Congratulations

Auguri to the new Provincial of the Province of Our Lady of Sorrows (Naples, Italy), Father Enzo del Brocco. Father Enzo, seen in the centre of the photograph, was the General’s secretary until his election as Provincial Superior of the oldest province in the Passionist Congregation. The poor man had just arranged to begin his [...]

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passionistvocations.org

After much waiting, we are finally launching our province vocations website at www.passionistvocations.org. There are still a number of things to be added, ironed out, etc., but it’s good to have it available for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.
Meanwhile, I’ll be celebrating tomorrow’s Vocations Sunday with the (contemplative) Passionist Nuns at [...]

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Where am I?

I’m in Chicago, at Immaculate Conception Monastery, on my way (tomorrow) to Louisville, Kentucky, to give a retreat to some Passionists of Holy Cross Province and, after that, something else for the Passionist Nuns at Whitesville, Kentucky, with a visit to the Passionist Nuns at Erlanger on my way home, returning to Scotland on the [...]

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A Spring Day in Dublin

The sunlight was quite strong when I arrived at Mount Argus in the early afternoon, so the photos are a bit washed-out looking (Sorry, David!). I was there today for a meeting to discuss formation. A number of young men have asked to begin formation for the Passionist Life in our province later this year. [...]

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He is Risen

No, it’s not Saint Mungo’s. It’s the Easter Vigil at Saint Joseph’s Catholic Cathedral in Bucharest, built during the time of Bucharest’s first Catholic Archbishop, Ignatiius Paoli C.P., under the direction of Brother Alphonsus Zeegers who was also Clerk of Works for the building of Saint Mungo’s some years earlier and who is buried in [...]

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My yoke is easy and my burden light

Accipe, frater carissime, crucem Domini Nostri Jesus Christi; abnega temetipsum, ut habeas partem cum illo in vitam aeternam. Riminiscere frequenter te esse indutum in memoriam Passionis, et Mortis Christi Domini. Receive, dearest brother, the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; deny yourself, that you may share with him in eternal life. Remember often that you [...]

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Happy Birthday

Congratulations to my classmate, Father Patrick Duffy c.p., who enters a new decade today. Here he is, between Father Martin Coffey and myself, at our Silver Jubilee Mass in Mount Argus in 2005. Father Pat spent many years working in religious formation in Ireland and in Africa. He is a member of our community at [...]

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