Back row: Maria Archer, Neville Sowry, Fr Seph Pijfers PP, Paul Traynor, John Butchard Front row: Nicky Sowry, Doug Pirc, Jerri Pirc, Catherine Butchard, Philip Archer Maria and Philip Archer – Parish Coordinators Our Lady of the Bays Richmond/Tasman – stepping down ‘thank you’ gathering Friday December 3 at Stoke Church meeting room. A big […]

Morena/Good morning, Team Well, another week passes but this one is full of expectation and joy. The Auckland border opens on the 15th of December. Some will be fearful of this but if we keep our heads and hearts in the right place we can do this. I cannot but feel joyous for our Auckalnd […]

Good afternoon, Team The second Sunday of Advent and yesterday I read, Fr Brian Glesson’s reflection for this Sunday. He writes a reflection one each week. Brian,  is a Passionist in Sydney. His words this week captured me and encouraged me to share some of his wonderful insights. He says: “In today’s readings, four messengers […]

Morena, (Good morning), to all our PFG Team and friends, Change is in the air and with that comes some relief so families can reconnect with family and friends. We understand that it has been a very testing time and people are just wanting to get back to how life was. That said, I am […]

Hi to all our Passionist Team,   I hope this finds you with more hope and promise as changes around the country are being sent out and we are all asked to prepare. This preparation is easier for some than others. We are see the spread of the virus – six regions are now reporting […]

Good afternoon PFG Team across Aotearoa and Oz, After returning from Christchurch I can’t believe the weather I came back to– sunny and 26 degrees. Well, I have come back to earth as the forecast is rain until, next Wednesday. Such is life! We had a very successful time with catching up with Mid Canterbury […]

Dear Friends and PFG Team, Another week has passed and there are expectations for some changes for Auckland and Waikato, a sort of loosening up of restrictions. Not sure how it is going to go but from the people having close to 11 weeks in lockdown I am sure it is a relief and will […]

Recently, when speaking to Christchurch North parish about the possible relaunch of Passionist Family Groups  in 2022 and a week later speaking at the masses in Ashburton where they too are looking to relaunch in early 2022. I decided to share this spirit of ‘Ubuntu’ which I initially read in an article by Dr Michael […]

Here is Pat Jonas with some of her Passionist Family Group members. This is one of the groups in the St Peter Chanel Community of Catholic Parish of Hastings.  They had morning tea to celebrate her 100th birthday . A very Happy Birthday, Pat.  Not too many people can say they’ve celebrated a double 0 […]

PFGM Regional Representatives,  PFGM Trustees (NZ), Brian Traynor CP via zoom and significant others in the 33 years history of the Movement in New Zealand met together at the Home of Compassion in Wellington for the weekend of 19/20 July 2021. Passionist Family Groups in New Zealand have been built around teams of people who […]