About the Spiritans

We are a Roman Catholic Religious Congregation of nearly three thousand members, founded in 1703. Our missions are spread worldwide. While we may be found involved in many diverse ministries, we have dedicated ourselves to working with the poor and in those situations where the Church has difficulty in finding ministers.

One Heart. One Spirit.

  • We seek first to allow the Spirit to transform us in our heart and soul
  • We are open to the Spirit alive in others
  • We go and share the Spirit wherever people are suffering

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22 May in Spiritan Anniversaries

C.S.Sp. 1710: The death of Michel-Vincent Le Barbier, the first one to help Claude Poullart in establishing the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit and his first confrere in the Society of the Holy Spirit, the community of formators.

Alto Juru‡ 1931: Erection of the Prelature Nullius of Alto Juru‡. Mgr. Barrat is the Apostolic Administrator.

Makurdi 1937: The first Idoma prayer book is printed. Mgr. Joseph Kirsten succeeds Mgr. Philip Winterle as Prefect Apostolic.

Zambia 1976: The first member of the East African Founda-tion is appointed to the Spiritan group in Zambia.

  • quote: "Libermann would insist that the real source of unity and continuity in his life was his relationship with God. Nothing is more true. Psy-chologically unsuited to life in public eye, he was an unlikely apos-tle. Stricken with epilepsy, the source of his ability to bring peace to the disturbed is not obvious. The frugality of his needs is insufficient explanation for the simplicity of his life. In the struggle against his sensuality and his pride, he need not have won. No personal attrac-tion explains the influence he had over people. Nothing of note need have happened, but something did. The most important lines in the portrait of Libermann belong to the finger of God. But the image that emerges is a very human face" (B. Kelly, Life began at Forty, p.111-113).