The Passionists of Holy Cross Province

The Love that Compels

Day of Reflection on Bereavement

Day of Reflection_bereavementTuesday, September 15, 2015
9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

On the occasion of the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, chief patroness of the Congregation of the Passion, Holy Name Passionist Retreat Center is hosting a day of reflection on bereavement. The topic will be approached from the psychological, human and faith perspectives.

Speakers will be psychologist Dr. Laura Jeffries and three friends of the Retreat Center, Mrs. Kate Mimms, Mrs. Karla Goudet, and Mr. Bob DeBesse, who will share their personal experience of loss.

Join us as we pray and share on this day with a topic that affects us all.

The suggested offering for the day is $40 which includes breakfast pastries, coffee and lunch. The day will end with the celebration of Mass.

Register online, or download and print the registration form: 2015 Day of Bereavement

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.”