Thanks to the support from the Passionists Holy Spirit Province, in March Tim McDade from the Passionist Youth Retreat team in Brisbane spent a weekend in Palmerston North, New Zealand to meet and introduce 6 young keen kiwi adults to the Passionist retreat style and charism. All of the NZ young adults had previously attended […]
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On the weekend of 2-3 May Aileen and Murray Straight, Mary-Ellen and John Leen went over to the St Mary’s parish of Hokitika to launch Passionist Family Groups. Maria Lockington, who is the Parish Coordinator, had been part of a Passionist Family Groups when she was a young girl in Cambridge and wanted her fellow […]
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At Sunday Mass celebrated at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Palmerston North by Bishop Peter Cullinane and Parish Priest, Chris Martin Sm, Passionists Paul & Linda Darbyshire and Norma Bellamy were presented with the Cardinal Delargy Award for their work with Passionist Youth. This award, in honour of the late Cardinal Delarygy is presented to […]
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Passionist Family Groups have been an integral part of parish life at St. Peter’s in Beckenham for the past 18 years. Seven groups, each with 20-25 people and with ages ranging from children to seniors, meet once a month for a social gathering. Belying the purely social nature of the gathering is the bonding and […]
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On Saturday 30 August we held a “Sound Of Music” evening in the lecture theatre at Kavanagh College. We invited all the Dunedin and Mosgiel groups and their PP’s. We had a DVD with the words (karioki style) across a big screen and everyone sang with gusto! Some even dressed up for the occasion. There […]
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They say ‘You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink’. Well, from the 7th -10th July, 25 NZ youth aged 15-18 registered for the Passionist Youth Retreat which took place at Camp Rangi Woods with a program presented by Fr Ray Sanchez, with Erick Niriragira supporting. It is indeed a […]
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27 Young Adults took time out to spend time away from everyday life for a weekend from July 13-15th. They gathered at the Magnificat retreat centre in Featherston, to be part of a program presented by Fr Ray Sanchez from Brisbane. Ray lives his life from a suitcase whilst running missions around Australia and New Zealand, giving […]
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Pope Francis’s pastoral emphasis An inclusive God for an inclusive Church Pope Francis has frequently claimed that the purpose of the Church is more to proclaim God’s merciful love FOR ALL PEOPLE THAN TO CONDEMN SINNERS, especially those having to do with gender and sexual orientation. Again Francis said “God is in every person’s life. […]
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THE HOPE POPE At the end of March Fr Brian Traynor CP presented a session to approximately 40 parishioners of St Joesph’s Parish, New Plymouth, on the direction that Pope Francis I is leading the Church. In his writings, Pope Francis tells us that our Church needs to be a lively institution that emphasizes relationships […]
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