Our Fondations

1921

This house saw the birth of the Congregation of the Spiritans, at Farschviller, France. In 1998, one group of young Spiritans made a “pilgrimage to the founts”.

1924

Le premier groupe de jeunes filles fait profession religieuse missionnaire dans la Congrégation, le 5 octobre.

1924

En Suisse, un sanatorium situé dans le Valais, à Montana sur Sierre, accueille quelques Spiritaines.

1924

On 3rd November, eight Spiritans responded to Cameroon’s urgent appeal.

1924

On 11th November four Spiritans landed at Fort-de-France. The Seminary-College, held by the Spiritan Fathers, would be their first field of Apostolate.

1927

At the request of the Bishop of Majunga, the Spiritans landed in Madagascar, on May 21st.

1929

Foundation in Central Africa, in Saint Paul des Rapides. Here, weaving raffia.

1931

“Training women for the establishment of Christian family”, is the vocation of the Spiritans in Mayumba, Gabon.

1937

The first settlement of the Spiritans in Congo is in Loango, waiting for Pointe-Noire.

1940

At the sugar cane factory in Beauport, in Guadeloupe, the Sisters are engaged in social work.

1941

In April, arrival of the Spiritans in Lisbon, Portugal.

1945

 Urged by the Gospel’’, two Spiritans set out for Antwerp, Belgium.

1946

The Spiritans arrive in Praia, Cape Verde. They are committed to women’s training.

1947

In Keldonk-Erp, the Netherlands, a new and happy foundation!

1949

In Rome, a Spiritan community served Spiritan Missionaries.

1951

Foundation in Angola. Later, young Angolan women engage in Spiritan life.

1953

Spiritans leave for Canada.

1957

Widening of the field of action of the Spiritans: foundation in Dakar, Senegal.

1975

First foundation in Anglophone country, in Nigeria. Close to the population that welcomes us in trust and friendship.

1976

Foundation in Brazil. Parish Pastoral in Miguel-Couto, Rio de Janeiro. Sister Adeline baptizes a young child.

1978

In Haiti, foundation in Balan. On the way to visit the sick.

1982

A team of Spiritans is established in Madrid, Spain.

1985

Foundation in Stuttgart, Germany.

1991

Foundation in Guinea Bissau. The Sisters welcome the visit of the Superior General, Sister Andrée Boutin.

2001

Foundation in Ghana.

2005

On the feast of Pentecost, Sisters Maria Alice and Maria do Carmo arrive at the mission of Itoculo, in northern Mozambique, where were already the Spiritans, Fathers Pedro and Damasceno.

2012

In August, the Spiritans left for the first foundation in Asia: Sisters Monica Méléard, Joséphine Nganji and Agnès Simon-Perret arrived in the Philippines to establish the first Spiritan community.

1921 – 1st postulate of Spiritaines à Farschviller.

Our history begins on January 6th 1921, feast of the Epiphany, with Eugénie Caps and her two colleagues, Elise and Lucie, gathered in the church of Farschviller, in Lorraine, France. The seed is thrown! The first 25 Spiritan Sisters commit themselves on October 5th 1924. The following month one group leaves for Martinique, another for Cameroon and a third one for Switzerland.

Over time the foundations follow… 1927, 1929, 1931, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1957, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1991, 2001, 2005, 2012… and missionary stories are woven by sisters, women of their time, belonging to societies in constant changes.

Over the years, the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit extended their mission of Evangelization to new countries:

 

Over the years, the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit extended their mission of Evangelization to new countries:

  • The foundations of the Spiritans in Central African Republic
  • The Spiritans settle in Guinea Bissau
  • The Spiritans in Haïti
  • The Spiritans in Congo
  • The Spiritans’ foundation in Cameroon
  • Senegal : Bedik Foundation
  • Spiritan Foundation of Canada
  • The Spiritan Foundation in Martinique