Become A Lay Spiritan

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Spiritan laity are a branch of the Spiritan tree.” (Torre d’Aguilha 11.2)

The Congregation of the Holy Spirit welcomes joyfully various forms of association, commitment, spiritual proximity and co- responsibility in mission with laity, young and old, men and women, celibates or married people.At recent General Chapters, the Congregation has recognized three main levels of relationship within the Spiritan family:

1. Spiritan Friends: organized groups that, in different ways, support our communities and collaborate in our mission.
2. Spiritan Fraternities: groups of lay people who feel attracted by the spirituality of our founders and our mission, and who come together for prayer, reflection and action.
3. Lay Spiritans, who feel a call to lead their whole life according to the Spiritan charism and show this by a deeper commitment within the Congregation. After a time of discernment and specific formation, they establish with the circumscription which welcomes them, a written Agreement (SRL 24.3; 246.1.19).