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Welcome – St Patricks Parish Lincoln

UncategorizedPassionist Family
01
Dec 2017

After Fr Job came to the parish in July 2016, the Parish Council was encouraged to focus on a Pastoral Plan for the Parish with the help of the Diocesan Guidelines for Parish Councils.  As a couple of our Parish Council members had been involved in PFG in other parishes the idea of introducing them […]

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Passionist Family Groups re-launched at Pt Chevalier

UncategorizedPassionist Family
01
Dec 2017

After a time lapse of 18 years, Passionist Family groups are back at Pt. Chevalier, a small parish in central Auckland . On Sunday 26th November, the parish community saw the formation of 6 groups under the Co-ordination of a young and enthusiastic couple , Cara and Logan Stuart and their two young daughters. Over […]

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Passionist Companions Retreat

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01
Dec 2017

The weekend of 9-10 September was very cold and stormy in Auckland but inside Vaughan Park it was warm, gentle and calm as the Auckland Passionist Companions were holding their biennial retreat. This year it was led by Pat McIndoe CP, our very own Kiwi Passionist priest, kindly shared by his parishioners in Blenheim to […]

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Passionist Young Adults Retreat 2017 Explores Freedom

UncategorisedTim Darbyshire
06
Aug 2017

Reflections on the 2017 Passionist young adults retreat – Celia Kueh The 2017 Passionist young adults retreat was held on the weekend of 14 to 16 July 2017, at the Magnificat Retreat Centre near Lake Wairarapa. I found it to be a thoroughly worthwhile opportunity to allow time for reflection on self and our relationship […]

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Passionist Youth Retreat 2017 gets snow!!

UncategorisedTim Darbyshire
06
Aug 2017

The Passionist Youth Retreat held 10th-13th July 2017 at Camp Rangi Woods, facilitated by Jo McDade the Passionist Youth Retreat Co-ordinator from Brisbane, was truly one to remember. Waking up to shouts of delight and the cry of “snow!!!!” on the last day. Seeing the thick snow, encasing everything. Cars, trees, the pathway and the […]

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Wellington Formation Day

UncategorizedPassionist Family
27
Jun 2017

During the last weekend of April we held our annual PFG day. As always on the Friday we had a session in Waikanae for our PFG members living on the Kapiti Coast. The topics presented by Fr Brian Traynor – Ageing, Modern Marriage, Conscience and Decision making – very relevant topics for today and they […]

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Fr Brian Traynor CP introduces balloons and community.

UncategorizedPassionist Family
24
Jun 2017

On the morning of the 30th April Fr Brian Traynor CP celebrated the masses at St Joseph’s of Upper Hutt and what a wonderful celebration they both were! At the homily red balloons were given out to Parishioners of different age categories and those people were asked to stand at the front and introduce themselves […]

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Beginnings of Passionist Family Groups in Holy Family Parish in Nelson.

UncategorizedPassionist Family
24
Jun 2017

In April this year, an amazing one hundred and fifty people met in St Joseph’s school hall in Nelson. These people represented the 400 plus parishioners and their family members who had indicated an interest in becoming members at the inception of Passionist Family groups in the combined parishes of St Francis of Assisi Stoke, […]

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Kiwis both young and ‘young at heart’ attend the Passionist Institute in Melbourne

UncategorizedPassionist Family
20
Jun 2017

During the last weekend of May I was fortunate enough to attend the 2017 Passionist Institute, held at Holy Cross Centre in Templestowe, Victoria. I was one of 60 participants from all over ‘the Holy Spirit Province’: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam. Myself and Finbarr Reynolds, being part of the Passionist Youth […]

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Palmerston North Day with the Passionists

UncategorizedPassionist Family
22
May 2017

  Passionist Family members from Palmerston North, Wanganui and Taranaki gathered once again at the Diocesan Centre to hear Fr Brian Traynor present on Ageing, Modern Marriage, Conscience and Decision Making and Pope Francis’ Encyclical Amoris Laetitia, The Joy of Love. The presentations were very informative giving us much to reflect on both from an […]

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    Passionist Family Groups began in New Zealand in June 1988. Effective leaders across each diocese work with the Passionist Advisor, Fr Brian Traynor CP. Together they provide formation and resources to develop healthy leadership models within the movement. Family Groups support and encourage building community, giving people a sense of acceptance and belonging. Can anyone join? The answer is ‘Yes’ - Our motto is ‘A family for all’.
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