Documentary, FATHER JOSEPH, highlights work of Spiritan Father Joseph Philippe

The retirement residence is being built at Usa River approximately 20 kilometers  from Arusha Town, easily accessible by road. Three acres of land have been carved from the land owned by the Spiritans and on which their minor seminary and health center are located.

Fr. Tony Gittins, CSSp., visited St. Ignatius Parish in Houston on March 16, 2016 to deliver a talk on “living interculturally”. Cities and neighborhoods today are highly multicultural: people of many diverse cultures live in close proximity.

On March 7, 1966, four young Spiritan missionaries arrived in Arusha, Tanzania to begin their missionary service to the Congregation and the Church.  Frs. Ned Marchessault, Joe Herzstein, Vince Stegman, and Don McGregor arrived that memorable day in beautiful Arusha to take up their call to proclaim the good news to the ends of the earth. 

Today’s Feast Day of St. Katherine Drexel reminds us of the blessed and productive working relationship our community enjoyed with Mother Drexel.