Welcome
to the site of the TransCanada Province of the Spiritans. We are a
Roman Catholic Religious Congregation of over three thousand members,
founded in 1703. Our missions are spread worldwide. While we may be
found involved in many diverse ministries, we have dedicated
ourselves to working with the poor and in those situations where the
Church has difficulty in finding ministers. We hope you enjoy your
visit to our site and that while browsing you will keep us in your
prayers. May God bless you.
Spiritan Communications Office
Wired,
cyberspace, upload, download, on-line, off-line, e-mail, e-commerce,
virus, crash. Everyday we hear these words whether we are at work, at
home, out for the evening or waiting in line at the supermarket. The
Internet is by now a pervasive fact of life. For some this brave new
world of cybertech is an irritant, for others a mystery, for a few
others an addiction, but for the majority of users it is a wonderful
tool for finding and sharing information and for keeping in touch.
It has been argued that not since
the invention of the printing press in 1450 by Johann Gutenberg, has
there been such a revolution in communications technology. The
development of printing and mass publication produced unforeseen
cultural and historical shifts. The Protestant Reformation and the
Renaissance in Europe were certainly a byproduct of Gutenberg's machine.
Here we are over five hundred
years later in the midst of another communications revolution. Just
as Gutenberg could not envisage the repercussions of his invention, I
believe we are only at the beginning of great change. New
technologies are developing so rapidly, often without a tremendous
amount of reflection on the real needs and appropriateness of such.
We must also remember that the majority of the human population is
not yet "on-line" and are in danger of being left off to
the side of the information autobahn.
In our Spiritan Provincial Chapter
of 1997, it was proposed that we Spiritans should not find ourselves
left behind in such communications developments. Two months later,
the Spiritans of TransCanada had a modest little website, and we have
been on-line ever since.
Exploring this website, you will
discover our spirituality, our history, our present day missions and
works and you will be able to meet some of the Spiritans around the world.
We will continue to make the
website a friendly place to drop in and visit.
Spiritans on YouTube
YouTube, founded in 2005,
is a popular free video sharing web site which lets users from all
over the world upload, view, and share video clips on almost any
subject. It is one of the fastest growing and most popular web sites
today, especially among young people and draws about twenty million
visitors a month. The Spiritans
of the TransCanada Province
have an account on YouTube
and hope to regularly upload interesting and relevant video clips.
Welcome
to the site of the TransCanada Province of the Spiritans. We are a
Roman Catholic Religious Congregation of over three thousand members,
founded in 1703. Our missions are spread worldwide. While we may be
found involved in many diverse ministries, we have dedicated
ourselves to working with the poor and in those situations where the
Church has difficulty in finding ministers. We hope you enjoy your
visit to our site and that while browsing you will keep us in your
prayers. May God bless you.
