Well-known papal author Austen Ivereigh's latest book, 'First Belong: On Retreat with Pope Francis' is a new departure for him and he explains why in this with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications.

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An eight day retreat in a book

In this interview with Pat Coyle, Brian Grogan SJ remembers his friend the late Imogen Stuart, renowned German-Irish artist.

Imogen Stuart: Remembering a "treasure"

'Wildness and Structure' was just one of the many themes to emerge from the SpIRE (Spirituality Institute for Research and Education) lecture. The general title for the event was 'Pilgrimage by Land or Sea: Portal to Spiritual Awakening and Eco Awareness.'

The keynote presenters were André Brouillette SJ, lecturer in Boston College, USA, and author of The Pilgrim Paradigm: Faith in Motion. And Dónal Ó Céilleachair, award-winning filmmaker of The Camino Voyage, a documentary following the pilgrimage of four men in a boat who rowed from Dublin to Santiago de Compostela.

Pilgrimage by Land and Sea

André Brouillette SJ, author of The Pilgrim Paradigm: Faith in Motion and lecturer at Boston College speaks with Pat Coyle about the three aspects of Pilgrimage, embodiment, vulnerability, and memory.

Three aspects of Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage Points

Youth Pilgrimage

Fr Richard Leonard gave a workshop on ‘Taking a fresh look at Mary’ in Knock. He outlined 10 key points about her that we can learn from the gospels, noting that the references to her are often so sparse and so familiar that we lose the depth of their meaning.

Fr. Richard Leonard SJ workshop ‘Taking a fresh look at Mary’.

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.

Remembering Father Gerald O' Collins SJ

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 different kinds of unity, one being “unity in hatred” which we are seeing more of today. Dr Ivereigh discusses Pope Francis’ actions in the face of this hatred and how we as individuals can “offer the first hand of friendship” towards the communion of unity.

Communion of Unity

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