Coordination for Spiritan Spirituality

The mission of the Coordination for Spiritan Spirituality is to animate the spiritual life of the Congregation. In a spirit of cor unum et anima una, it coordinates spiritual initiatives so that they harmonise with the General Council’s plan for animation, fostering a common vision and a shared dynamic.

It highlights the spiritual heritage of the Congregation and promotes a Spiritan spirituality that is vibrant, faithful, missionary, and open—capable of taking root in contemporary realities and inspiring the mission today.

Formation

As part of its mission of spiritual formation, it pays particular attention to:

accompanying confreres in initial formation, so that they may discover, make their own, and integrate Spiritan spirituality;
supporting confreres in ministry by helping them return to the Spiritan roots, in fidelity to the founding charism and the missionary vocation;
promoting and encouraging ongoing formation to nurture a lasting and incarnational spiritual life;
contributing to the formation of Lay Spiritan Associates to strengthen their Spiritan identity and missionary commitment.

It works to highlight the Congregation’s spiritual, human, and historical heritage and to encourage research, so that the Spiritan tradition may continue to take root in contemporary realities and inspire the mission today.

In this spirit, it strives to coordinate the various spiritual initiatives of the Congregation so that they align with the General Council’s plan for spiritual animation, thereby fostering a shared vision, overall coherence, and a common dynamic.

Centers and Places of Spirituality

This mission is carried out in close collaboration with the Spirituality Commission and the other services of the General Council, as well as in partnership with the Congregation’s centers and places of spirituality. Among these are:

the Spiritan Center for Renewal and Research in Rennes (France) – Maison Poullart des Places,
the Centro Espírito Santo e Missão (Silva, Portugal),
the Center for Spiritan Studies (Duquesne University, USA).

The Coordination also supports the emergence of new places of spirituality and encourages the online dissemination of conferences, training programs, and resources to broaden access to Spiritan spirituality.

Finally, it seeks to bring together, in a spirit of cor unum and anima una, all those actively engaged in spiritual leadership, in order to foster a Spiritan spirituality that is vibrant, faithful, missionary, and open, in service to the Congregation and its universal mission in today’s world.