During the last weekend of April we held our annual PFG day. As always on the Friday we had a session in Waikanae for our PFG members living on the Kapiti Coast. The topics presented by Fr Brian Traynor – Ageing, Modern Marriage, Conscience and Decision making – very relevant topics for today and they […]

On the morning of the 30th April Fr Brian Traynor CP celebrated the masses at St Joseph’s of Upper Hutt and what a wonderful celebration they both were! At the homily red balloons were given out to Parishioners of different age categories and those people were asked to stand at the front and introduce themselves […]

In April this year, an amazing one hundred and fifty people met in St Joseph’s school hall in Nelson. These people represented the 400 plus parishioners and their family members who had indicated an interest in becoming members at the inception of Passionist Family groups in the combined parishes of St Francis of Assisi Stoke, […]

During the last weekend of May I was fortunate enough to attend the 2017 Passionist Institute, held at Holy Cross Centre in Templestowe, Victoria. I was one of 60 participants from all over ‘the Holy Spirit Province’: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam. Myself and Finbarr Reynolds, being part of the Passionist Youth […]