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 […]

  Passionist Family members from Palmerston North, Wanganui and Taranaki gathered once again at the Diocesan Centre to hear Fr Brian Traynor present on Ageing, Modern Marriage, Conscience and Decision Making and Pope Francis’ Encyclical Amoris Laetitia, The Joy of Love. The presentations were very informative giving us much to reflect on both from an […]

The 2017 PFG Formation Day for the Hawkes Bay region was held on Sunday May 7th at the St Peter Chanel Hall, Hastings and was attended by approximately seventy people. The presenter was Fr Brian Traynor. The topics covered were modern marriage, ageing, and Conscience and moral decision-making.  Many thought provoking ideas were presented and […]

In early March, Passionist Family Group people from parishes all around Christchurch and from Ashburton gathered at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Sumner for a day of learning, formation and discussion. The presenter was a Passionist priest from Melbourne, Fr. Brian Traynor, CP. His topical subject matter was divided into three sections : (1) […]

On Wellington Anniversary Weekend 2017, the Pedley Passionist Family Group from Palmerston North headed off for the bustling metropolis of Eketahuna. We had some great time together, doing bush walks, sleeping in tents and having a campfire! We shared Mass with the Catholic Community at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Eketahuna. It was a […]

  The Monica Family Group members came to Invercargill to attend further education opportunities at the Southland Institute of Technology (SIT). The family group is made up of peoples from the Indonesia region. This group consists of married couples and their children and young single people who have met through both their faith and education. […]

In August at St Theresa’s Parish in Plimmerton, a very special celebration was amalgamated into the Sunday Mass. The Passionist Family Group Movement has been active in New Zealand since the little parish of Paeroa invited the Passionists into their midst in 1988. It has continued to grow to a point where, at its height, […]

Recently St Mary’s Hokitika celebrated their first year of Passionist Family Groups. There are two groups named Totara Tribe and Tui Troupe. The groups brought food to go to the Food Bank. Mass was celebrated and Welcome to the Family was the entrance hymn. Some of the comments about Passionist Family Groups after Mass were: “We […]