Objectives

	to evaluate the organisational set-up in each of our communities.
	to work to create a collaborative mentality in the Province.
	to put in place structures that will support collaboration at all levels.
	to evaluate how we work with people outside our Spiritan family and create structures that facilitate collaboration.

Communities in Ireland:

Provincialate, Temple Park, Dublin 6.
Ardbraccan, Navan, Co. Meath.
Blackrock College, Co. Dublin.
Bawnogue Parish, Dublin 22.
Newlands Institute for Counselling, Dublin 22.
Deansrath Parish, Dublin 22.
Greenhills Parish, Dublin 12.
Kimmage Manor, Dublin 12.
Rockwell College, Cashel, Co.Tipperary.
Spiritan House, North Circular Rd., Dublin 7.
St. Mary's College, Dublin 6.
St. Michael's College, Dublin 4.
Templeogue College, Dublin W6.

This is the Web site of The Holy Ghost Provincialate
Temple Park, Richmond Avenue South
DUBLIN 6

Tel (353) 1 4977230
Fax (353) 1 4975399

This property - acquired in 1986 - is the residence of the Provincial Community and the place of administration for the Province. The provincial Archives also are located here.

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Ardbraccan (Co. Meath).

The Community property was acquired in 1955 responding to the need to set up a Brother's Novitiate. Today, the Fathers continue to minister to the local Diocese and the Brothers continue to run the farm.
There are many retired confreres in the Community at present. In 1983 a retreat centre known as An Tobar was opened in part of the property and continues to this day. An Tobar Mission Statement "a residential meeting place for people from communities who are involveld in working for justice and peace and searching for a meaningful spirituality".

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Blackrock College (Dublin).Blackrock College - originally known as the French College - was founded in 1860.
Today the school caters for ca 1800 students - all boys - from the ages of 5 to 18.
Active interest in the third world is maintained through various projects carried on by the students and past students.
The priests attached to the Community help out in the religious functions in the school. Some serve as chaplains in local hospitals and help in local parish work. Several of those retired in the Community have spent their lives serving on the foreign missions.

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Greenhills (Dublin).Church of the Holy Spirit constituted in 1971
Two Spiritans serve in this parish:

Myles Healy

Roddy Curran

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Kimmage Manor (Dublin). Holy Ghost Missionary College
The Kimmage Community established in 1911 and now comprises about 100 members, most of whom are fully retired.
The present ministries undertaken by various members are as follows:
* Helping out in parisches especially over the weekends
* Hospital chaplaincy
* Chaplaincies in a hospice and in communities of religious
* Missionary animation work and fund-raising
* Staffing a theological and spirituality institute
* Working for Pontifical Missionary Societies
* Chaplaincy in our nursing home
* Administration.

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Bawnogue

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Spirasi (Dublin).The Spiritan Asylum Services Initiative (SPIRASI), founded in 1999, aims to work in collaboration with refugees and asylum seekers, volunteers and related organizations to promote self-reliance and integration of refuge seekers into Irish society.

SPIRASI seeks to achieve its aims via three programmes, The Centre for the Care of Survivors of Torture (CCST), The Centre for health Information and Promotion (CHIP) and the Centre for the Education and integration of Migrants (CEIM). These services are delivered by a multidisciplinary team of over 120 staff from 37 different nationalities. (Greg Straton).There are 6 confreres: 4 work with SPIRASI (Spiritan Asylum Services Initiative), 1 with Brazillian Immigrants and I in Counselling.

St. Mary's College (Dublin)
The College opened in 1890 at the request of religious and civil leaders and parents in South Dublin. It was staffed by priests and brothers, with very little lay involvement at first. It continued to grow in numbers and amenities until 1916, when it closed down, mainly for financial reasons. The buildings were then used by the Provincial administration and formation personnel. However, a petition from the Archbishop, Lord Mayor and many others to the Superior General led to the re-opening of the College in 1926.
Today (2006), the Community has nine members, four of whom are involved in chaplaincy and pastoral work in the College and among the extended College family. There are about 660 pupils in the College, with 200 in the Junior School (7 - 12) and 460 in the Secondary School (12 - 18).

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St. Michael's College (Dublin)
St. Michael's was opened in May 1944 as a Junior School to Blackrock College, but in December 1970 it became an independent College/Community. The main Apostolate is Catholic Education to over nine hundred boys while the members of the Community are also engaged in pastoral ministry in the local parish of Our Lady Queen of Peace, Merrion and in nearby convents.
One member of the Community is President of a Third World Organisation called World Mercy, while two others are involved in Padre Pio Apostolate in Dublin and in San Giovani Rotonda in Southern Italy.

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Templeogue College (Dublin) Templeogue College opened in September 1966. Student numbers are about 620 aged from 12 to 18 and they follow a six-year cycle.
The Community residence adjoins the College. There are six permanent members of the Community (2005). One is retired. Two are full-time engaged in pastoral work outside the Community. One is on the chaplaincy team in St. Mary's college. Another is Chair of a Board of Management of a local Community school and is also on the board of St. Mary's. The Leader and Bursar is on the Board of Management of Templeogue College.

Rockwell College (Co. Tipperary).Rockwell College was founded in 1864. Père Pierre Huvètys, a native of Haïti and educated in France, was the first Superior.
Today (2005), there are 24 members of the Congregation in residence, comprising 22 priests and 2 brothers. Twelve retired and semi-retired confreres live in St. Joseph's, the Lake House. Nine members of the Community are involved in the secondary school - two as full-time teachers; another as chaplain and the remainder in administration. Another member is full-time chaplain in the Community College. Another works as Property Officer of the Irish Province for the Provincial Team. Members of the Community are frequently called upon to be involved in pastoral ministry in parishes and convents in the vicinity.

Deansrath