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 […]
Read MoreBy 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 […]
Read MoreClick here to read Fr Joachim’s profile Auckland Fr Joachim met with the Auckland Parish Co-ordinators and Regional team over lunch on November 8th 2008 after arriving in Auckland for his first visit to New Zealand the previous evening. He was keen to meet the people, and hear how things were going for family groups in the […]
Read MoreThis beautiful artwork ‘Voyage of Discovery’ was created in pastel by Michael Pervan and gifted by him to the Passionist Family Group Movement of Aotearoa. This artwork truly represents what PFG’s in New Zealand are all about. Voyage of Discovery Maori travelled to Aotearoa New Zealand from Hawaiiki in canoes (te waka). Today, different tribes […]
Read MoreIn 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 […]
Read MoreChristchurch “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 […]
Read MoreThe following are some photos and stories from the five young people from the Wellington, Palmerston North, and Hamilton Diocese who went to Melbourne with the Passionist Youth Experience. They were: Nicholas Alsford and Daniel Kleinsman (Wellington), Matt Sissons, Tim Darbyshire (Palmerston North), and Tori Prendergast (Hamilton). In order left to right at back: Daniel, […]
Read MoreAlice 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 […]
Read MoreOn Sunday 8 September 2013 at 10am at the St Patrick’s Basilica a joyful Mass was celebrated to commemorate 20 years of Passionist Family Groups in the Dunedin South Pastoral Area. The Movement began in the Forbury Parish of St Bernadette’s in September 1993. This was the first Parish in the Dunedin Diocese to introduce […]
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