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Père Adelio Ribeiro from Portugal was kidnapped by Unita from the mission of Bela Vista in the diocese of Huambo and subsequently assassinated.

The formation program starts in the Regina Cleri Seminary of Ponce Diocese with 5 students and Fr J. Sakovich as director. One year later, the District decides to rent a…

The junior seminary at Castle-head closes. During its 70 years of existence, it produced 150 future missionaries.

The Prefecture of Val-de-Marne buys half of the grounds of our house at Chevilly to create a recreation park for the public. A new cemetery is created at the edge…

Pentecost: Decision of the General council to open a mission in Pakistan for tribal ministry with an international team involving the Irish, English and French provinces, based on a request…

Paul Chuwa is the first member of the East African Foundation to be ordained a priest: it takes place at Usa River in Arusha Diocese.

Frans Timmermans, Supérieur général, Lettre d’avril/mai...

On parle (maintenant) d’une « politique du personnel » menée au niveau du Centre et non pas seulement au niveau des Provinces. Tout cela est la toile de fond sur…

300 young people come to celebrate Easter in the Noviciate community. The organisers see this as a way to attract young people to Jesus and the challenges of his Gospel.

Letter of Frans Timmermans, Superior General:...

We may rightly say that with this "internationality" we shall make ourselves a much clearer sign of what Mission is all about: bringing together, reconciling in Christ, breaking down walls.…

Frans Timmermans, Superior General: Letter of...

We may safely say that by this internationality, we shall make ourselves a much clearer sign of what Mission is all about: bringing together, reconciling in Christ, breaking down walls.…

Establishment of the Province of Eastern Nigeria by the General Council. Fr Philip Aguh, who has been principal superior, will end his mandate on 5 January 1977 to be succeeded…

Death of Fr. Ties Thijssen (Holland) and Br. Alfonso Rodriques (Portugal), killed by a government soldier at the mission of Caconda.

Ethiopia Sidamo

The school is officially opened in the presence of government representatives.

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

Pope Paul VI: Evangelii Nuntiandi, 21

Above all, the Gospel must be proclaimed by witness. Take a Christian or a handful of Christians who, in the midst of their own community, show their capacity for understanding…

Paul VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, nº42

Preaching is always indispensable. We are well aware that modern man is sated by talk. The fatigue produced these days by so much empty talk and the relevance of many…

Paul VI: "Evangelii Nuntiandi", nº46

In the long run, is there any other way of handing on the Gospel than by transmitting to another person one's personal experience of faith? It must not happen that…

Paul VI:Evangelii Nuntiandi, nº78

The preacher of the Gospel will be a person who, even at the price of personal renunciation and suffering, always seeks the truth that he must transmit to others. He…

Evangelii Nuntiandi, nº77

The power of evangelisation will find itself considerably diminished if those who proclaim the Gospel are divided among themselves in all sorts of ways. Is this not perhaps one of…

At this point, there are eight Spiritans working in four parishes.

Nationalisation of the Spiritan agricultural school at Misserghin; all the confreres leave the country, apart from one who remains as chaplain to the Trinitarian Sisters. The Provincial Council in France…

The death of Dr. Nuno Simões who is instrumental in the building of the seminary at Torre d'Aguilha. He also gives the Province a house at Pedras Salgadas.

Arrival in Rio de Janeiro of P. Francisco Fernandes Correia, asked by the Generalate to welcome confreres transferring from Angola and Portugal. On 21.05.1977, he is nominated by the Portuguese…

P. Paulino Evora is appointed bishop of Cabo Verde.

The Episcopal Conference decides to set up a mobile team for on-going formation of priests, sisters and laity in the four dioceses of the country.

Ethiopia Sidamo

The team leave Addis Abeba for Dadim and by 11th of March they have everything ready to begin work.

A period of great difficulty because of the changes of personnel over 14 years. But also a time of listening to the people, adaptation, training of catechists and creation of…

Mgr. Pierre Sagna is appointed the second bishop of Saint-Louis. He succeeds Mgr. Prosper Dodds.

The General Council releases the definitive text of the 1974 General Chapter: "Guidelines for Animation".

A Senior Seminary is set up in Gbarnga, Liberia, for the training of future priests from Sierra Leone, the Gambia and Liberia. Spiritans are associated with the seminary. Later, during…

The 14th General Chapter (August 1st-September 12th) opens at Chevilly with 77 capitulants. Fr. Frans Timmermans of the Dutch Province is elected the 20th Superior General on September 6th. The…

The Spiritans withdraw from the College/Seminary which they have directed for more than 100 years and in which some confreres, famous for their work with languages, flora and fauna, were…

The first-ever meeting of African Spiritans starts at Awomamma, Nigeria. Statistics from the meeting show that there are now 102 professed African members. A resolution is passed asking the forthcoming…

Joseph Lécuyer, Superior General, talking of...

Simplicity means the refusal of everything that is complicated, out of the ordinary, showy, excessive; no spectacular poverty, no dramatic tormenting obedience, no dazzling mortifications. But it also means a…

Beginnings of the Lay Spiritan Association in Ontario.

East African Province

The first group of East African Foundation Novices make their temporary profession. They are Liberatus Kundy, Daniel Macha, Paul Chuwa and Alois Minde.

Mgr. Robert de Chevigny is appointed the second bishop of the diocese and is ordained at Chevilly on 23.02.1974. He retires in 1995 and is replaced by a Missionary of…

The only Spiritan house in Scotland is transferred from Uddingston to Carfin; it will continue with vocations work and youth apostolate. The first superior is Scottish Spiritan, Fr. Frank O'Donnell.

Start of a new noviciate at Bydgoszcz.

Spiritans join the Calgary diocese in a mission outreach to Malawi, where as many as five Spiritans and two Calgary Diocesan priests eventually worked together (until 1983).

The community at Ste. Foy moves to 2121 rue de La Somme. A house in Hull opened the year before but it has to close in 1975. The Spiritan house…

The first group of Novices are received into the Noviciate: this marks the beginning of the East African Foundation (at Usa River, Tanzania).

Frs. Edward Kelly and William Jackson set out to open a mission of first evangelisation at Dadim among the Borana people; it is a joint undertaking with the Dutch Province.

Frs. Kelly, Jackson and Nass travel to Ethiopia and establish themselves in Addis Ababa.

Closure of junior seminary at Weert. The senior scholasticate also closes at Gemert, because of the small number of students; those remaining attend the faculties of Heerlen, Nijmegen and Amsterdam.

A local bishop takes over the running of the diocese; henceforth, the diocesan clergy have prime responsibility for the pastoral care of the diocese.

4 Irish confreres start missionary work, first in Lusaka Diocese (Kabwe), then in Livingstone Diocese; nine more Spiritans join the group in the two dioceses (parishes, diocesan seminaries, schools).

The first team of Spanish Spiritans leaves from Lisbon for the mission of Balombo in the Diocese of Benguela, Angola. A second team goes to the mission of Camacupa in…

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