At the beginning of the second week of its Enlarged General Council (EGC) meeting in Rome, the Spiritans celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Spiritan Generalate in Clivo di Cinna, Rome, with an outdoor, multi-cultural Mass – concelebrated by the delegates — and an international buffet reception in the Generalate garden attended by the EGC delegates and many guests.

t’s difficult for those of us from developed countries to accept that there are thousands upon thousands of people who are forced to walk miles a day in the hopes of finding safe drinking water. Once a river bed is reached, it’s then time to dig with hands and buckets until water is reached.

Thirty-three representatives from across the Congregation are meeting in Rome from June 19 to July 2, 2016, as part of the Enlarged General Council (EGC), which serves as a mid-point review four years after the 20th General Chapter in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, in 2012.

Thank you Knights of Columbus Council 14700! This past Saturday members of Council 14700 coordinated a landscaping beautification project for the Spiritan House in Houston, where the Spiritan Office for Mission Advancement is located.

Once again, students from Holy Ghost Preparatory School in Bensalem, Pa., departed from JFK International Airport in New York, on Sunday, June 12, for an annual mission trip to San Juan de la Maguana, in the Dominican Republic.