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One Heart One Spirit – Summer 2019
One of several Marriage Encounter Weekends held in the Diocese of Yi Du from 2015-2018 Spiritan Ministry in China By Fr. Binh T. Quach, C.S.Sp. China is estimated to have between 10 and 15 million...
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John Paul II wrote in 1982 to the High Commission of the United Nations for Refugees (UNHCR) that “The problem of refugees is a shameful wound of our time”. “And in order to save one’s neighbor,...
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Spiritan Major Superiors Hold Annual Retreat in Toronto, Canada
The Spiritan Major Superiors who form the Union of Circumscriptions for North America and the Caribbean (UCNAC) met from April 23-27, 2019 in Toronto, Canada as part of their annual regional meeting of...
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Spring 2019 One Heart One Spirit Newsletter
Spiritan Ministry in Asia is Rich in Spirit By Fr. Patrick Palmer, C.S.Sp., Provincial Superior of Taiwan, Vietnam, and India The Spiritan mission in Asia began in 1977, when Spiritans arrived in...
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As We Walk Together | Celebrating Black History Month 2019
Children at St. Peter Claver Parish in Charleston, SC, with Oblate Sisters of Providence February is a month designated to celebrate the gifts and contributions of African-Americans. Carter G. Woodson,...
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Feast Day of Spiritan Founder Celebrated on February 2
On February 2, we celebrate the Feast Day of the Venerable Francis Mary Paul Libermann, second founder of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, or Spiritans. The Venerable Francis Libermann had a most...
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Minibus for Novitiate
Minibus procured for newly established novitiate in Aliade, Benue State, Nigeria January 2019: A year ago the Holy Ghost Novitiate applied for a grant to meet the following challenge as described by...
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Spiritans in Mauritius Prepare Novena for Upcoming Feast of Libermann
The Spiritans in Mauritius have prepared a Novena in anticipation of the upcoming Feast of the Venerable Francis Mary Paul Libermann, the “second founder” of the Spiritans on February 2, 2019. Click...
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Fr. Girard J. Kohler, C.S.Sp., Enters Eternal Life
Fr. Girard J. Kohler, C.S.Sp., died peacefully December 18, 2018 at Libermann Hall in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. He was 81 years old. Fr. Kohler was born September 5, 1937 in St. Paul, Minnesota. On...
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Spiritan Cardinal Receives Global Leadership Award
Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp.—Archbishop of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic—received the 2018 Eliasson Global Leadership Award on Thursday, November 15, in Mexico City, at...
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World Mission Sunday: “I am a Mission on this Earth”
Fr. Ned Marchessault, C.S.Sp., gives the sign of the cross at a Baptism in Olbalbal, Tanzania. The Spiritan tradition is rooted in mission. With missions in more than 60 countries around the world,...
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Duquesne University Inducts Very Rev. Jeffrey T. Duaime, C.S.Sp., into...
The Very Rev. Jeffrey T. Duaime, C.S.Sp., receives the Century Club honor from Duquesne University’s President Ken Gormley. The Very Reverend Jeffrey T. Duaime, C.S.Sp., Provincial Superior of the...
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Events Planned to Support Vietnamese Formation House
The Spiritan mission to Vietnam began in September 2007 with the arrival in Ho Chi Minh City of three Spiritan missionaries. They were sent by the General Council of the Congregation to carry out...
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Eagle Scout Completes Renovation on Stations of the Cross at the Spiritan Center
Several months following the restoration of seven stations of the cross by fellow Scout Anthony Rach last fall, Troop 228 member Dillon Pusateri (pictured above, far left) led a project to restore the...
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Newly Appointed U.S. Provincial Council Meets for Planning Session
U.S. Council Members (from left to right): Fr. Francis Tandoh; Fr. Bill Christy; Fr. Martin Vu; Fr. Jeff Duaime; Dr. Anne Marie Hansen, Lay Spiritan; Fr. Dan Walsh; Fr. Mike Onwuemelie. The newly...
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Spiritan Novitiate Opens in Chicago, Illinois
The new Formation House We are pleased to announce that the Novitiate for the Spiritans U.S. Province officially opened on August 3, 2018! Located in the newly purchased formation house in Hyde Park,...
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Br. Michael Suazo, C.S.Sp., Represents Spiritans at Religious Brothers...
Photo credit: Religious Brothers Day Fifty-four brothers from various religious communities met at the Bolger Conference Center in Potomac, Maryland from July 20-23, 2018, for the 47th Annual Assembly...
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Rev. Sean P. Kealy, C.S.Sp., Enters Eternal Life
Rev. Sean P. Kealy, C.S.Sp., a member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, passed away in Dublin, Ireland on July 11, 2018, at age 81. Fr. Kealy served as a professor of theology at Duquesne...
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Fr. Joseph F. McDonough, C.S.Sp., Enters Eternal Life
Fr. Joseph F. McDonough, C.S.Sp., of Norwood, Massachusetts, a member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, died peacefully July 8, 2018. He was 92 years old. Son of the late Joseph F. McDonough and...
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U.S. Spiritans Convene for Inspiring Provincial Chapter
After nearly a year of preparation, prayer and reflection, the 2018 Provincial Chapter has drawn to a close. Held from June 18-22 at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it was a fulfilling...
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