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One Heart, One Spirit
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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Annmarie Reid and Gráinne O’Rourke represented The Spiritans at the annual summit of The Wheel in Croke Park, Dublin in May 2023. The day was filled with interesting sessions exploring the big topics currently affecting the voluntary and community (charity) sector.
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Holy Ghost Mission Boxes were first used in Ireland in the 1930s. In the early 1950s they began to be distributed widely around the country, primarily to family-owned shops, chemists and pubs. In a sign of the times, mission boxes that served us so well for so long are now all but a thing of the past, due in part to the demise of many family-owned businesses…
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The Easter Triduum is not a celebration of what once happened to Jesus but is our celebration of what is happening to us. hese days are “mystery” – not “history” We celebrate God’s taking possession of our hearts at their deepest core…
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: