The Spiritan Family made a pilgrimage to Fátima

Portugal

On 4 and 5 July, the Shrine of Fátima hosted the 46th National Pilgrimage of the Spiritan Family. Under the motto “Queen of Peace, Pray for Us”, the Pilgrimage brought together members of the various movements that make up this Missionary Family: Consecrated Members, Liamists, Youth Without Borders, Fraternities, Former Seminarians, Lay Spiritan Associates, Missionary Volunteers, Spiritan Sisters, as well as parishioners from the various parishes entrusted to the Spiritans.

The Spiritan Mission in Mexico

Mexico

A rich Story of growth and diversity, with renewed Hope.
The Spiritan mission in Mexico stands today as a vibrant testimony to the enduring power of the Gospel lived in simplicity, intercultural fraternity, and service to the most vulnerable. Over the past fifty‑five years, the Congregation has woven a rich missionary history across the country, from the indigenous communities of the Huasteca Potosina to the expanding urban peripheries of Tampico, Cuernavaca, and Mexico City. What began in 1971 with a handful of confreres has grown into a dynamic, international, and deeply rooted presence that continues to evolve in response to the signs of the times.

Who has ever invoked Mary in vain!

Spirituality

Next Saturday—the third Saturday after Pentecost, and the day following the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus—the Church celebrates the memorial of the Holy Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. For us Spiritans, this memorial is far more than a date on the liturgical calendar: it touches the very core of our vocation. And this year it acquires a particularly profound resonance, as we mark the bicentenary of the baptism of François Libermann (1826–2026), that founding moment in which Mary entered his life as a decisive grace.

Pentecost with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle

Pentecost

On Pentecost, the Church is born through the power and inspiration of the Holy Spirit. It is also the day on which, more than three centuries ago, the Congregation of the Holy Spirit was founded—our principal patronal feast. Each year, the Spiritan community at the Generalate in Rome celebrates this solemnity as an extended family.

Day 8 – Waiting for God’s timing

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Libermann was imbued with a deep conviction: God acts in life and in events through his Spirit. This discreet yet real presence gives sacred value to even the smallest details of existence. In every situation, he recognized the Holy Spirit as the One who animates, strengthens, directs, and guides, inviting each person to walk with confidence in the path God desires.

Day 7 – The Spiritan life is lived in community

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The Spiritan is a man of community—not simply out of practical necessity, but because shared life is the lifeblood that sustains our spiritual and missionary identity. From the beginning, our founders understood that mission cannot be carried out by isolated individuals, but by a body shaped by the Spirit. Community is therefore not merely a setting; it is a theological space, the place where the Gospel takes flesh.

Day 4: Spiritual and material poverty

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In the light of our Founders, Spiritan poverty appears as an inner journey in which a person allows themselves to be shaped by God so as to become a source of apostolic life. It involves material detachment, but it is fulfilled above all as a way of standing before God: an attitude that consists in receiving everything from Him, living from Him, acting through Him.