We are a missionary family, founded in 1703. We live the Gospel in response to the changing needs of contemporary culture, building community in parts of the world that are often neglected.
Committed to respectful evangelization, by our witness and service, we introduce people to the Holy Gospel and God’s love for them.
Nearly 3,000 Spiritans serve in over sixty countries on six continents – in Europe, Africa, North and South America, Asia and Oceania.
At the Itaici Chapter, it was said that 'our mission is a spirituality before it is a strategy, that we are being evangelised at the same time as we evangelise'. It is in our mission that, like St. Paul, we discover Christ and his Spirit. Like him, we need time to interpret our apostolic experience in prayer, to discern what is cause for praise, for supplication or for asking pardon. In fact, what gives life and joy to Spiritans is their pastoral and missionary relationships. Initial and on-going formation must teach us to purify them and to make them a source for our prayers.
EGC Dakar, 1995. 4.4.4
1850 | C.S.Sp.
Frédéric Le Vavasseur is recalled from Bourbon by Père Libermann to assist him in his task as superior of the Congregation. Le Vavasseur is appointed General Councillor of the Congregation.
1919 | Belgium
The school at Lierre is taken up again as well as the senior scholasticate at Leuven. The novices go to Orly. The French Spiritans leave Gentinnes which then becomes a junior seminary for francophone Belgian students. Leuven is also the residence of the Provincial and the mission Procure.
1948 | Portugal
Land is bought at Quinta da Torre d'Aguilha for the building of a theology house for Portuguese Spiritans. The first Mass is celebrated there on the first Sunday of Advent.
1950 | Sierra Leone
The Holy Year. Many West Africans go on pilgrimage to Rome. Pope Pius XII announces the creation of the hierarchy of West Africa. Sierra Leone is made into a diocese, subject to the Holy See.
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