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Mariano Espinoza

Fr. Alain Mayama. Credit: Spiritan Generalate/Rome/Fr. Philip Ng'oja, CSSp.

From Concern to “here I am” Renewal: Why First African Spiritan Superior General Refuses to Let Lament Have Final Word

Dec 20, 2025

As Christmas and the close of the year 2025 approach, the challenge of “missionary availability” has come into sharp focus among the Rome-based leadership of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathers/CSSp.), the Superior General has said. 

Leaders of 322-Year-Old Congregation with African Majority Deliberate on “dramatic decline in vocations to brotherhood”

Jul 4, 2025

The noted “dramatic decline” in candidates joining the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (CSSp./Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathers) as Brothers is a cause for concern, the leaders of the 322-year-old Religious and missionary Order with African majority have noted.