First visit to the Irish Province by Fr Kieran Alaribe C.S.Sp., Secretary General 8th April 2022
The Irish Province had the pleasure of hosting Fr. Kieran Alaribe’s first visit to Ireland in April 2022. Ordained in 1991 at Maria Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri in his native Nigeria, Fr Kieran was appointed to the Republic of Congo where he served for almost a decade.
Author: - April 8, 2022
Fr Tom Maguire C.S.Sp.
A graduate of St Mary’s College, Rathmines in his native Dublin, Fr Tom was one of over three dozen Irish Spiritans ordained in 1955.
He worked in Nigeria for a decade and a half in educational roles until, along with a large number of his fellow Spiritans, he was expelled in 1970 at the end of the Biafran War... Read more
Author: - February 8, 2022
Fr. Tom McDonald C.S.Sp.
Born in the North Wall area of Dublin, Fr Tom was ordained in 1960. He served in Nigeria for 5 years and was Director of Philosophy for the Irish Province. Holder of a Ph.D. (Islam), he served in pastoral, administrative and educational roles in Kenya for over three decades... Read more
Author: - February 7, 2022
Fr. Pat Doody C.S.Sp.
Ordained in 1968, Fr Pat served in Miguta and Thigio parishes of Kenya’s Archdiocese of Nairobi. Returning to Dublin in 1972, he ministered in the new Holy Spirit, Greenhills parish for over a decade. The appointment allowed the ex-student of Rockwell College to play hurling again, with An Caisleán and Robert Emmets!
Author: - January 15, 2022
