The Archbishop of Owerri has given us an interview on May 9, 2018. He speaks about the contribution of the Spiritans to the history of the Church in his country, and about the meaning of their presence now.
Fr. John Dimba was born in Mozambique in 1969. During the civil war, like millions of other people, had to flee the country. It was in a refugee camp that he met the spiritans and was attracted by their simple lifestyle and their service to the poor. Today, he is a spiritan and believes that…
News from the Union of Circumscriptions of North America and the Caribean
Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has informed our Superior General, Fr. John Fogarty, that Pope Francis has decided to put an end to the status of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon as a Vicariate Apostolic. From the 1st of March 2018 the islands will be incorporated into the diocese of La Rochelle. The Pope has made this decision so as to adapt the islands to the present pastoral situation.
Spiritan Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation and InterReligious Dialogue Newsletter featuring: Spiritans: Advocates in Mission | Vivat: Nigeria Workshop 2017 | Workshop in the Dem. Rep. of Congo | Global Water Crisis: Duquesne | Testimony from Algeria | Better Christians/Muslims relations: Tan-Gaza University College Programme | Pope in Cairo
Mgr Gabriel Mendy CSSp has been ordained Bishop of Banjul
On 2 February 2018, as in all other Spiritan communities, the Generalate House celebrated the anniversary of Fr. François Libermann’s death.
Espace Jarrot | Blessed Daniel Brottier project (OBDB) | The mission of education in the Spiritan Province of Cameroon | Daniel Brottier Home: a new impetus to education in Itoculo
The Spiritan Family in Latin America had the 13th “Encontrão” (Big meeting), from the 30th of January to the 3rd of February in Ypacarai, Paraguay.
In December 2017, Jude Nnorom the coordinator of our Spiritan JPIC desk in Rome visited Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania, home to over 140 thousand refugees, from Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and other countries in Africa.