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“Genocide is taking place in Brazil!” This is the dramatic testimony of Frei Betto OP in a letter to Friends outside of Brazil. My dear Friends: A  genocide is happening in Brazil! At the time I am writing, 16th July, the Covid-19, started here in February this year,... Read More

The Air We Breathe As I walk into my house after work, I pull off my mask and with relief I breathe- a long deep breath. I can breathe.  On May 25 George Floyd was handcuffed by a white police officer who pinned him to the ground. The officer kept his knee on George’s neck... Read More

WHAT WILL WE DO? What will we do when we’re free again? Emerge from our cocoons: cells of self-knowledge, *Catherine-like, God-infused, eager for mission? Or will isolation be our sheathe, content withdrawal from community’s demands, from the world’s pain, where millions... Read More

As a Congregation and members of AMRI we endorse the following: Letter from APT/AMRI (Act to Prevent Trafficking, Working group of AMRI JPIC Committee) APT AMRI Letter to Minister McEntee July 2020 Black Lives Matter statements by AMRI JPIC Committee Black Lives Matter Both... Read More

In a recent article in our Covid-19 newsletter, [Week 8] Sr. Brighde Vallely made reference to an article she had read, Christianity in a time of sickness, which was written by a sociologist and theologian, Fr. Tomás Halík, in America, the Jesuit Weekly. While acknowledging that... Read More

Bishop Alan Abernethy, Aidan Bryne, ICC President Rev Brian Anderson, The Lord Mayor, Councillor Daniel Baker, and Ruth at the launch of the Resources on Housing and Homelessness in the Skainos Centre, Belfast. Today representatives of Christian churches gathered, together with... Read More

 Econowha? 2020: Our Introduction to Economic Justice  A 6-week introduction into the world of finance, exploring markets, debt and tax in simple terms and a friendly environment Begins on Wednesday 19th February, 6.30pm-8.30pm, Carmelite Centre, Aungier St., Dublin 2... Read More

FEBRUARY: “Black History Month, also known as African-American History Month in the U.S., is an annual observance in Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It began as a way for remembering important people and events in the history of... Read More

World Youth Day 2019 World Youth Day takes place in Panama this year. The theme is: I am the servant of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word. Lk 1:38. The website (worldyouthday.com)has lots of material. We keep all who are participating in World Youth Day in our... Read More

Hope House in New Orleans, Louisiana is a non-profit organisation, founded to respond to the hopes and needs of its neighbours and to help create a society in which truth and justice abide. Sr. Lilianne Flavin OP who has been based in Louisiana since 1979 works in Hope House... Read More