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. After much discernment this committee recommended the Passionist Family Group Movement as a good platform for St Mary’s, so on March 13th 2011 there began […]

The Passionist Family Group Movement are very keen to  promote our Young Passionist Family Groups that are proving very successful in St Heliers where we are trialling them. For some  Auckland Parishes it will be the way of the future. These new groups are different to our traditional Passionist Family Groups in that they are made up […]

Weekend Encounter Reflection I think we all have a fundamental desire to be spiritual, but it is often hard to find the time, in our busy and fast paced, demanding lives, to pursue this.  The Passionist Youth Weekend however, gave us this opportunity, as well as a chance to take a step back, retreat, relax, and re-evaluate […]

Some photos from the Palmerston North Diocese Formation Weekend held at Arataki in the Hawkes Bay         Photos from the Auckland Formation Day    Photos from the Hamilton (Bay of Plenty) Formation Day                 Out theme this year was:  Celebrating what’s right with the world In his song ‘Cootamundra Wattle’, Australian singer John Williamson says: […]

Kapiti This area is made up from the parishes of Waikanae, Paraparaumu, Otaki and Levin. Once again, we gathered around 11.00am in the foyer of Our Lady of Fatima in Waikanae. Fr Brian began with “The Ordinary Miracle” and invited us all to consider what is good and wonderful in our world, our lives and […]

By Pat Hudson, Our Lady Star of the Sea, Howick This is a follow up article to the story written by Penny & Pat Hudson titled “My Journey as a Passionist Family Group Member” When Penny come home from church one Saturday night and suggested we join a family group at Our Lady Star of the […]

On the 23rd and 24th of May the Passionist Family Group Australasian Directors meeting was held in Sydney. Clive and Frances Bleaken along with Paul and Linda Darbyshire attended as the New Zealand Representatives. They took this opportunity to acknowledge Fr Brian Traynor’s 21 years of PFG Ministry in Aotearoa. Messages from Rob & Lynn […]

This photo of Pearl Hadfield aged 92 at the Hurricanes versus the Stormers match at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington. Pearl (from Johnsonville Uniting Parish) said she had never been to a rugby match so our family group decided we should put that matter to right. We took her to the Hurricanes v Stormers – […]

Johnsonville Uniting Church is enjoying its 11th year in the Passionist Family Group Movement. With 74% of the congregation involved the pastoral care of the parish operates at a high level. Sts Peter and Paul – a short walk down the street, guided us into the PFG and now we enjoy a very special relationship […]

By Penny Hudson, Our Lady Star of the Sea, Howick In 1992 (or was it late 1991) we received some information about Passionist Family Groups at church, I guess to gauge the amount of interest in our Parish of Our Lady Star of the Sea. At that time I was fairly new to the Parish […]