Dear Passionist Family Group members and friends, It is a worrying time across the planet and there are a multitude of reactions and responses some positive and some very negative.  Those negative ones continue to get the most airplay and of those we have the horror and injustice facing Ukraine. It still astounds how the […]

National PFGM Meeting in Melbourne  4-6 March 2022                                From the left: Russell Winterscheidt; (Qld) (Gwen Winterscheidt – Absent due to dying pet); Mary and Dennis Morris (ACT, SA & National Coordinator) Brian Traynor (CP-Advisor); Paul Traynor (NZ) Michael and Frances Sullivan (Vic). On the screen from the left Trish Gurney and Celine Bowman (QLD) […]

Dear Passionist Family Group members and friends, I am currently in Broke, NSW preparing for my wife’s nephews wedding and then, onto Melbourne for a PFG meeting with our Aussie Team where we will be hosted by Brian Traynor (my brother) and the Passionists at Holy Cross, Templestowe. It is good to be in this […]

     Morena and greeting to all our Passionist Family Group Members and friends,        Well, I am home again after my journey through the Hamilton Diocese and I greatly appreciated the hospitality, warmth, friendship and honesty we shared at each meeting. It was great that so many took the chance to come out during this Covid […]

Dear Passionist Family Group members and friends, Another week passes and we have seen the polarising effect of Covid especially in the Wellington protests. The consideration of others has fallen away due to the self-entitlement that our cause be met front and centre. The impact on locals, their businesses and the blocking of streets plus […]

Good morning / Morena, to all our Passionist Group Family and friends, I hope this finds each of you doing well and feeling positive about your life, family, community and friends. The bite of omicron has yet to hit so let us remain in a positive frame of mind keep to the safety measures and […]

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 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 […]