In this interview above with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, Soline Humbert, author of 'A Divine Calling: One Woman’s Lifelong Battle for Equality in the Catholic Church', tells the story of her vocation, and shares about the power and pain of a divine calling that will never go away, but at present, cannot be fulfilled.

She also speaks about her faith, and her hope that times are changing within the Catholic church, and this may just be the kairos moment (an decisive or opportune moment, often referred to a 'God's appointed time') that will allow for the potential of her divine calling to be fulfilled.

In this second part of her interview with American Jesuit theologian Bart Geger, Pat Coyle explores with him the 'discernment of spirits'. St Ignatius talks of the good spirit and the bad spirit, and learning to recognise which is which. Bart Geger explains what Ignatius has to say on the topic, along with the much earlier Church Fathers. He also relates this discernment process with coming to know God's will.

In the interview above with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, filmmaker and former Crescent College Limerick student Éamon Little, speaks about his acclaimed new documentary Born That Way. It tells the story of Patrick Lydon, who set up, lived and worked in Camphill communities for people with disabilities that have operated in Ireland for 50 years.

Irish Jesuit theologian Gerry O'Hanlon SJ was one of the participants at the National Pre-Synodal meeting of the Catholic Church in Ireland on October 18, 2025, at the Kilkenny Convention Centre. Over two hundred lay people, priests and bishops from across Ireland attended.

The meeting, it was hoped, would be a further step in the Irish synodal process and an important precursor to the full National Synodal Assembly in Ireland scheduled for autumn 2026. But Gerry O'Hanlon SJ, among others, felt a 'sense of deflation' at the end of the day, that was in marked contrast to the conclusion of a previous synodal meeting in Athlone last year.

So what happened at the Kilkenny meeting, and what lessons can be learnt from it that might enhance the National Assembly next year, and ensure the ongoing the momentum for change that has been the hallmark of the synodal pathway? Gerry O'Hanlon shares his views on these questions in this podcast interview with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications.

Clongowes Wood College past pupil, Jack Kavanagh, who was paralysed after suffering an injury when he dived into shallow water, was the keynote speaker at a recent gathering of Jesuit school students. Jack spoke about the initial despair he felt after the accident. "For some time I asked ‘why me’ but then I asked ‘why not me’". He now has his own business, and gives talks all over the world on motivation, and mental well being and sports.

In part one of this three part series, American Jesuit Barton Geger SJ speaks with Pat Coyle about Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Bart discusses his work in helping people see how Saint Ignatius' writings and teaching have been interpreted differently throughout the centuries and how Saint Ignatius' book the Spiritual Exercises has been interpreted over time. Bart says that he believes certain values and priorities of Saint Ignatius have been overlooked throughout the years.

Directors, Jesuits, and lay collaborators in the Social Justice Apostolates of the Irish Province gathered in Manresa Jesuit Centre for Spirituality, on Friday 10 October 2025, to celebrate 50 Years of a ‘faith that does justice’. They listened to talks on the subject before reflecting in smaller groups on what a ‘faith that does justice’ means for the Order and its colleagues today, and what it should mean into the future.

Keynote speakers Katerine Camilleri from JRS Malta and Cesare Sposetti SJ of the Italian Jesuit magazine Aggiornamenti Sociali» shared their personal perspectives on what a ‘faith that does justice’ meant for them in their varying works.

Austen Ivereigh, journalist, commentator and biographer of Pope Francis talks to Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications. He shares his insights about the recent election of Pope Leo XIV and his memories of the late Pope Francis, including his last meeting with him.

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