At the University of St. Thomas’ 66th Annual Mardi Gras Gala on Tuesday February 9th 2016, Dr. Robert Ivany, the university’s president, announced that the school’s Center for Faith & Culture will be renamed the Rev. Donald Nesti, CSSp. Center for Faith & Culture. Fr. Nesti founded the center in 1994 in response to Pope John Paul II’s 1982 creation of the Pontifical Council for Culture.
The Spiritan Major Superiors who form the Union of Circumscriptions for North America and the Caribbean (UCNAC) met from January 24 to January 29, 2016 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic as part of their annual meeting.
Spiritans across the globe celebrate the Feast of Venerable Francis Mary Paul Libermann, the “second founder” of the Spiritans on Febraury 2, 2016, the 164th anniversary of his death. His life and commitment to the Spiritan mission of proclaiming the Good News to the far ends of the earth against all odds continues to be an inspiration almost two centuries later.