Recently the parish of Our Lady Star of the Sea Sumner (now Stella Maris Ferrymead) celebrated 22 years involvement in Passionist Family Groups. The first parish coordinators in 1993 were Joan and the late John Collins. Following Mass there was a shared morning tea and Julia and Bill Pringle parish coordinators cut the yummy cake […]
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Recently the parish of St Mary’s Invercargill Central celebrated their twentieth anniversary of Passionist Family Groups. It was lovely to be with the parish community, Fr. Chris O’Neill and the group leaders. On Saturday afternoon we heard the stories from the past and present, groups having fun, loving and supporting one another. Many felt the […]
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St Thomas More Parish Napier celebrated twenty years of Passionist Family Groups in the Parish on the weekend of the 2-3 August. Linda and Paul Darbyshire, the Diocesan Coordinators joined us for the weekend. On Saturday evening a dinner was held and was attended by over ninety people including Fr John Dykes who had been […]
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At Our Lady of Lourdes Palmerston North we celebrated 20 years of PFGs on 23rd March 2014 at the 10a.m. Mass. We had our banner displayed in the entrance and the Voyage of Discovery artworks was displayed near the altar. Linda Darbyshire gave a wonderful talk on what PFGs meant for her and Paul […]
Read MoreOn Sunday 8 September 2013 at 10am at the St Patrick’s Basilica a joyful Mass was celebrated to commemorate 20 years of Passionist Family Groups in the Dunedin South Pastoral Area. The Movement began in the Forbury Parish of St Bernadette’s in September 1993. This was the first Parish in the Dunedin Diocese to introduce […]
Read MoreOn Friday evening 28th June St Mary’s Parish, Paeroa celebrated the 25th Anniversary of Passionist Family Groups in the Parish. All original Group Coordinators were present (Pat O’Hara deceased) and a message was read our from Joan Simson who was unable to be there (Kevin deceased) Kevin and Joan were the original Parish Coordinators. Fr […]
Read MoreTaranaki PFGM formation was held in New Plymouth at St Josephs Parish on the evening of April 15th . A large group gathered to hear Fr Kevin Hennessy CP from Melbourne present sessions on Who am I? What do I find easy to share about myself and what is difficult? Accompanying Fr Kevin Hennessy were […]
Read MoreLinda Darbyshire (PNth Dio PFGM Director) and Palmerston North Diocese Bishop Charles Drennan. On March 19th 2013 Palmerston North Diocese new Bishop Charles Drennan was invited to sign and write a personal message on the Voyage of Discovery Artworks. Bishop Charles wrote: ‘May the work of the Passionist Family Groups continue to bear many fruits’. […]
Read MoreDuring June & July this year three Christchurch parishes celebrated their twentieth anniversaries. Holy Trinity parish Bryndwr had a Friday night gathering with the theme of “The Roaring Twenties ” An anniversary cake was cut by Ursula Corcoran and Bernie Renell both of whom were original group leaders. On Sunday the icon “The Voyage of […]
Read MoreOn Sunday 13th November 2011 our five Passionist Family Groups celebrated our 20 years Anniversary. We commenced with a thanksgiving Mass celebrated by our Parish Priest Fr. Vince Onesi. A member from each family group processed in with their family group banner and the lectors and ministers of the Eucharist for the day were all […]
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