The Politics of Proximity (on Easter Saturday)

Today is the day between. Not death, not resurrection -- just silence. Easter Saturday stretches out as a long pause...
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The Politics of Proximity (on Easter Saturday)

Loving the place we are in

Watching the news is very tough at the moment. In this time of manufactured chaos, it’s so easy to think...
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Loving the place we are in

When the Data Hurts: Children, Roads, and the Refusal to Change

What we are witnessing is a form of societal resignation. We tolerate a level of road danger that curtails the...
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When the Data Hurts: Children, Roads, and the Refusal to Change

JCFJ Expert Seminar – “Penal Dreams, Penal Realities: The Cautionary Tale of Small-scale Detention in Belgium”

On 13th March 2025, the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice welcomed Dr Geertjan Zuijdwegt—criminologist and theologian at KU Leuven—for...
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JCFJ Expert Seminar – “Penal Dreams, Penal Realities: The Cautionary Tale of Small-scale Detention in Belgium”

Danger Rolling Through Ireland’s Cities and Towns

Forced to take an indirect route to work or a night out because of “no-go” streets. Hurriedly crossing the road...
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Danger Rolling Through Ireland’s Cities and Towns

Can we change our relationship with clothes?

We’ve written on this blog before about the environmental impact of the fashion industry and how it increases inequality, and...
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Can we change our relationship with clothes?

Crisis as Opportunity: How Christians Can Respond to the Chaos of New Regimes

Introduction: Manufactured Chaos We are living through a moment of extraordinary political upheaval. From the United States to Europe, leaders...
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Crisis as Opportunity: How Christians Can Respond to the Chaos of New Regimes

Knife Offences: The Sharp End of Deterrence

“What is the moral basis for punishing someone, perhaps hard, in order to prevent entirely different people from committing equivalent...
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Knife Offences: The Sharp End of Deterrence

Ireland and the Sustainable Development Goals

The JCFJ is a member of Coalition 2030, an alliance of over 70 civil society and trade union organisations in...
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Ireland and the Sustainable Development Goals

E-Bikes and a Thought Experiment in DeGrowth Thinking

There's a common trope that we have a name for an entity that seeks to grow without limit (as our...
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E-Bikes and a Thought Experiment in DeGrowth Thinking

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The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice works to combat injustice and marginalisation in Irish society, through social analysis, education and advocacy. The Centre highlights complex social issues, informs opinion and advocates for governmental policy change to create a fair and equitable society for all.

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Economic Justice

Economic Justice

Economic justice is perhaps the fulcrum around which all social justice debates in contemporary society rotate. In our political discourse, every question of human flourishing seems to be reduced to bottom-line thinking.

Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice

Care of creation or protection of the environment emerged as a key element of social justice in recent decades. The science of ecology has described the intricate web of relationships in which people play an active part for good and bad.

Housing Crisis

Housing Crisis

The right to a safe and secure place to live is one of the most basic human rights, it is fundamental to enable people to live a dignified life. Without the security provided by having somewhere to live, physical and mental health is at risk.

Penal Policy

Penal Policy

People in prison are amongst the most marginalised and vulnerable in our society. The majority have left school early, experience literacy and learning difficulties and have a history of unemployment.

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The Politics of Proximity (on Easter Saturday)

Today is the day between. Not death, not resurrection — just silence. Easter Saturday stretches out as a long pause in the Christian imagination: a space of absence, of waiting, of unknowing. It is a day we are not good at inhabiting. We prefer the drama of the Cross or the joy of the empty… Read more »

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Loving the place we are in

Watching the news is very tough at the moment. In this time of manufactured chaos, it’s so easy to think that individuals or communities have no power to change things. But instead of giving in to despair or apathy, we can find consolation in all the work that is happening, often by volunteers, to make… Read more »

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When the Data Hurts: Children, Roads, and the Refusal to Change

What we are witnessing is a form of societal resignation. We tolerate a level of road danger that curtails the freedom of children to move through their communities. This is a moral issue. When we fail to police motor offences, when we design streets around the convenience of cars rather than the safety of people, we make a clear choice: to prioritise speed and flow over life and freedom.

JCFJ Expert Seminar – “Penal Dreams, Penal Realities: The Cautionary Tale of Small-scale Detention in Belgium”

On 13th March 2025, the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice welcomed Dr Geertjan Zuijdwegt—criminologist and theologian at KU Leuven—for an expert seminar on small-scale detention and the Belgian experience of implementing this modality of punishment.

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