Vacancy in Spirasi
Set up by the Spiritans in 1999, Spirasi supports victims of torture to re-build their lives in Ireland. Spirasi now wishes to recruit a CEO to provide visionary leadership and strategic direction.
Author: - April 22, 2024
Joy and relief – A befriending story from Spirasi ~ Michael Liston (A Spirasi befriender)
‘Sheryar’* sought international protection in Ireland in 2012 due to fears of his for his life in his native Pakistan. He spent the next six years living in different ‘Direct Provision’ centres. I was introduced to him in 2018 by Spirasi’s befriending office. By then he had left his accommodation to stay with friends in Dublin as his appeal against a deportation order, which meant that he might be deported at any time, had been rejected by the Irish Supreme Court. (* Not his real name)
Author: - November 20, 2023
Spirasi – The Spiritan Mission at Home
As for many charitable organisations, 2020 has been a time of change and challenge for Spirasi - The National Centre for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture in Ireland.
Author: - December 1, 2020
Homily at broadcast Mass on RTÉ – Sunday, 13th January 2019 – Paddy Moran C.S.Sp.
Spirasi, the asylum-seeker initiative of the Spiritan (Holy Ghost) Congregation, has for 20 years been involved in welcoming people who have sought asylum from persecution and torture...
Author: - December 11, 2018
