Passionist Family Groups Established at St Mary's Parish in Blenheim

With the blessings of Fr Alan Roberts and the Parish Pastoral Council a nominated sub committee was set up to explore ways of supporting and encouraging a closer Parish Community.

The preliminary work done by Vicky Raw, Jock Cameron, Kevin Murphy and Judith Kerridge produced a very enthusiastic response.  They gave talks at Masses prior to the set up weekend and communicated regularly with written info to Parishioners on the How and Whys of Passionist Family Groups.  This made the role of the set up team Richard & Sue Gibbs from Wellington, Mary and Ray Firth from Nelson and Linda Darbyshire from Palmerston North very easy. 

After the Sunday Mass those that could, gathered for a shared lunch, after which the new PF groups were read out.  Each group gathered, introduced themselves to one another and shared a brief story. The groups each were inviting and enthusiastic in planning their next activities in which they have the opportunity to get to know each other better.