The Passionists of Holy Cross Province

The Love that Compels

Passionist Magazine

The latest issue of our Passionist Magazine is now available online!

Spring 2022

Enjoy these extended interviews. All interviews were conducted by Mary Kay McPartlin of Faith Catholic publishing:

Father John Schork, CP
Father John Schork, C.P., shares his love of the Passionist Community
and so should you!

Annette Davis
Present for Love – Annette allows God to guide her joy

Brother Larry Finn, CP
Speak and Spread the Love – Brother Larry finds conversation
is a key tool in vocations

Richard Padilla
Answering God’s call is Richard’s True Vocation

Sister Maria Faustina, CP
‘My heart was completely set on the Lord.’
Sister Maria Faustina, CP, is a joyful Passionist.

Click here to read prior issues of the Passionist magazine.

Enjoy these extended interviews from our Fall 2021 Magazine:

Cristian Martinez Montalvo, CP
Hope is the heart of faith for Cristian Martinez Montalvo, CP.

Natalie Svistoonoff
Carrying hope and God’s love is part of Natalie’s Passionist Mission

Dr. Michael Cunningham, OFS
A continuous search for God’s grace leads Dr. Michael Cunningham to hope.

Ash Wednesday

On March 2, the Church celebrates Ash Wednesday. 

Most of us learned early in our Catholic lives that Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent, and that is a time of special sacrifice in preparation for the Easter celebration of Jesus’ Resurrection.

Dear brothers and sisters, every moment of our lives is a time for believing, hoping and loving…. These words of Pope Francis, taken from his Lenten Message of last year, 2021, and echoing the virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity, can still inspire our answer to the question: “What am I giving up for Lent?” 

We can draw our Lenten sacrifices out of our daily life: 

Share our faith in God’s presence by sharing in prayer with our family or with those in our parish community.
Share our hope in God’s promises by encouraging positive and respectful dialogue in our family circle and among our friends. 
Share the charity God has bestowed on us in the Passion of Jesus, with those whose sufferings are ignored or aggravated.

Let us pray for one another as we enter the season of Lent. Our Passionist “motto” can be our daily prayer during Lent, “May the Passion of Jesus Christ be always in our hearts.”