News & Events

Lecture by Prof Darryl Jones, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. We hope you can join us on Wednesday 25th October, 7.30 pm, Room G16, Loyola Institute - Irish School of Ecumenics Building, - Admission Free - All Welcome

Congratulations to Leslie Flores who has been awarded the Dominic Barberi Studentship for our new MPhil in Christian Theology. Leslie, a graduate of Seattle Bible College, is from Washington State. She has previously served at St Mark's Church in Dublin. She chose this M.Phil in Christian Theology to better equip her in this work with young people at St. Mark's Church into the future. This studentship is funded thanks to the generous support of the Passionist Provinces of Britain and Ireland (St Joseph's Province and St Patrick's Province). We were delighted to welcome Fr James Sweeney CP Provincial of the St Patrick's Province to present Leslie with her award. We are very pleased that the Passionists have agreed to offer this studentship again next year. For details of the MPhil in Christian Theology see here.

More than 200 delegates attended this conference to listen to world renowned experts on mysticism in the Western Christian tradition. Speakers included Prof. Bernard McGinn, Dr. Anne Marie Karlsson, Laurence Freeman OSB and Dr. Mary O'Driscoll. Read more here

Fr Dan Baragry CSsR (Provincial of the Irish Redemptorists) attended a reception to welcome students at the commencement of Loyola Institute’s new MPhil in Christian Theology. At this Fr Baragry presented two scholarships named in memory of Redemptorist theologian Sean O’Riordan. The successful MPhil students are Beverley Collins and Edith O’Nuallain. We are very grateful to the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer for this support which will continue with further scholarships being offered for 2018/2019 and 2019/2020. For details of the MPhil in Christian Theology see

Lecture series taking place over 6 Wednesday evenings in 2017-2018 Academic Term in the ISE-Loyola Building. Click here for details

Loyola Institute's Prof. Siobhán Garrigan comments on laity and the Church in the Irish Catholic Newspaper

Loyola Institute's Dr. Fainche Ryan gave a paper on truth, post-truth and the virtue of truth telling in Aquinas.The theme of the symposium was Aquinas and Modern Thinkers. Other speakers included John Haldane, Gyula Klima, Patrick Masterson, Siobhan Nash-Marshall, John O'Callaghan, Fern O'Rourke and Rudie te Veldi.

International Conference took place on September 15th and 16th 2017 - Trinity College Dublin. For more details please click here

The Loyola Institute invites people who have a curiosity about theology and the big issues of life to attend our short courses. ALL Welcome. For more details and a copy of our brochure, click here.

Loyola Institute's Jacob J. Erickson spoke about global warming and the 'politics of conviviality' at a recent conference. The one-day conference was sponsored by the Green Foundation Ireland, Green European Foundation, and the Irish School of Ecumenics.

Loyola Institute's Dr. David Shepherd collaborated in adapting for the stage an incomplete play by Bertoit Brecht about the Biblical David. Staged as 'The David Fragments', it ran to great acclaim in the Trinity College Beckett Theatre from June 28th to July 1st.

Loyola Institute's first PhD graduate was recently awarded her doctorate by the Trinity College Dublin Chancellor, Mary Robinson. Mary is photographed with Bob Geldof, who received an honorary degree at the same ceremony.

Come and talk with us about studying Theology, either on its own or as part of TSM (with History, Irish, Italian or Philosophy). We are happy to meet any students until 5pm, 1st July when CAO change of mind closes. Email Loyola EO on Loyola@tcd.ie or call on (01) 896 4790 to set up a visit.

The Loyola Institute hosted a major international conference on The Role of Church in a Pluralist Society: Good Riddance or Good Influence? in 2016. This conference was featured on RTÉ News Now.

We are pleased to announce a scholarship for a Religious Education Teacher for the MPhil in Christian Theology. The MPhil can be taken full time in one year or part time over two years. Modules are taught in the evenings. We are very grateful to the Loyola Trust for funding this Scholarship

You are cordially invited to a public lecture followed by discussion on Wed 17th May 6.30 PM Trinity College Dublin, ISE/LI Building, G16 - All Welcome

We are very pleased to announce a scholarship to the value of 8,000 euro's for a student applying for the MPhil in Christian Theology. This scholarship is thanks to the generous support of the Passionist Provinces of Britain and Ireland - St Joseph's Province and St Patrick's Province - and is named in honour of Italian Theologian Blessed Dominic Barberi.

Thanks to the generous support of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, the Loyola Institute is pleased to announce that two scholarships of €5,000 each are being made available to students applying for the MPhil in Christian Theology at the Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin.

See what our students and staff have been up to. The newsletter includes accounts from our students of studying in Leuven (as part of the Erasmus Programme), visiting Palestine and coming from Yale University to do a PhD in Irish High Crosses.

This video provides an overview of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the Confederal School of Religions, Peace Studies and Theology. Staff and Students explain why the issues addressed in the school are of crucial importance in today's world and how studying in the school shapes today's global citizens.

One of the important innovations taking place at the Loyola Institute is a study of the theology of the Book of Kells. In February we had pleasure in welcoming over 40 RE Teachers and Chaplains to a workshop on this subject. You can see some presentation material and resurces for teachers here

Jacob Erickson (School of Religions, Peace Studies and Ecumenics) will explore immigration, islamophobia, and religious resstance to Trump's Agenda.

Mary Stefanazzi (2nd from right) successfully defended her PhD on 'The Narrative of Human Flourishing - A study of the dialogue between Victor White (Theologian) and Carl Jung (Analytical Psychology), on the frontier between theology and psychology'. This is the first PhD completed since the Loyola Institute came into existence 4 years ago. Mary is photoed with (from left) Dr Fainche Ryan, Director, loyola Institute, who supervised the PhD, Dr. Con Casey, Loyola Institute, External Examiner Prof. Clodagh Weldon, Professor of Theology, Dominican University, Illinois and Dr. Cathriona Russell, Department of Religion and Theology, TCD, who chaired the viva.

Watch 'A Question of Faith with Wendy Grace' intervew with Prof C Casey and Prof F Ryan in relation to the upcoming International Conference: The Role of Church in a Pluralist Society: Good Riddance or Good Influence? 22nd to 24th June

Congratulations to Professor Siobhán Garrigan, the first holder of the Loyola Chair of Catholic Theology, who was announced as a new Fellow of Trinity College by the Provost in Trinity, Monday (11/4/2016) at 10.00 a.m. from the steps of the Public Theatre. Professor Garrigan is a feminist ecumenical theologian, and in her work she seeks to highlight the ways that theology might also be a force for positive transformation in matters such as sectarianism, poverty and discrimination

The Loyola Institute in Trinity college is organising a conference titled,The Role of Church in a Pluralist Society Good Riddance or Good Influence? It will take place in Trinity College Dublin. Dr. Con Casey, who has an interest in inter-religious dialogue, believes it to be a question of great relevance and that the Church needs to look at it with honesty and integrity. Pat Coyle interviewed him and she put it to him that some might say that the Church is behind society in terms of issues like equality for women and that they may need to address those issues if they hope to have a positive influence on society. She began by asking him why the Loyola Institute decided to run this particular conference.