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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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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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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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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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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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 […]
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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 […]
Read More20 years is a long time to belong to the same parish group, but for many members of Mosgiel’s Passionist Family Groups, it has been 20 years of sharing the ups and downs of life. Members have become like an extended family to one another and would find it hard to imagine it being any […]
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