This year’s paper, “For we know not what we do. Reflections on punishment, community and forgiveness,” was delivered by Prof. Dr. Pieter De Witte. A prison chaplain and visiting professor at the Chair for Detention, Meaning, and Society at KU Leuven (Belgium). He organises and teaches service-learning courses in Belgian prisons and detention centres, bringing together university… Read more »

Last week on Tuesday (Feb. 24th, 2026), JCFJ in partnership with the European Parliament Liaison Office-Ireland held an event entitled “Ireland’s Way Forward?: the New EU Affordable Housing Plan” on—what I am sure you are already able to guess—the new Affordable Housing Plan (AHP) outlined by the European Union Commission for Affordable Housing. The point… Read more »

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.

We were delighted to have welcomed Professor Brian Brock to speak at our annual lecture this year!