From 19th to 29th September 2022, the General Council held a meeting of 17 new Spiritan superiors. The last such Meeting was in March 2019 which had concluded just two days before the official announcement of the COVID-19 outbreak and the lockdown. The 17 new superiors were from many different provinces and groups around the…
On October 2, 2022, the Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Rev. Fr. Alain Mayama, launched the process of animation of the Congregation, following the decisions of the General Chapter of Bagamoyo 2021. You can watch the launching of the animation process through this link https://youtu.be/X3cxjznYfOo
Today, 11 May, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet, C.S.Sp., a member of the Province of Congo Brazzaville and Coordinator of the Union of Circumscriptions of Central Africa (UCSAC), as Bishop of the Diocese of Dolisie (Republic of Congo). Fr. Toussaint Ngoma Foumanet was born on 1 November 1975 in Sibiti, then…
The novena proposed in preparation for the feast of Pentecost 2022 is drawn from the reflections and decisions of Bagamoyo II General Chapter, which took place in October 2021. The prime orientation of this Chapter emphasized the Mission of the Congregation in today’s world. The themes chosen are: human fraternity, interreligious dialogue, Justice and Peace, the safeguarding of creation, refugees and migrants, the protection of minors and vulnerable adults, the education of young people, synodality, the poor.
On 16th April 2022, Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga, Spiritan, was invited by the National Episcopal Conference of Congo to an international colloquium marking the 65th anniversary of the Catholic University of Congo (UCC), in which he received the Golden Medal of Honour.
Information on the presentation of the ‘Positio’ regarding the virtues of our Founder, the Servant of God Claude François Poullart des Places On the 16th of November 2005, the Diocesan Enquiry carried out in the Archdiocese of Paris, was delivered to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome by Fr. Jean-Jacques Boeglin,…
Dear Confreres and Lay Spiritan Associates, Further to our previous message informing you of the sad and unexpected death of our confrere Fr. John Dimba on March 24th, I now wish to inform you of the funeral arrangements. The funeral Mass will take place at our community chapel in Clivo di Cinna at 11.00 a.m.…
We have received with great sadness the news of the death of our confrere, Mgr. Sergio Eduardo Castriani, on March 3, 2021 at the hospital in Manaus (Amazonia, Brazil), aged 66 years. A Brazilian Spiritan, Mgr. Castriani was born in the State of S. Paulo in 1954, entered the Congregation at an early age, made…
Spiritans on the Way to being Raised to the Altars Dear confrères and lay members of the Spiritan family! Fraternal greetings from the general house in Rome. On the occasion of the solemnity of All Saints, a special feast for the whole Church, I want through this newsflash to send you some news regarding the…
NEW BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE OF CAXITO – ANGOLA BISHOP MAURÍCIO AGOSTINHO CAMUTO On 15 June 2020, Pope Francis appointed, Fr. Maurício Agostinho Camuto, CSSp, as Bishop of the Diocese of Caxito (Angola). Father Camuto was born on 26 December 1963 in Golungo Alto, diocese of Ndalatando, province of Kwanza Norte, where the Spiritans have…