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At the request of his family, the body of Padre José Maria Felgueiras is taken to Portugal for burial in the family grave at Taipas. A huge crowd of Spiritans,…

The group acquires the house of Ciudad Madero for the first Spiritan students.

A group of Poor Clare sisters moves into the District house for three years on their arrival from the island of Madeira in order to prepare for a new foundation…

The birth of the Foundation of Congo Kinshasa.

The General Council decides to set up a Spiritan Foundation in Zaire.

Three new associates leave for the Prelature of Tefé: Adela Amaya, Carmela Fuentes, and Pepa Contreras. The experience is so successful that Adela and Carmela renew their commitment after three…

The Spiritan Group of Algeria is detached from the Province of France. Henceforth, it will depend directly on the Generalate. Père René You is the superior.

The Council of Major Superiors meets with the Superior General at Brazzaville.

Attack on the church and the Spiritan house in Rahimyar Khan, Pakistan.

Attack of RYK church and parish house by a mob of students in "retaliation" for incidents involving Israelis in the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Demonstrations of Christians throughout the…

A third confrere from Zaire makes his profession in the EAP. Henceforth, students from Zaire will be trained in the Central African Foundation.

The first member of the foundation is ordained priest, Fr. José Alamo.

Guinée Conakry

After the death of Sékou Touré and the military coup, the Spiritans return to Guinée at the request of Mgr. Sarah, Archbishop of Conakry. In 1993, Pierre Haas, the former…

A new Provincialate, located at 3-3 Nsugbe, near Onitsha, is officially opened. The Superior General, Fr. Frans. Timmermans is present as well as some invited bishops.

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

P. Joseph Zeph, aged 50, is stabbed to death by robbers in the mission of Sheridan. He arrived in the Diocese of Bethlehem in 1963 and was Vicar General from…

Pope John Paul II Adress to Young Muslims in Casablanca Marocco

APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO TOGO, IVORY COAST, CAMEROON, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, ZAIRE, KENYA AND MOROCCO ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO YOUNG MUSLIMS Morocco Monday, 19 August 1985

Pope John-Paul II, Encyclical Redemptoris Missio (1990), extracts

The Spirit Is Present and Active in Every Time and Place Dialogue with Our Brothers and Sisters of Other Religions

The death in Lisbon of Padre Antonio Brasio. An historian and researcher of rare talent, he consecrates most of his life to the study of Portuguese missions, becoming one of…

Death at Malanje of Jean-Etienne Wozniak (France) aged 29, who had been in Angola for only one year. He and John Kingston (Ireland) ran into an ambush as they approached…

From the start, the Noviciate community of Aranda de Duero opts for an apostolate to the most abandoned people in the vicinity: the mentally handicapped, gypsies, the sick and elderly…

Daniel Brottier is beatified by Pope John Paul II.

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…

The start of Spiritan formation in Mexico at El Pujal in a house built for that purpose. Nine years later, on August 8th, 1993, Victor Martinez is the first to…

Dialogue and Mission

SECRETARIATUS PRO NON CHRISTIANIS THE ATTITUDE OF THE CHURCH TOWARDS THE FOLLOWERS OF OTHER RELIGIONS REFLECTIONS AND ORIENTATIONS ON DIALOGUE AND MISSION PENTECOST 1984 Address of the Pope at the…

The cyclone "Kamisy" devastates the town of Mahajanga and the surroundings. Con-siderable damage to the cathedral and bishop's house. Also much damage in Amborovy.

West African Foundation

The West African Superiors meet in Dakar with a representative of the General Council: the WAF and the Nigerian Province will have a common theologate in Enugu, Nigeria, projected to…

With the backing of the USA-East Province, Fr. James F. Healy, Director of Justice and Peace for the province, opens the Washington Center for Haiti to obtain redress for Haitian…

The Casa Padre Laval was opened in Madrid in the presence of a large number of Spiritans.

On the formal invitation of the Ethiopian Orthodox Archbishop, Abuna Zacharias, Fr. Brian O'Toole C.S.Sp. (Catholic) and Marigeta Tewedaj (Orthodox) begin the mission of first evangelisation among the Hamer people…

The noviciate is moved from Bydgoszcz to Chelmszczonka.

The death of Fr. Francis Griffin at Rockwell at the age of 90. After serving many years on the General Council, he was elected the 17th Superior General (1950-1962), the…

Indian Ocean Foundation

The first professions of the new Foundation: 3 from Mauritius and 2 from Madagascar.

A new missionary awareness team is set up in Eindhoven.

Dedication of the new chapel at Glen Ash.

For the first time in the history of the Province, a General Assembly of all priests, brothers and scholastics is held at Isienu. There is a seminar on Missiology and…

A house is acquired in Benfica as a centre for missionary animation.

Central African Foundation

Opening of the Spiritan scholasticate of Poullart des Places at Brazzaville-Kinsoundi by Père René Tabard. The students follow the courses at the Emile Biavenda Senior Seminary (the former Seminaire Libermann).…

Because of difficulties raised in Rome by the Ethiopian Catholic Bishops concerning inculturation and collaboration with the Orthodox Church, the Superior General, Frans Timmermans, visits the country for the first…

The first Spiritan formation house opens in Madagascar- Foyer Laval at Tananarive.

Opening of the first meeting of Spiritan formators at Saverne in France.

The American Provinces of the SMA, CSSp., and White Fathers finance a feasibility study for an African Faith and Justice Network, which re-sults in its creation. It subsequently spreads to…

Opening of the 3rd Enlarged General Council at Torre d’Aguilha, São Domingos de Rana.

Opening of first Chapter of the District of Gabon.

The Foundation has its first Director in March 1982; Fr Peter Newman (Irish Province) takes up the responsibility of Director from the Superiors of Senegal and the Gambia who have…

After 50 years working in Puerto Rico, the District holds its first Chapter, with the participation of 26 members.

Pope John Paul II Address to Muslim leaders in Kaduna Nigeria

APOSTOLIC PILGRIMAGE TO NIGERIA, BENIN GABON AND EQUATORIAL GUINEA ADDRESS OF JOHN PAUL II TO THE MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADERS Kaduna (Nigeria) Sunday, 14 February 1982

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