Because of the early Spiritan tradition of the “evangelization of freed slaves”, Spiritan ministries have flourished and continue to do so in Africa, the Caribbean and South America.  As times changed the Spiritans responded in other regions where poverty and marginalization had begun a new form of slavery - such as Pakistan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea -- over sixty countries around the world - and Australia is one of them.

Working with the indigenous people of Australia, the Aborigines, is the top priority.  Six Spiritans serve five parishes in northwest Australia and on remote Aboriginal reservations and in mining towns across a vast desert landscape.