Dear Passionist Family Group members and friends, Well, some welcoming news from the PM this morning and while some will be relieved and excited others will be reserved and cautious. On balance, this is the fickle nature of humanity where we can never seemingly rest in the middle zone. As reported previously, I have been […]

Dear Passionist Family Groups members and friends, This past week I have been to Nelson, Moteuka and departed before the Omicron was announced as active and I moved onto Christchurch and then travelled to Ashburton, Dunedin and Invercargill and meet with PFG’s parish and groups coordinators. On my way back from Invercargill to Christchurch I […]

Dear PFG members and friends, Where do the weeks go? I cannot believe that half of January 2022 is already behind us. I hope this continues to find you well and that you have all had some rest and recuperation as we prepare for another year. Currently, we are witnessing albeit slowly  the devastation in […]

Morena/Good morning to all our Passionist Family Group members and friends, “Creating a People” by Richard Rohr Father Richard emphasizes that to live the gospel, we need each other: The Body of Christ, the spiritual family, is God’s strategy. It is both medium and message. It is both beginning and end: “May they all be […]

Morena/Good morning Passionist Family Group members and friends, It is almost unbelievable that we are now well and truly in the first week of a New Year. Many of you will be or have had the opportunity to recharge your batteries while some will still be regretting the situation where seeing loved ones or having […]

Good morning, Morena, to our Passionist Family Group members and friends, Recently, Passionist Provincial Fr Thomas McDonough CP wrote: “Our parish in Marlborough, New Zealand, which, sadly, we must leave soon, captures the work of confidence and love beautifully in this quote in our last Passionist Parish bulletin:”  When the song of the angels is […]

Merry Christmas; Meri Kirihimete ; Bon Natale; Maligayang Pasko; ਮੇਰੀ ਕਰਿਸਮਸ Mērī karisamasa; manuia le Kirisimasi; क्रिसमस की बधाई krisamas kee badhaee; Giáng sinh vui vẻ; joyeux Noël ; καλά Χριστούγεννα kalá Christoúgenna; felice navi da – to all our Passionist Family Group members and friends,   Good afternoon and hoping this past week has been kind to you […]

These pics are our PFG Noah group Christmas get together, with a variety of nationalities: Columbian family, Filpino, Dutch, South Korea, Singapore, missing our Indian families, a noticeable loss of our dearly loved foundation members. Dot Wilson – Invercargill