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Today and Tommorrow by David Bernie
In the August edition of the Marist Messenger Fr. Cahill wrote, “Like all families situations change and so it is with our Church family” He also made the comment, “A Parish should be our second family” I am taking these comments out of context purely because they raised the question in my mind, what is the relationship between the family at home and the Parish community?....read more» |
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| Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Waikanae PFG undertake trip south, including TranzAlpine Tour |
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| Christchurch “Interparish Bed & Breakfast” hosts enabled Trish & Terry Twomey, parishioners of Our Lady of Fatima parish in Waikanae, to organise a five day tour for a PFG. Blessed with great weather they departed Wellington/Christchurch early morning, uplifting their hired mini van at Christchurch airport. The tour included a drive in perfect weather through snow capped hills over the Dyers/Gebbies Pass for a fun day in Akaroa. Some of the group elected to take a cruise down to Scenery Nook, others taking advantage of local attractions.
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| Passionist Youth Experience to Melbourne & World Youth Day |
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| Five young people from the Wellington, Palmerston North, and Hamilton Diocese went to Melbourne with the Passionist Youth Experience. They were: Matt Sissons, Tim Darbyshire, Tori Prendergast, Nicholas Alsford and Daniel Kleinsman.
They were accompanied by chaperone Tereska Alsford.
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| A Family For All - The Story of Alice Robinson & A Challenge for other Family Groups |
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| Alice Robinson who is 93 years old holds Porshia Fernando who is 4 weeks old and of Sri Lankan decent on the day of her Baptism at Our Lady of Lourdes Church Palmerston North in August 2008. Alice also hosted a baby shower in her own home for Porshias Mother a month earlier. We think the Dorn Family may well have the oldest and youngest active members and we are very proud of that.
Can your family group better this!!!...read more» |
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| Paeroa 20th Anniversary Celebrations |
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| Another milestone of the Passionist Family Group Movement was celebrated in Paeroa today. We feel so lucky to have been involved in the celebrations!
We were at the Church by 8.15am for a 10.00amstart---we need a lot of prayers! After a while the people started to arrive….Clive and Frances (Regional Directors), Paul and Ellen Gavin (Regional Co-ordinators) and Rob and Lynn all arrived which we were rapt about. Other original members who now live out of town arrived (Adrienne and Willie Lynch, Mary Logie, people from Whangamata and Waihi. There were people everywhere and some of the locals couldn’t get into their usual seats..can you imagine that!...read more» |
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| Stories - Roseanne's Door |
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| Chris & Mary Pickett from Katikati submitted this wonderful story that tells of how a unique friendship developed and how this lead to them returning to the Church and becoming involved in the Passionist Family Group Movement. That experience, and the making of many more friendships through the Family Groups, have encouraged Chris & Mary to become Family Group co-ordinators. If you have a story you would like to share with others we encourage you to email to passionistnz@xtra.co.nz. Check out "Roseanne's Door" and other stories....read more» |
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| Auckland Formation Day 2008 |
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| Following our recent tradition in Auckland of trying something different for Formation Day, we chose Eden Gardens for our venue. These gardens have been established on the site of a disused quarry and feature a splendid collection of plants, shrubs and mature trees. A café on the site was an added bonus. We hired the café meeting room for our sessions plus its adjoining room for our light lunch....read more» |
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| Skills & Spirituality Wanganui 2008 |
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| On Saturday 17th May approx 50 people from New Plymouth to Palmerston North gathered for formation lead by Fr Brian Traynor CP. The theme was Weaving Families. Examples were given on people having fun, and from this how does each of us create more fun in our Family Group activities? Thereby giving ourselves and others the best possible experience. Fun is a way of each taking off their mask and revealing their true selves. This allows others to recognise and appreciate the gifts we have to offer....read more» |
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| St Joseph Parish in Fairfield, Hamilton joins Passionist Family Group Movement |
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| On Sunday 11 May Fr Kevin Hennessy CP from Melbourne concelebrated Mass with parish priest Fr Joseph Akkara at Fairfield for the introduction of Passionist Family Groups to the parish. The great response meant that two weeks later on 25 May five new family groups got together after Mass for their first meeting and planning sessions. Fr Joseph along with his assistant priests Fr Graeme Alexander and Fr Seejo Thandiackal are delighted at this opportunity to build real family community into the already dynamic parish....read more» |
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| Hamilton Diocese Skills & Spirituality Weekend – Waihi Beach 17/18 May 2008 |
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| Fr Kevin Hennessy led 54 people in the Skills & Spirituality formation weekend at Waihi Beach Community Hall. People were accommodated in various Waihi Beach houses generously made available. It was great to share with about 20 of these people who had their first experience of a Passionist Family Group weekend....read more» |
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| Wellington Formation Weekend - 10-11 May 2008 |
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| Fr Brian Traynor CP was in Wellinton on the weekend of 10-11 May for the annual formation time. The theme was “Weaving Families’ and the role of the leader in weaving relationships. The weekend was a great success with 95 participants from the four parishes in the Kapiti Coast attending a day session on Friday and approximately 65 from the Wellington region attending an afternoon/evening on the Saturday....read more» |
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| Christchurch Regional Weekend - April 2008 |
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| There was an excellent presentation on our role as Christians and our responsibilities, and what we can do, to protect the environment for our future generations. The programme was received enthusiastically by the PFGM members who attended and they left spiritually nourished and enriched with further skills to take back to their Family Group as well as their Parish and the wider community.....read more» |
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| Otago/Southland Regional Weekend - 14-16 March 2008 |
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| The South Island Formation weekends were held in Christchurch and Dunedin in Mar/April this year. The theme of the weekend was’ the weaver’. The programme followed how our relationships and our lives weave together and often follow the example of the early Christians.....read more» |
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| Handouts from 2008 Formation Weekends Now Online ....read more» |
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| St Pius X Parish, Katikati - 10th Anniversary |
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| St PiusX Parish, Katikati recently celebrated their 10th PFGM anniversary. At this celebration new Parish Co-ordinators were commissioned. Mary and Chris Picket are replacing Elizabeth Spriggings, who with her late husband, Brian, had carried this role for the past 5 years. Brian died 12 months ago, and Elizabeth has been supported in the role by other parish members.
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Downloadable Resources Now Online
New downloadable information sheets/booklets and forms have been added to the Resources section. These include The Whys & Hows of the PFGM, Group/Parish Coordinators information documents, general information brochure, a Spirituality of the PFGs document, and some suggested outings for Family Group activities....read more» |
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