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Official opening and blessing of the new Spiritan house at Okura by Bishop Obot of Idah Diocese, accompanied by the Superior General, Pierre Schouver, and his assistant, Godfrey Odigbo.

Creation of the Sanctuary dedicated to Daniel Brottier at Chojnice.

With the arrival of the government of Aristide in 1994, the decree of President Duvalier of 1969, giving the College of Saint-Martial to the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, is revoked.

The General Council creates the South Central African Foundation (S.C.A.F.).

The international noviciate for Spanish-speaking students is established in Dorado with 7 novices from Haiti, Mexico, Paraguay and Puerto Rico. Fr Victor Cabezas from Spain is the Master and Fr…

Ordinations of first Spiritans from Kogi State in Nigeria: Emmanuel Ikubolaje from Kabba in the diocese of Lokoja and Daniel Abah from Imane in the diocese of Idah.

Central African Foundation

Death of Père Paul Ondia, the first Spiritan from the Congo.

Fr. Felim McAllister (Ireland) is killed in an ambush at Panguma at the age of 53. He had been appointed to Sierra Leone in 1968 and served the refugee people…

Michael Amaladoss S.J., Planète-Mission, Lourdes 1994

The fundamental missionary attitude is one of dialogue, respecting the freedom of other believers and the mystery of God who is already at work within them. We must be open…

Opening of the diocesan Synod in the cathedral of Basse-Terre which will last for two years. The closure is in the velodrome of Gourde Liane at Baie-Mahault.

Pope John Paul II, who has already received the patriarch of Ethiopia, Abuna Tekle-Haymanot, (17 October 1981), welcomes in Rome H.H. Abuna Paulos, the present patriarch, and confirms that their…

Two students of the East African Province come for a year of Spiritan and Pastoral experience. It is repeated for the next three years. Out of the first two to…

Central African Foundation

Start of the first Chapter of the Foundation. The headquarters is fixed at Libreville.

The number of confreres continues to decrease and so the circumscription can no longer operate as an independent district. Henceforth it becomes a Group under the jurisdiction of the General…

Second session of the committee preparing for the centenary of the Church (January 1994-January 1995). There are now 6 dioceses with more than 100 priests from the country and about…

The General Chapter decides to extend our missionary activity into the Far East.

At a meeting at Bahawalpur, a decision is taken to establish a third community at Sadiqabad, within the boundaries of one of the existing parishes. Work with the Marwaris will…

P. Abilio Guerra (47 years in Angola) of Portugal is killed in mysterious circumstances at Luanda; he is taken from the entrance of the Provincialate and found dead on the…

The noviciate of St. Mary Magdalene of the province of USA East is set up in the diocese of Chicago.

Fr. Edward Nealon is appointed Episcopal Vicar for the region of Sao João de Metiti in the diocese of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro

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

The Golden Jubilee of the Spiritan presence in the islands. The present District house is opened at Praia. There is a junior seminary in the house at Praia, from which…

The Provincialate is transferred to Gentinnes and the bursar's office to Nijlen.

A new Spiritan foundation is started at Mascara by Père Raymond Gonnet. It will look after the small Christian community, create "platforms" for meetings, classes for women and an agricultural…

The death of P. José Felício who did great work for missionary awareness in the country, particularly through LIAM, of which he was director for many years.

Indian Ocean Foundation

The noviciate is transferred from Saint-Giles-les-Hauts in Reunion to Rose Hill and La Salette in Mauritius. It finally returns to Reunion in 2001.

An international meeting of Spiritan formators is held at Enugu, Nigeria. Objectives of the meeting are: the adaptation of formation to contemporary ideas of mission and the integration of the…

The first world-wide meeting of Spiritan Lay Associates is held at Bethel Park, Pittsburgh.

East African Province

The first Chapter of the Province begins. Fr. Augustine Shao becomes the first elected Provincial.

Start of the Foundation of Zaire. After the postulancy, the candidates will continue their formation with the FAC.

Arrival of David Donellan, who studies Urdu before joining the community at Sukkur.

The first lay associate signs a contract with the Congregation on leaving for Tanzania. Another follows shortly afterwards.

Brazil Province

Brazil becomes the 19th Province of the Congregation.

The end of the District of Bagamoyo. The remaining group of Dutch confreres now come directly under the General Council.

Brazil South West

Fr Hugh de Blacam, appointed to the parish of St Alfonso, in the diocese of Juazeiro, Bahia, becomes an affiliated member of the new Brazilian Province while continuing to participate…

The death of Bishop Agostinho Lopes de Moura. He is the founder of LIAM, one of the great organs of missionary awareness in Portugal. When he finishes his term as…

The WAF noviciate, until now at Bwiam in the Gambia, is transferred to Ejisu in Ghana.

Central African Foundation

The first general assembly of the FAC as an autonomous circumscription. It no longer depends on the superiors of the founding districts.

Following the promulgation of SRL, Spiritans in parish and hospital work in Ireland and the USA are grouped into Regional Communities.

The WAF Spiritan Noviciate was transferred to its present location at Ejisu in Ghana.

The parish of St Matthew on the island of Jersey is confided to the Spiritans so as to form a community base for work with the Portuguese community. The Portuguese…

The 4th Enlarged General Council takes place at Arusha, Tanzania. There are 49 Spiritans present.

At the Enlarged General Council in Arusha, Tanzania, a special appeal is made by the Borana group for personnel. The Nigerian Province agrees to send one of their men, Peter…

Pope John Paul II beatifies Victoire Rasoamanarivo at Tananarive. A delegation from the diocese of Mahajanga takes part in the ceremonies.

District of Kongolo becomes the District of Zaire.

The East African Foundation becomes the East African Province with Fr Daniel Macha as its first Provincial.

Brazil South East

Spiritans leave the diocese of Jales in the State of São Paolo where they have been working for the last 13 years.

The Post-Synodal Exhortation by Pope John Paul II on the vocation and mission of lay people in the Church and the World is published.

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