Orientation Course for incoming pastoral ministry workers 12th September 2025
The first of a series of orientation courses for pastoral ministry workers was run by the then Kimmage Development Studies Centre in 2016. Designed to meet the needs of incoming clergy, pastoral workers and religious, the very diverse course covered liturgical, practical and personal-development elements, as well as the realities and challenges of pastoral work in Ireland at the time.
Author: - September 13, 2025
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: - August 24, 2025
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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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: - July 24, 2025
