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7,000 native Irish Trees planted in Ardbraccan 

On 19th March 2025 around 7,000 native Irish trees – including Birch, Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Hazel and Oak – were planted across three mini-forests attached to the Spiritan Retreat & Spirituality Centre in Ardbraccan as part of ‘The 100 million Trees Project’.  

Author: admin - August 24, 2025

7,000 native Irish Trees planted in Ardbraccan

Three Spiritans from Ireland attend Jubilee of Youth in Rome. Summer 2025

Three Spiritans serving in Ireland attended the recent Jubilee of Youth gathering in Rome. They were Fr Erasmus Manwa (a member of the chaplaincy team in Rockwell College), Fr John Correa (Parish Grouping of Springfield, Brookfield and Jobstown in the Archdiocese of Dublin) and Fr Sami Sebastikkannu (Greenhills Parish in the Archdiocese of Dublin). 

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Pictured (Left–Right): Fr Erasmus, Fr John and Fr Sami

A kairos moment in the Province?

The 12.30pm Mass in St Mark’s Church, Springfield on Sunday 29th June 2025 marked a farewell to Fr Bill O’Shaughnessy and Fr Pat O’Rourke who are transferring from the Tallaght parish of Springfield, Brookfield and Jobstown.

Author: admin - July 24, 2025

Picture shows Fr Skinnader (far left) and Fr Correa (far right) along with the Spiritan Provincial Fr Brendan Carr (second from left) and, second from right, Fr Daithí Kenneally (Spiritan Mission Ireland).

Three from the 1960-1961 Novitiate Year meet at the June funeral of one of their year. 

Three Spiritans who joined the Congregation in 1960 were recently reunited in Kimmage for the funeral of Fr Vincent Browne C.S.Sp. who had been with them in their novitiate year. Pictured, they are (L-R) Fr Pat Doody, Fr Pat Downes and Fr Paul Walsh. 

Author: admin - June 15, 2025

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