Our Passionist Family Group, perhaps much like yours, is eclectic. We enjoy coming together and connecting, and for many this group is the only real point of connection with the church and its kaupapa. Covid blew up a number of enterprises across all sections of society. Church was not exempt. We have struggled to maintain […]

                                         Morena – Good morning, Listen, Israel: the Lord our God is the one Lord. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength. Let these […]

Passionist Family Groups Movement Aotearoa 2024 -2027 Planning and Consultation  Dear Passionist Family Group members, I am writing to you to seek your insights, comments and thoughts about the needs of our Movement over the next three years. The Trustees will be working with Fr. Brian Traynor CP (Passionist Advisor to NZ) and myself and […]

                                   Morena – Good morning, Clare and I arrived back Sunday October 6 and fortunately we had reasonable sleep on the plane which meant less impact from jet lag. In fact, I felt better than I did after the […]

Kia ora koutou, One of the great figures of Catholicism from the 19th Century is  Cardinal St John Henry Newman (1801 – 1890) whose feast day comes up on Wednesday, 9 October. Newman was an English theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet, ordained first as an Anglican priest and then later as a Catholic […]

Over 30 years ago we welcomed a refugee family into our Passionist Family Group, it wasn’t easy as they had no English & of course there were cultural differences. We got to know & love them as family and were asked to be Confirmation sponsors for their sons. The children grew & flew their nests, […]

Since Paul opted to put me first, and with carte blanche to change things, I have decided to use the KISS principle ..Keep It Short and Simple – so no Dad jokes this week! We have heard a lot lately on Jesus as the Bread of Life and the Cup of Salvation, his body and […]

Morena – Good morning, I have found some solace in the gospel this Sunday – a gospel that once again has mentioned those who are mystified by the words of Jesus…things like “I am the bread come down from heaven”, “to have seen me is to see the father”, “no one comes to the Father […]

  Morena – Good morning, Another week passes and we continue to hear stories of violence, desperation, loss and the breakdown of trust amongst our people. The Olympics have given us some respite with stories of triumph, energy sapping struggles to forge ahead and not everyone wins a medal. But, the four years of effort […]

Morena – Good morning, Thanks to the stories we gather from our Passionist Family Groups which from time to time we tell with memories that are alive and tuned for laughter, care, love and forgiveness. It is appreciated how we all get in behind to support and encourage our faith communities. This work and example, […]