The Passionists of Holy Cross Province

The Love that Compels

Documents

Letters to the Community

September 14, 2015 Update following community presentation
May 30, 2014 Update to neighbors
April 15, 2014 Update to neighbors: Commitments to Community
January 23, 2014 Update to neighbors
December 2, 2013 Update to neighbors
November 19, 2013 Letter to neighbors

Communications to City Council

September 22, 2015 Statement by Cam Thornton
July 8, 2014 Statement by Cam Thornton
June 3, 2014 Email from Father Michael Higgins to City Council

Media

May 30, 2014 Press Statement on Recent Mischaracterizations

Outreach PowerPoint

2015 Community Update 2015 Community Update Video

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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.”