Observances & Celebrations
Events
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All Saints’ Day
November 1 honors all holy men and women, known and unknown, who now live in God’s eternal embrace.
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Feast of Blessed Pio Campidelli, CP, seminarian
Feast DayA young Passionist whose joyful holiness and embrace of illness showed his deep love for Christ crucified.
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Feast of Blessed Eugene Bossilkov, CP, bishop & martyr
Feast DayA Passionist bishop executed for his faith under communist persecution in Bulgaria, canonized as a witness to truth.
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Feast of Blessed Grimoaldo Santamaria, CP, seminarian
Feast DayA holy young Passionist seminarian known for his fervent love of prayer, purity, and the Passion of Jesus.
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Feast of the Immaculate Conception
December 8 honors Mary, conceived without sin, chosen to be the pure vessel of our Savior.
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Feast of Blessed Bernard Mary Silvestrelli, CP, priest
Feast DayA reformer and Superior General of the Passionists, remembered for his wisdom, holiness, and leadership.
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Christmas
The joyous celebration of the birth of Jesus, the Word made flesh, who came to dwell among us in love and humility.
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The Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God
Celebrated on January 1, this solemnity honors Mary’s role as the mother of Jesus, and thus the Mother of God. It invites us to begin the year in prayer, contemplating […]
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The Epiphany of the Lord, Solemnity
Celebrated on the Sunday after January 1, this feast remembers the Magi visiting Jesus, revealing Him as Savior to all nations.
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St. Paul of the Cross Birthday
PassionistJanuary 3 marks the birth of our founder, St. Paul of the Cross, who was born in 1694. We give thanks for his life and the gift of the Passionist charism he passed on to the Church.
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Feast of St. Charles Houben, CP, priest
Feast DayKnown as St. Charles of Mount Argus, this Passionist priest is remembered on January 5 for his healing ministry and deep compassion for the suffering. Read more about St. Charles […]
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Presentation of the Lord
Celebrated on February 2, this feast recalls Mary and Joseph presenting the infant Jesus in the temple, where He is proclaimed as light to the nations.