Be holy, and urge all your confrères to be holy (…). Be holy as Jesus was holy; it is the one and only means of redeeming and sanctifying souls. Let the Spirit of Jesus animate all your actions; let Him shape every sentiment of your soul; let Him soften and moderate every impulse of sharpness in the mind, every harsh or rigid feeling of the heart — in a word, everything passionate or disordered within the soul (…). May He communicate to your heart the gentleness and humility of which the divine Master has given us the example.

François Libermann (N.D XIII, 143-144)

1980 | West African Foundation

From the beginning, the Foundation is both English and French-speaking. At the noviciate in Bwiam in the Gambia, in 1980, there are 6 novices from Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal. Later, Senegal reverts to the Central African Foundation, so the WAF Superiors decide to make the Foundation anglophone at their meeting in 1982.

1980 | Sierra Leone

Archbishop Brosnahan retires at the age of seventy-five after fifty years in Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Bishop Ganda of the Diocese of Kenema is transferred to the Archdiocese of Freetown to replace him.

1980 | Belgium

A house is bought at Blanden for the mission procure. Another house is purchased at Veltem-Beisem for the Provincialate, and the Spiritans leave Leuven.

1984 | Spain

P. Victor Cabezas comes from the mission of Saurimo to take part in the provincial assembly. He is appointed Provincial of Spain by the General Council and serves his province in that capacity for 3 successive mandates.