Caterina

Father Victor Hoagland has written a very fine reflection on one of my favourite saints. (Picture: Saint Catherine of Siena dictating the Dialogue)

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In paradisum

Father Fabiano Giorgini C.P., the man who knew more than anyone else in this world about the history of the Passionists and Saint Paul of the Cross, died today (28 April, formerly the Feast of Saint Paul of the Cross) at the age of seventy-nine. He wrote volumes 1 and 2/2 of the History of [...]

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Provincial Chapter

Photograph of the new Passionist house in Lourdes, taken from passionews
I will be leaving early tomorrow morning for the Chapter of the Province of Saint Michael (France) which opens in Lourdes on Sunday. I hope to have a quiet retreat/pilgrimage day on Saturday before people begin to arrive for the Chapter at which I [...]

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Profession in Bavaria

Father Anton of the Wounds of Christ (Anton Lässer) made his First Profession as a Passionist on April 4, 2008 at the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Schwarzenfeld, Bavaria. Father Anton, who is 46 years old and holds a doctorate in theology, was a diocesan priest in Austria for some years but was always [...]

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First Ukrainian Passionist Priest

On 30 March, the first Passionist priest from the Ukraine was ordained for the Province of the Assumption (Poland, Ukraine and the Czech Republic). Father Vitaliy Slobodian was ordained in the chapel of the Passionist house in Warsaw by Bishop Sławoj Leszek Głódź of the Diocese of Warszawa-Praga. Here are some pictures from the ordination.

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Catching Up

This week, I will be posting on some things I’ve wanted to highlight over the past quiet days.

First: Father Victor Hoagland C.P. has a new website and blog. Father Victor is always interested in finding new ways of communicating the Gospel. He was editor of Compassion magazine for many years and has produced a [...]

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Year of Vocation

Today the Catholic Church in Ireland launched a Year of Vocation which will run until the Fourth Sunday of Easter next year. The initiative is organised by a team representing Conference of Religious of Ireland, the Irish Bishops’ Conference, the Irish Missionary Union, St Joseph’s Young Priests Society, Vocations Ireland, the Knights of St Columbanus [...]

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Sitting down

We had a visitor from France today who said that she always looks forward to finding out what I’ve been doing during a blogging hiatus. This time, it’s not very exciting: I spent the first half moving around and the second half lying still. A series of Province-related meetings in Ireland was followed by a [...]

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