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.
On 4th April, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. John Mbinda, C.S.Sp, a member of the Province of Kenya, Bishop of the Diocese of Lodwar, Kenya. Since Archbishop John Joseph McCarthy, the first Archbishop of Nairobi Archdiocese, retired in October 1971, there has not been a Spiritan Bishop in the East African nation.
Our confreres in Europe are being faithful to our Spiritan charism as they put themselves at the service of the refugees knowing that they are helping them to survive and sort out their lives.