On March 7th/8th2020 the PFGM National Director team held their annual weekend at The Home of Compassion in Wellington.  Present at the weekend was  Brian Traynor CP, Gwen and Russ Winterscheidt from Brisbane PFGM, and representatives from each region around NZ. Prior to the weekend each region was asked to prepare a report using the […]

Christchurch Passionist Family Groups were recently gifted with a gloriously sunny Sunday to spend time clearing up a stretch of the estuary at South Brighton. As we gathered at lunch time, we began with a shared barbecue lunch and some pretty cool moves on a makeshift cricket pitch! Getting down to business, at first glance […]

We had a wonderful 25 years celebration weekend at Thomas More, Napier. At the evening gathering we lit our group candles and remembered our deceased members reading the Wairua reading followed by reading out the names of each person,  against Standing on the Shoulders song. This was followed by dinner. Sunday Fr Percy Kimble said […]

After the PFG weekend in Wellington in 2018 and in response to the 2017 Synod ‘Go you are sent to build community’ our Passionist Family group coordinators in Holy Family Parish in Nelson wanted to set up something that was ongoing and supported the broader Parish community. Initially our thoughts were to provide some help […]

Look at the edging of the very beautiful altar cloth in the photos.  It was crocheted by Patrick Hudson and then the edging sewn onto brocade fabric (sourced from America)  by a member of Patrick and Penny’s Passionist Family Group. When Father Brian Traynor was in Auckland for Formation Day on 8thJune, he stayed in […]

Over 50 people attended the formation morning held in Hastings.  The number of Hastings people who did not belong to a family group, but came along because Brian was taking the morning, was a direct result of his gift of preaching. Many had heard a homily given by Brian the weekend following the Christchurch shootings and […]

AUCKLAND FORMATION DAY – SATURDAY 8THJUNE 2019 About 35 of us from across 5 Auckland parishes (as well as 3 Auckland Companions and Paul and Linda Darbyshire) gathered at St Ignatius Parish, St Heliers to once again be inspired by Father Brian Traynor CP as he presented ‘From Strangers to Friends’.    This topic covered ‘Belonging, […]

Another inspiring and worthwhile afternoon was enjoyed by around 50 people on Saturday 11 May.  People from eight parishes in our diocese, plus our national coordinators from Wellington, joined together at Our Lady of Victories to explore the themes of ‘belonging’ and ‘teams’.   Fr Brian Traynor CP from Australia had intended leading the event […]

The whole of our Passionist Community and many friends were shocked to learn of the sudden death of Fr John Pearce CP on Sunday May 5th.  In the past couple of years, Fr John has been a member of the Passionist Community in Blenheim, New Zealand, where he was very content and happy. Previously, his […]

Our thoughts & prayers are with you at this very sad time all people of N.Z ..Stay strong..Madge & Bill Fitzgerald..St.Anthony,s ln the Field, Terry hills ,Sydney Australia.