The Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Gerard County, C.S.Sp., as Bishop of of the Diocese of Kingstown (area 149 sq. mi. with a population of 115,060 of which 8,500 are Catholic, 6 priests, 6 permanent deacons, 10 religious), located on the island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Lesser Antilles.

Board Members of the Society of the Holy Spirit, gathered together at Spiritan House in Houston for a special ‘end of year’ celebration to mark the Solemnity of the  Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on December 8th 2015.

Jubilee years are rooted in the Old Testament tradition of freeing slaves and prisoners once every 50 years, a concept that died out within Judaism but was taken up by Pope Boniface VIII for the Catholic Church in 1300.

At the invitation of then Bishop Wendelin E. Nold, the Congregation of the Holy Spirit arrived in the diocese of Galveston-Houston in 1970.

With hope and faith in the Risen Lord, we announce that Fr. Joseph Deniger, C.S.Sp. of the Libermann Hall community in Bethel Park, died peacefully December 2, 2015 at Marion Manor in Pittsburgh, PA.  He was 84 years old.