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Spiritan, who served in Africa and Papua New Guinea, celebrates his 90th birthday.

admin - December 22, 2020

Fr Jim (centre), Michael Liston C.S.Sp. (far left) who is from Co. Limerick and who served in Pakistan for over 3 decades, and three current members of the Pakistan Group.

Jim O’Connell C.S.Sp. – Home from Pakistan where he served for over 4 decades

Fr. Seán O’Leary C.S.Sp. ~ October 2020

Note from the Bishops of the Brazilian Amazon on the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on the Population and the Rainforest

Fr Reggie Gillooly C.S.Sp. celebrates his 100th birthday.

admin - January 20, 2025

Congratulations to Fr Reggie Gillooly C.S.Sp. who celebrated his 100th birthday on 15th January 2025. He is the first member of the Province to have reached this milestone since the late Fr Tim O’Driscoll in 2010.

Ordination to the Diaconate

admin - December 15, 2024

Wilfred Otubo was ordained to the Diaconate on Sunday 1st December 2024 in a ceremony at the Holy Spirit Church, Kimmage. From Uganda and appointed to Ireland, Wilfred has a Diploma in Spirituality (Applied Youth Ministry) from St Patrick’s College, Maynooth where he is currently
studying Theology.

Visitors from the Congregation’s Central Development Office in Rome November 2024

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The Central Development Office was set up in 2019 at the Generalate in Rome. It aims to help to put development at the centre of the Congregation’s mission of evangelization. Misean Cara provides Irish government funding to overseas development work supported by missionaries including Spiritans. The Province supports development work, overseen by the Overseas Development Officer, in Brazil, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, South Sudan and Tanzania.

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Spiritan-led Parishes, Chaplaincies and Ministry in Irish Dioceses

Our four parishes in the Archdiocese of Dublin

The Province has responsibility for the pastoral leadership of four parishes in the Archdiocese of Dublin: Bawnogue and Deansrath in Clondalkin, as well as Greenhills and Kimmage. (The parish of Ballintubber / Ballymoe in the Diocese of Elphin was administered by Spiritans for a decade until June 2020.)

Chaplaincy & Formation

Spiritans provide chaplaincy services in Rockwell College, Co. Tipperary and in Spiritan schools in Dublin, as well as in a number of Dublin hospitals.

Overseas Missions

Our Missions Abroad

Irish Spiritan missionaries serve in many parts of the English-speaking world as well as in countries such as Brazil, Ethiopia, Kenya and Pakistan while the Congregation’s newest mission is in South Sudan.

Where We Serve

Nearly 3,000 Spiritans serve in over sixty countries on six continents – in Europe, Africa, North and South America, Asia and Australia. View our interactive map.