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<h1>Spiritans</h1>
<h3>Visions and missions </h3>
<p>We Spiritans of the English Province of the Holy Ghost Fathers undertake to
be ever more attentive to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.</p>
<p>We undertake to be witness to the Gospel in an ever-changing world.</p>
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<h3>story of the spiritans</h3>
<p>The Holy Ghost Fathers, founded in 1703, came to Britain 200 years later when
the anti-Catholic government in France was busy closing convents and monasteries.
They looked for a refuge abroad and rented Prior Park, a mansion near Bath in
Somerset. Before they returned to France three years later, the Bishop of Liverpool
allowed them to open Castlehead in Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire as a junior
seminary.</p>
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<p><a href="02a.asp">read more about the story of the spiritans</a></p>
<h3>missions of the english spiritans</h3>
<p>In 1925, the first Holy Ghost Father from the United Kingdom to go overseas
was Fr. Henry Parkinson, who went to Sierra Leone in West Africa. As numbers
grew, more followed him there, and then others began to go to Southern Nigeria
and Mauritius, while a few went to east Africa and the Caribbean.</p>
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<p><a href="07a.asp">read more about the missions of the english spiritans</a></p>
<h3>The programmes and projects of the english province of the holy ghost fathers</h3>
<h3>just youth</h3>
<p>Just Youth is a Christian organisation set up and supported by a Catholic religious
order-the Spiritans. Just Youth was set up as an independent charity in 1998
to develop this work.</p>
<p><a href="01a.asp">read more about just youth</a></p>
<h3>kairos community</h3>
<p>The Kairos community project was founded by Father John Kitchen and since its
beginning over twelve year ago has helped countless numbers of men and women
beset with problems arising form alcoholism, drug addiction and homelessness.
It has as its mission to help homeless people who want to recover from alcoholism
and other addictions. The strategy that it uses to do this to is provide a roof
over their head and a structured therapy programme so that people can regain
control of their lives and contribute to the lives of others. Consequently in
the Kairos community they always try t maintain the caring, relaxed, supportive
and homely environment in which people can recover.</p>
<p><a href="01b.asp">read more about the kairos community</a></p>
<h3>revive project</h3>
<p>REVIVE is a project of the Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans), a missionary religious
order of the Catholic Church whose members work with refugees and the most vulnerable
across the world.</p>
<p><a href="01c.asp">read more about the revive project</a></p>
<h3>Missionary Institute London </h3>
<p>The Missionary Institute London (MIL) was founded in 1967-69 by the Comboni
Missionaries (MCCJ), the Congregation of the Holy Ghost (Spiritans) the Consolata
Missionaries (IMC) the Mill Hill Missionaries (MHM) the Missionaries of Africa
(White Fathers), the Society of African Missions (SMA) and the Society of the
Divine Word (SVD) for the training of men and women for collaborative ministry
and missionary work.</p>
<p><a href="01d.asp">read more about the missionary institute london</a></p>
<h3>missionaries throughout the world</h3>
<p>Despite a decline in numbers in the English Province of the Holy Ghost Fathers
some of our members are still working in overseas mission works. We have members
in Nigeria, Gabon, South Africa and Pakistan. Other members of the Province
are in specialist ministries in the United States and Australia supporting the
working of the missionary church.</p>
<p><a href="01e.asp">read more about missionaries throughout the world</a><br>
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<h3>spiritans parishes</h3>
<p>To enable us to keep our links with local church some Holy Ghost Fathers on
retiring from missionary work in Africa have taken on appointments in Diocese
in England. There are Holy Ghost Fathers staffing parishes in the Archdiocese
of Birmingham, Portsmouth Diocese, Brighton and Arundel Diocese, Nottingham
Diocese and Hallam Diocese. At the present time the English Province of the
Holy Ghost Fathers have agreed to staff the parish of Our Lady and St Peter
in New Barnet; the parish of All Saints at Hassop and Bakewell and the parish
of the Sacred Heart on the Island of Jersey. </p>
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<h3>funds and legacies</h3>
<p>In these days when missionary societies see a decline in the numbers of missionaries
coming from Europe and North America, the Spiritans are experiencing a renewed
growth in membership through an increase in vocations to the missionary life
from our foundations in Africa and South America. A new generation of missionaries
is now available to the church.</p>
<p><a href="04a.asp">read more about funds and legacies</a></p>
<h3>northwood community</h3>
<p>26 Eastbury Avenue<br>
NORTHWOOD<br>
Middlesex<br>
HA6 3LN</p>
<p><a href="10a.asp">read more about northwood community</a></p>
<h3>bickley community</h3>
<p>holy Ghost Fathers<br>
Hadlow Retirement Home. <br>
6 Woodland Road <br>
Bickley <br>
Bromley <br>
Kent <br>
BR1 2AF </p>
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<h3>salford community</h3>
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Holy Ghost Fathers<br>
61 Leicester Road<br>
Higher Broughton<br>
SALFORD M7 4DA<br>
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<p><a href="10c.asp">read more about the salford community</a></p>
<h3>community in scotland</h3>
<p> Scottish Affairs / Youth & Vocation Ministry<br>
Holy Ghost Fathers<br>
117 Newarthill Road<br>
Carfin<br>
MOTHERWELL <br>
ML1 5AL</p>
<p><a href="10d.asp">read more about the community in scotland</a></p>
<h3>spiritan association community<br>
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<p>Scottish Affairs / Youth & Vocation Ministry<br>
Holy Ghost Fathers<br>
117 Newarthill Road<br>
Carfin<br>
MOTHERWELL <br>
ML1 5AL</p>
<p><a href="10e.asp">read more about the spiritan association community</a></p>
<p><a href="10f.asp">read more about parishes entrusted to the spirtians</a></p>
<p><a href="10g.asp">read more about parishes and projects staffed by the spiritans</a></p>
<h3>links</h3>
<p>Australia <a href="www.matilda.hcn.net.au/stmonicas">www.matilda.hcn.net.au/stmonicas
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Canada <br>
( Toronto )<a href="www.spiritans.com"> www.spiritans.com </a><br>
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Canada <br>
( Quebec ) <a href="www.spiritans.qc.ca">www.spiritans.qc.ca </a><br>
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France <a href="www.spiritains.org">www.spiritains.org </a><br>
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Ireland <a href="www.spiritan.org">www.spiritan.org </a><br>
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Portugal <a href="www.espiritanos.org">www.espiritanos.org </a><br>
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Puerto Rico <a href="www.taino.net/espiritano">www.taino.net/espiritano </a><br>
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Trinidad w<a href="www.st.anthonys.edu.tt">ww.st.anthonys.edu.tt </a><br>
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Duquesne<br>
University <br>
Pittsburgh<a href="www.duq.edu"> www.duq.edu </a><br>
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USA <a href="www.spiritans.org">www.spiritans.org </a><br>
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