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After 22 years as the District of Ontario and 24 years as the Province of TransCanada, the Spiritans of the circumscription are thankful for the past and look to the…

Celebration at Okura of the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Spiritans in Nigeria. A souvenir booklet is produced entitled "50 Years of Canadian Spiritan presence in Nigeria: 1947-1997".

Brottier House, a place of welcome for refugees, is opened in Toronto.

The First English-speaking Canadian Spiritan students are sent to Papua New Guinea - Paul McAuley, followed by Neal Shank in January 1986.

Neil McNeil Residence becomes the centre of the House of Spiritan Formation program (Laval House). Beginning of a seven-year resurgence in vocations.

TransCanada Province begins work in Papua New Guinea (Frs. Kelly and Corrigan).

An international noviciate is set up at Farnham.

The first associates of the Canadian Province make their formal commitment.

The start of the international noviciate at Norwalk, serving the two Provinces in both Canada and the United States. In 1980, the noviciate moves to Farnham, Quebec.

The District of Ontario becomes a Province. The superior, Fr. Michael Doyle, is named the first Provincial.

The start of the Lay Association in Ontario. The first (VICS) Spiritan Mission Institute begins in Toronto.