Mission Appeals 2020
In 2019 the Spiritans (Holy Ghost Missions) held Mission Appeals throughout the Diocese of Ardagh & Clomacnoise, and in Area 2 of the Archdiocese of Dublin. Our thanks to all who generously supported our appeals.
Author: - July 6, 2020
Note from the Bishops of the Brazilian Amazon on the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on the Population and the Rainforest
We, the Bishops of the Amazon, in the face of the uncontrolled advance of COVID-19 across Brazil, especially in the Amazon, express our immense concern and demand greater attention from the federal and state governments to this disease that is increasingly spreading throughout the region.
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Letter from Brazil – 24th May 2020 Brendan Foley C.S.Sp.
In national lockdown progressively since March, we are awaiting official news from the authorities of São Paulo State, where most Irish Spiritan confrères are based, as Brazil faces the expected peak of the virus from now ’til early June. The daily death toll now exceeds 1,000 even as official numbers don’t tell the reality on the ground and an almost collapsed health system directly excludes the poor.
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Christmas 2019 in Ireland – Locky Flanagan C.S.Sp.*
2019 is one of my the few Christmases that I will have spent at home since I first went on overseas mission in 1980. I’m particularly looking forward to the privilege of hearing confessions and saying the Christmas Eve Vigil Mass at Cuan Mhuire, a home where addicts are treated.
Author: - July 5, 2020
