Passionist Days of Importance
Events
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Feast of Blessed Pio Campidelli, CP, seminarian
PassionistA 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
PassionistA 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
PassionistA 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
Feast DayDecember 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
PassionistA reformer and Superior General of the Passionists, remembered for his wisdom, holiness, and leadership.
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Christmas
Feast DayThe 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
SolemnitiesCelebrated 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
SolemnitiesCelebrated 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
SolemnitiesCelebrated 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.
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Solemn Commemoration of the Passion, title feast of the Congregation
PassionistThis special Passionist feast, celebrated on the Friday before Ash Wednesday, focuses our hearts on the mystery of Christ’s suffering and love.