Mission Awareness Programme 2023
The Mission Awareness Programme (formerly known as ‘Mission Appeals’) has been an important aspect of the Province’s work for many years, giving us the opportunity to let parish communities in Ireland know about the work in overseas mission of confrères.
Author: - December 4, 2023
Libermann Spiritan School, Templeogue
Libermann Spiritan School, Templeogue – the newest of the Spiritan schools in Ireland which cater for over 5,000 students – opened its doors on 4th September 2023. With a further intake of students the following month, the co-educational school, catering for autistic children (aged 4-18 years) with complex needs, now has a total of 30 students (in 5 classes)...
Author: - November 27, 2023
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
Visitors from Ethiopian Province, October 2023
Fr Kilimpe Garbicha Wako and Mammo Beriso Bulbo recently visited Ireland as part of a visit to a number of European circumscriptions / countries as well as to the Spiritan Generalate in Rome...
Author: - November 19, 2023
