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.
Author: - July 6, 2020
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
Rotu in East Pokot region, Kenya – December 2019
The Spiritans are in East Pokot since the 1980s. After much preparatory work, a permanent mission began in Rotu in 2011 when I moved to this very under-developed and inaccessible part of the region.
Author: - May 3, 2020
The Spiritan JPIC Group are organising a Workshop on: Be the Change
Be the Change is a powerful workshop for our times. It considers our environmental, social and personal well-being and how we can all be part of positive change.
Author: -
