In whatever grief is arising for you this week, we invite you to take refuge in your senses with this music:
Lent
Monday of the First Week of Lent
This week's reflection question in our virtual Grief and Grace retreat is, "What are you grieving?"
First Sunday of Lent
Our reflection question for this week of our Grief and Grace Lenten retreat is: What are you grieving?
Fr. Alex Steinmiller, C.P., the founder of Life Directions and a member of the Passionist Community in Detroit, Michigan, shares his experience.
Saturday After Ash Wednesday
Friday After Ash Wednesday
Thursday After Ash Wednesday
In a challenging podcast conversation with Kyle Kramer, Executive Director of the Passionist Earth and Spirit Center, Stephen Jenkinson reflects on the deep roots of our troubled times and on how rich and full human belonging – in one’s life, one’s culture, one’s place – means letting go of our drive for autonomy to embrace the beauty of our limits.
Click here to listen to the podcast.
Ash Wednesday
Amy Florian is a teacher and consultant working in Chicago. She holds a Master’s Degree and is a Fellow in Thanatology (the highest level of certification in the field of grief studies). For many years she has partnered with the Passionists. Visit Amy's website: http://www.corgenius.com/.
Sunday Before Ash Wednesday
In 2024, local Chinese Catholics in Yuanling, China dedicated this memorial marker to remember the 9 United States Passionists, 6 Sisters of Charity from Convent Station, New Jersey, 1 Grey Sister from Canada and 1 lay doctor from Germany. All gave their lives in service alongside the people in China for the sake of the Gospel.
This journey of Lent 2025 provides us the opportunity to recognize international grief. Who might you know: relative, friend, or person of the past? How might their memory enable us to live with grace in the world of today?
May the Passion of Jesus Christ Be Always in Our Hearts. Father Rob Carbonneau, C.P., Ph.D., Historian, Passionist Congregation
[Passionist China Collection photo by R. Carbonneau 2004]