The holiness of Jesus Christ must dwell within the missionary, and this holiness must at the same time be rooted in his interior life and manifested in his conduct through his labour and through his suffering. In this way, following the example of Jesus Christ, he brings souls to birth for God in truth, because he communicates to them the life of the Saviour that is within him.

François Libermann («Instructions aux Missionnaires», N.D XIII, 405)

1912 | Ireland

The Irish "Mission Band", transferred to the USA, begins its first mission in Harlem on 27 October, 1912. Mother Catharine Drexel (later beatified) offers the Province $ 6,000 a year for twenty years, provided they will send one professed novice each year to be educated for the priesthood in the USA, in order to serve the American mission to the blacks. Twenty Irish Spiritans were subsequently appointed to this work.

1959 | France

Opening of the university house of studies at Strasbourg.

1962 | Madagascar

The President of the Republic, Philibert Tsiranana, opens Collège St. Gabriel and bestows a national decoration on Frère Guillaume Perrocheau, the Director of the school.

1974 | Australia

Fr Tom Crean is asked by Archbishop Rush to open a new parish at Pine Rivers.