Over Waitangi weekend, the Pedley Passionist Family Group from Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Palmerston North took off over the hill to Eketahuna Camping Ground.  Over the weekend 44 people came and went. A weekend away is a fantastic time for family group members to bond and get to know each other better,  through […]

The Nguyen family Anton, Lucy, Jack and Ben came to NZ from Vietnam, and they are members of the Noah Passionist Family Group at St Mary’s Basilica in Invercargill. When Ben was preparing for confirmation he asked Dot from his Passionist Family Group to be his sponsor. The photos tell the story of Ben’s special […]

Palmerston North’s City Wide Passionist Family Group recently celebrated their 1st Anniversary. The groups members gathered in a home for the occasion,  celebrating Mass together with Bishop Emeritus Peter Cullinane.  

Family Group Members from around the world have contributed to the Mass.  The link to the Mass is:  https://vimeo.com/414186494 The Passionist Family Group Movement is a major ministry of the Passionists Holy Spirit Province and it has certainly been a major ministry of mine for 35 years. At a time when people are talking so […]

Mixed 4’s PFG from Wellington South. We gathered those of us who could, by zoom and shared our Great Grandfathers, Grandfathers and Dad’s cherished war memorabilia and stories. We also had watercolours painted of Poppies,  and the children showed us their homemade poppies they had made for their windows at home. As we all are […]

By Ireen Crossan – Parish of New Plymouth Good morning Family Group Today, Good Friday, we would usually be with Janice and Lindsay enjoying Hot Cross buns. Instead we are confined to our little bubbles, perhaps enjoying supermarket hot cross buns. Its Easter. It’s different but it’s the same. I thought perhaps Family Group members […]

Dr John Barletta (Counselling, Consulting and Clinical Psychologist – Queensland)  1. Stick to a routine. Go to sleep and wake up at a reasonable time, write a schedule that is varied and includes time for work as well as self-care. 2. Dress for the social life you want, not the social life you have. Get showered and […]

This afternoon our PFG group got together via Zoom for a virtual get-together.  It was lovely to see each other and catch up on all the news. Our PFG’s phone tree is working well, thank you for the suggestion. Attached is a screen shot of our group who made it to the Zoom gathering  but […]

 Fr Patrick Bridgman, Liturgy Adviser Archdiocese of Wellington.  Holy Thursday  During the day we could prepare a prayer focus in the house with a bowl of water and a plate with a cup/glass. (That, again, could be an activity if there are children in the house).  In the evening at table, before or after the […]

Since the cessation of Sunday Masses, I have been sending to my own Passionist Family Group, each Sunday Liturgy which I use in conjunction with my Mass Book. I choose this for these reasons: – I do not have sufficient data to watch Masses live from the various online media sources – I can do […]