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The Spiritan Rule of Life
Sunday 13th November 2022 marks the 6thAnnual World Day of the Poor (WDP).
The theme for this day is: For your sakes Christ became poor. (2 Cor 8:9). With these words, the Apostle Paul addresses the first Christians of Corinth to encourage their efforts to show solidarity with their brothers and sisters in need.
World Day of the Poor comes this year as a healthy challenge, helping us to reflect on our style of life and on the many forms of poverty all around us. In his message for 2022, Pope Francis has emphasised a faith leading to action. He particularly highlights that need for our world to be in solidarity with those marginalised because of forced migration.
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On a recent visit to the Philippines, Brendan Carr C.S.Sp. – accompanied by Fr Michael Vinh Dình Nguyên, a Spiritan from Vietnam who completed formation in the Philippines – met Ambassador William Carlos and Deputy Head of Mission, Brian McCrohan, in the Irish Embassy in Manila.
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Fr Andrzej (pictured) succeeded Fr Edward Flynn in the role 2015. He is now in his final year in Geneva. From Poland, he had previously served elsewhere in Europe, including Croatia, as well as in Sénégal, and his experience includes the areas of JPIC and inter-religious dialogue.
An Tobar is the Retreat & Spirituality Centre of the Irish Spiritan Province. It is located in Ardbraccan near Navan where the novitiate for Spiritan Brothers was based in the 1950s / ’60s and where the Province maintained a working farm for many years. Today the grounds form a pleasant backdrop to the Centre which is overseen by a small Spiritan community and team.
The Centre, which has been operational since the 1980s, offers: