LibGuides: The Spiritans: Research

Click on a link below to see all books and other materials in the online catalog, under that heading.

While the Congregation today uses the term "Spiritan" to refer to itself, the Library of Congress uses older terms to describe it. In the searches below, the term "Holy Ghost Fathers," an older American name for the Congrecgation, is used, as is "Congregation of the Holy Ghost," instead of "Congregation of the Holy Spirit."

On the Holy Ghost Fathers

On the Congregation of the Holy Ghost

On Well-Known Spiritans

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Search Tips

When searching the databases below, try these searches:

Spiritan* (in many journal databases, the asterisk tells the search engine to find both the singular and plural of the search term)
"Congregation of the Holy Spirit" (placing the string of search terms in double quotation marks forces some search engines to look for the exact phrases typed in)
"Congregation of the Holy Ghost"
"Holy Ghost Fathers"
The names of individual Spiritans