Hispanic Heritage Month: Many Cultures, One Passionist Family
Fr. Mike Higgins, CP, reflects on Hispanic Heritage Month and the faith, culture and relationships that have enriched the Passionist Family across generations.
Reflections
Pause, pray, and reflect with insights inspired by the Passionist charism.
Keeping Our Eyes Open to Suffering
In the latest reflection in his Forming Conscience in Extraordinary Times series, Carl Middleton explores how the “numbing of conscience” can leave us feeling powerless in the face of suffering and offers the “4 Rs” as a practical path from moral distress to compassionate action.
Two Days at the Heart of Passionist Spirituality
September 14 and 15 hold special meaning for the Passionist Family. As we celebrate the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and Our Lady of Sorrows, Fr. Mike Higgins, CP, invites us to look again at the Cross as a sign of God’s boundless love and to stand with Mary, whose faithful presence reminds us how to accompany those who suffer.
Six Sources for Forming Conscience During the Season of Creation
In the second of his series Forming Conscience in Extraordinary Times, Carl Middleton explores how Scripture, Church teaching, science, prayer, sincerity and the common good can help us discern how we are called to respond to creation.
Living Water in a Thirsty World
In the first reflection in his new series, Forming Conscience in Extraordinary Times, Carl Middleton considers the Season of Creation theme, “Living Water,” connecting Ezekiel’s vision of hope and healing with the realities of drought, water shortages and a changing landscape in Colorado.
Blessed Dominic Barberi: Trusting God’s Call
In this reflection, Fr. Mike Higgins, C.P., looks to the life of Blessed Dominic Barberi as a reminder to trust God’s call, persevere through seasons of waiting and build bridges of faith and unity.
Water, Our Oldest Intimacy
This reflection by Fr. Johnson Emmanuel, CP, invites us to rediscover water as our oldest intimacy, a sacred gift that carries life, reveals God’s presence and calls us to protect the waters that sustain us.
Living Water: 7 Inspiring Scripture Stories About Water
Follow the current of “Living Water” through Scripture and discover how God’s gift of water invites us into deeper gratitude, trust, connection and care for all creation.
The Grace of Retreat Ministry
Fr. Mike Higgins, CP, reflects on the importance of retreat ministry as a place where the Passionists welcome people into prayer, help them encounter God in the realities of their lives and create space to listen.
The Cross Is Never the End of the Story
Fr. Mike Higgins, CP, reflects how the Assumption of Mary invites us to follow Mary’s example of trust, finding hope in God’s loving presence through life’s sorrows and believing that the Cross is never the end of the story.