Charity Number CHY 00076 | Registered Charity Number (RCN): 20000172
OUR SPIRITAN FAMILY
One Heart, One Spirit
The Spiritan Rule of Life
by Fr Martin Kelly, Irish Provincial of the Spiritans (16th Nov 2022)
To People who suffered Sexual Abuse by Members and Employees of the Spiritan Congregation
2nd Sunday of Advent (8th Dec) Luke 3:1-6
Latest: Our Missions Overseas Kenya – Insight from Fr. Brendan Carr C.S.Sp
Applications are now open for the Spring 2025 Orientation Course for Incoming Pastoral Ministry Workers.
The residential course will be held in 2 one-week blocks (3rd -7th March 2025 and March 10th-14th March 2025).
Key themes include:
Expressions of interest to Ronan Barry, Course Coordinator. (ronan.barry@spiritanplt.ie)
Pope Francis has chosen the motto “The prayer of the poor rises up to God (cf. Sir 21:5)” for the Eighth World Day of the Poor, 17th November 2024.
World Day of the Poor emphasizes the importance of prayer and action for the poor, highlighting the fact that God listens to the prayers of the poor and is eager to bring justice to them.
The Pope encourages everyone to pray for, and with, the poor, and to engage in charitable actions that reflect the authenticity of their prayers. The 2024 occasion will include a Eucharistic celebration at St. Peter’s Basilica and a lunch with the poor, organized by the Dicastery for Charity. Communities are also called to focus on the needs of the poor in their local areas through various initiatives.
As part of our 2024 resource, we have included an acknowledgment of SPIRASI's 25th anniversary, celebrating this Irish Spiritan initiative which is dedicated to supporting victims of torture.
The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all Creation through liturgy, celebration, conversion and commitment. It is an annual season where we pray and act together as a Christian family for our common home. As you celebrate the Season of Creation, remember that – rather than holding events – we are:
building encounters to cultivate listening
engaging in action for our common home &
strengthened by our spirituality, committing and following up on our responsibilities with Creation.
- January 16, 2023
- December 8, 2024
Volume 2 Issue 5 Winter 2024
- August 26, 2024
Fr Álvaro Boavida Caíca C.S.Sp. paid a return visit to the Kimmage Community in August 2024. Fr Álvaro, who had done English language studies and part of his formation in the Irish Province, was ordained in 2006…
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Fr Jean-Michel Gelmetti C.S.Sp. (pictured) recently visited Ireland and spent some time with Spiritan communities in Dublin, and in Rockwell, Co. Tipperary. Ordained in 1988, Fr Jean-Michel has a Master’s in Multimedia Studies. He served in Angola, in his native France both as a pastor and as editor of Pentecôte sur le Monde…
- June 9, 2024
On Saturday 8th June 2024, a total of 10 Spiritans celebrated the jubilee of their ordination to the priesthood. They include David Conway, Brian Starken, Paddy J. Ryan and Des Byrne.
- May 5, 2024
As elsewhere in East Africa, the number of people adversely impacted by the March-May 2024 ‘long rains’ in Kenya continues to rise. Heavy rains have caused extensive flooding and have affected more than 100,000 people, in some 20,000 Kenyan households. Approximately 40% of these are now displaced. The death toll as of the end of April had risen to several dozen…
- April 28, 2024
Fr. Chika Onyejiuwa C.S.Sp. – Director of Kibanda, the European Spiritan Centre for Solidarity – visited the Irish Province in April 2024. Kibanda seeks to promote the sustainable development of disadvantaged populations in developing countries by supporting the overseas development work of Spiritan missionaries…
We have 17 en-suite bedrooms 13 single and 4 twin rooms. We supply bedlinen and towels in all rooms and hair dryer and iron on request. Houses are non-smoking, but there is a designated smoking area.
Workshops at An Tobar focus on wellbeing (meditation, mindfulness, ecology and holistic living etc.). Retreats focus on spiritual accompaniment, school retreats, and prayer and spirituality.
Every Sunday the Spiritan Community celebrate a reflective Eucharist at 10:30am - all are welcome. There are also ritual celebrations at key moments in the Liturgical year and in the cosmic cycle.
An Tobar regularly offers ecology focused workshops and courses. As well as this, groups/individuals can expect to find welcome, hospitality and healing & hope in our beautiful woodlands & walkways.
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:
