As part of her mission to advance Bagamoyo II:88, the General Council’s formation commission organized, and held a seminar on key elements of Spiritan spirituality for Anglophone Novice Masters and other Directors of Formation within UCAWA. The seminar was held from the 1st to the 31st of October, 2024 in the 2nd cycle formation community…
On October 5 Scholastics representing all Spiritan theology scholasticates gathered online in a webinar to commemorate together the life and spirit of Fr. Claude Francois Poullart des Places our founder, soon after his 315th Anniversary, 2 October. Young Spiritans Conference is indeed a manifestation of Isaiah’s prophecy: “Behold, I’m doing something new” (Is. 43:19) and…
On 4th April, our Confreres in Haiti informed us about the situation at Port-au-Prince, the Capital of Haiti, which was getting out of control and more specifically about the attack by armed bandits breaking into the Petit Séminaire Collège Saint Martial (Spiritan Newsflash No. 66). The latest gang attacks and massacre took place in the…
The General Council held the Meeting of New Spiritan Major Superiors from 17th to 27th September 2024, with 12 participants. The new superiors were from many different circumscriptions around the globe – Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania and Asia – living and working in very diverse social, economic, cultural, political and ecclesial situations.…
The neighbourhood of Palmarola, on the far western outskirts of Rome, watched with pleasant surprise as a caravan of cars passed by – everyone later learned – to take Pope Francis to a condominium garage located not far from the back of the building where the parish church is located. This event, as unexpected as…
One of the dynamic inspirations that motivated our founders, Claude Poullart des Places and Francis Mary Paul Libermann was the holistic and authentic formation of the clergy. In the humble beginning of Holy Ghost seminary, Poullart des Places directed that his seminarians should be formed in “knowledge and virtue”. For Poullart des Places, “neglected souls…
The Generalate community has held, for some years now, a garden party in the grounds of the house for friends and members of other congregations; in the past, around the time of Pentecost and in recent years on Pentecost Sunday. This Pentecost Sunday, we started with a celebration of the Eucharist, held in the beautiful…
Eighteen Spiritan Bishops of various dioceses across the globe convened at the Generalate from 14th to 16th May 2024, responding to an invitation from the Superior General, Fr. Alain Mayama. We have already hosted a number of spiritan and non-spiritan bishops who came to the Generalate either before, during, or a fter their Ad Limina…
Dear confreres and friends, the situation in Port-au-Prince is getting out of control and we are more than ever the victims. Monday, 1st April 2024, at 5 p.m. local time, armed bandits broke into the Petit Séminaire Collège Saint Martial by climbing over a poorly protected wall in a back street. After neutralising the two…
On 4th February 2024, the Circumscription of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic celebrated 20 years of the Spiritan presence and mission in the Diocese of San Juan, Dominican Republic. Although the Spiritan community and mission is part of the circumscription of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, it is a collaborative mission of the…