Fr Michael McMahon C.S.Sp. – almost a half-century in Kenya!
A Dubliner, Fr Michael (pictured left) was ordained in 1966 and appointed to St Michael’s College in his home city where he taught science – and coached rugby! In 1972, he joined several dozen other Irish Spiritans on overseas mission in Kenya. Having studied the Kikamba language, he taught in high schools in Tala and Kabaa.
Author: - November 30, 2020
Spiritan schools mark Founder’s Feast Day, 2nd October 2020
Some 5,000 students of Spiritan schools in Ireland, and their teachers, answered the virtual call to prayer on Friday 2nd October, Feast Day of the Spiritan founder, Claude Poullart des Places.
Author: - October 7, 2020
Spiritans in formation in Vietnam
Some 4 dozen Vietnamese men are currently in formation to become Spiritan missionaries. The expected historic ordination in 2019 of 6 Spiritans from Vietnam has had to be postponed due to restrictions linked to Covid-19.
Author: - September 28, 2020
Hospital chaplaincy and work with migrants
Fr. Samson Mann C.S.Sp. now divides his time evenly between hospital chaplaincy and work with migrants. As chaplain in St. Mary’s Hospital in Dublin 8 and the nearby 150-bed Phoenix Park Community Nursing Unit (PPCNU)...
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