Earlier in the year the Holy Name Parish in Ashburton celebrated 20 years of Passionist Family Groups. At the end of Mass Louise McCrea, who with her husband Richie are the parish co-ordinators, spoke about the early days of Passionist Family Groups in the parish. Standing – Aileen Straight, Murray Straight, Richie McCrea, Fr Lito […]
Read MoreTaranaki PFGM formation was held in New Plymouth at St Josephs Parish on the evening of April 15th . A large group gathered to hear Fr Kevin Hennessy CP from Melbourne present sessions on Who am I? What do I find easy to share about myself and what is difficult? Accompanying Fr Kevin Hennessy were […]
Read MorePalmerston North annual Formation for family group leaders and members was held on Sunday April 14th at St Mary’s hall in Palmerston North. The day was facilitated by Fr Kevin Hennessy CP from Melbourne. Fr Kevin’s sessions are always delivered with humour and a sense of meeting each group where they are at. We pondered, […]
Read MoreThe Regional Team for the Wellington Diocese of the Passionist Family Group Movement were pleased to host the annual formation held at St Theresa’s Plimmerton on 20th April 2013. On Saturday we were blessed to spend a day of formation with Fr Kevin Hennessey CP from Melbourne Australia. Fr Kevin encouraged us to appreciate the […]
Read MoreLinda Darbyshire (PNth Dio PFGM Director) and Palmerston North Diocese Bishop Charles Drennan. On March 19th 2013 Palmerston North Diocese new Bishop Charles Drennan was invited to sign and write a personal message on the Voyage of Discovery Artworks. Bishop Charles wrote: ‘May the work of the Passionist Family Groups continue to bear many fruits’. […]
Read MoreDuring June & July this year three Christchurch parishes celebrated their twentieth anniversaries. Holy Trinity parish Bryndwr had a Friday night gathering with the theme of “The Roaring Twenties ” An anniversary cake was cut by Ursula Corcoran and Bernie Renell both of whom were original group leaders. On Sunday the icon “The Voyage of […]
Read MoreThis years training day, held at St Peter Chanel Hastings, was a little different in that we started with a Parish Mass. Our Parish priest Fr Vince Onesi is very pro family groups and when I told him Fr Brian Traynor CP was running the training day in our Parish Centre, he immediately invited Fr […]
Read MorePalmerston North region which incorporates 2 parishes in Palmerston North, and 1 each from the Feilding, Dannevirke and Wanganui Parishes was treated to another excellent annual training day in early May. We were blessed with Fr Brian Traynor’s presence and leadership There were 26 people attending and that included 2 who travelled from Wanganui and […]
Read MoreChristchurch Formation Weekend – 3 March 2012 This year the day was facilitated by Fr. Brian Traynor at the St Gregory’s Parish Centre and we were thrilled to have our National Director Lynn Hill with us for the weekend. It was a fantastic day and we were given plenty of encouragement to continue with […]
Read MoreFirst profession……. Erick Niyiragira 29th January, 2012. By Brian Traynor CP Civil war broke our in Burundi in 1993, when Erick Niyiragira was five years old and Erick, his mother Rose and three younger brothers made a hurried and frightened escape to Tanzania, where they spent the next twelve years in a refugee camp. They […]
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