrific and senseless act of violence but his heartbroken mother, Diane Foley was determined that her son's death would not be in vain. 

In this interview with Pat Coyle, she is joined by well-known Irish author (based in New York) Colm McCann. He has just co-published a book about Diane and Jim called American Mother. Together they tell her of, what they call, the God -instances that brought them together and how they continue.

Diane speaks of both her and Jim's Jesuit connections. He attended the Jesuit-run Marquette University where 'Be the Difference' was their motto, which she says, changed him. She did the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius every week in a little church in Maine, all through Jim's captivity in Syria. "Two years of prayer that got me through it," she says.

Grief as a weapon for good

'New Models of Solidarity and Collaboration' was the title of a talk given by Fr Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orabator, to Jesuits and colleagues who gathered in the Arrupe Room, Milltown Park, Dublin on Monday 4 March 2024 at 7pm. His friend and fellow Jesuit John Guiney SJ, Director of Irish Jesuits International, warmly welcomed him to Ireland to give this talk and the Trocaire lecture the following evening.

Fr Orobator is the dean of the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University. He is widely known for his scholarship and talks on the study of the Church, and for his specific focus on ethics, human rights, and human dignity. 

You can listen to his talk followed by a probing question and answer session.

New models of solidarity and collaboration

Brian Grogan SJ launches a 'Creation Walk' developed around the extensive church grounds of Knock Basilica on Saturday 25 May 2024, 10.30 am -3.30 pm.

The walk is a wheelchair-friendly half-kilometer of stations telling the story of the creation of the universe, with gospel quotes to aid meditation and prayerful reflection along the way, The walk, a first for Ireland, is inspired by Brian Grogan's latest book 'Creation Walk - The Amazing Story of a Small Blue Planet.
 As Brian tells Pat Coyle in the interview above, the 'Creation Walk' is a scientific story told along a contemplative path that one walks in the presence of the great God-creator who gifts us with all of good things. He also tells her how the walk came to be, the spirituality that underpins it, and his hopes for its future development.

Looking back to go forward

Author Brian Brock speaks with Pat Coyle about 'disability theology', the Christian community and how it responds to those with disabilities.

Disability: Living into the Diversity of Christ's Body

Imogen Stuart, German-Irish sculptor influenced by 19th-century Expressionism and early Irish Christian art died at the age of 96 on 24 March 2024. On 4 November 2017 Imogen joined Brian Grogan SJ for an open interview with a live audience in Knock. The live interview was captured and can be listened to at the link above. 

In the interview Imogen discusses various aspects of her life and art down the years, her grandson Émile flashes images of her work on a large screen behind her as Imogen provides an in depth look at each piece of art. 

Imogen says “The Holy Spirit is most definitely in my work”. This was especially true of one of her carvings, namely a  bee-hive cell, along the lines of those on Skellig Michael, ‘though Imogen’s was made out of cedar wood and not the stone that the monks would have used. The cell is used as a meditation room to this day and can be found in Knock at knock Shrine.

Anthony de Mello SJ

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