Mission News

St Patrick's Father Seán Doggett has ministered in Grenada since 1983. In this short video, Fr Seán documents the devastation caused by the recent Hurricane Beryl in Carriacou, Grenada. Many churches, schools and homes have been destroyed and now the clean-up and rebuilding starts. Fr Seán Doggett - Hurricane Beryl 2024

Congratulations to Fathers Humphrey Wesonga Othieno and Vicar Emaze Obonyo who were ordained for St Patrick’s Missionary Society in St Patrick's Parish Kibomet in Kitale Diocese in Kenya on Saturday, June 1st. Congratulations to Fathers Jeremiah Bassey, Levi Uchenna Agwulonu, Joseph Jibrin, Stanley Wehere, Thomas Micheal Zegi, Emmanuel Barnabas Kumasuun, Anthony Ezenwankwo and Paul Asu who were ordained for St Patrick’s Missionary Society in in St Patrick’s Catholic Church, I

We celebrate and pray for ten of our young students who will be ordained missionary priests on Saturday, June 1st. Two will be ordained in Kenya and eight will be ordained in Nigeria. It is a moment of great joy for our Society as we welcome ten new brothers into our missionary family. We pray that they will bring gospel joy into the lives of those they will minister to. May they be blessed with long, happy and fulfilled lives as members of St Patrick’s Missionary Society.

St Patrick’s Fr Joseph Archibong (SPMS Media) interviews his Society brothers Fathers Hugo McBride, Tom Ryan, Seán Doggett, Kieran Birmingham, Frank Taylor and John Garry. Between them they have worked in Nigeria, Kenya, Sudan, South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, UK, Ireland and Grenada (West Indies). With over 300 years of missionary work between them, they have seen and experienced countries go through wars, famines, droughts, natural disasters and also, changes and developments

(Image: Crucifixion behind the altar in St Kizito’s Church, Chigoneka, Lilongwe, Malawi) Somehow, as Christians, our eyes are drawn instinctively to the Cross. But more so on Good Friday. We look to Jesus and the shadow of his cross with tearful eyes as we try to imagine the great suffering and pain he endured for us. We look to the cross with sadness, with sorrow, and with remorse. But we also look to the cross with confidence, with serenity and with hope. For just as the c

They say that “Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day!” Indeed, everyone seems to dress in green and celebrate regardless of nationality. As a Nigerian, even I can claim St. Patrick as a Patron Saint. However, it is easy to get caught up in the revelry and secularism and forget that St. Patrick’s Day is a Christian feast day, celebrating the life of St Patrick and the spreading of Christianity to Ireland and through missionary work to many other parts of Africa. As Christia

This year Fr Gabriel Dolan will host our St Patrick’s Eve Reflection and Prayer. With a short introduction by Fr Patrick Esekon, Fr Gabriel will reflect on his vocation and how St Patrick continues to inspire him today. We will pray for victims of trafficking and other intentions, recalling that St Patrick himself was a victim. The following link will be available from Friday, March 15th, 2024. Link: https://youtu.be/fLb6fM0VDO0

Today we remember the achievements of women. We also recognise the major obstacles that women face to achieve equal opportunities. Above all we celebrate the milestones in women’s rights and equality. St Joseph’s Parish, Kirikiri, is situated in Apapa, Nigeria, near the mouth of the Lagos lagoon. The parish supports Youth and Women Empowerment through the establishment of a computer school and a bakery. The bakery and the youth projects were initiated by Fr Patrick Esekon SPS

Father Vitalis Inyang is welcomed into his new mission in Maraã, Tefé, Brazil! In 2023 St Patrick’s Missionary Society officially announced the decision to open a new mission in the Amazon. The new mission would be in the Prelature of Tefé in the north of Brazil. It covers a massive area of 264,675 km² - roughly the size of Italy! With a population of about sixty thousand people, Tefé is the largest town and commercial centre of the middle Solimões region. Five Society me

St Patrick’s Missionary Fr Gabriel Dolan was honoured yesterday for his Human Rights work and received the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad. The award was presented to Gabriel by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins. The ceremony took place in in Áras an Uachtaráin, and was followed by a dinner hosted by the Tánaiste, with the Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, in Dublin Castle. Fr Gabriel is dedicated to uphol