The Passionists of Holy Cross Province

The Love that Compels

New Seminary Chapel

Construction on the New Seminary Chapel in Kochin is Complete

The building of a new chapel in Kochin, India, on the site of our first Passionist mission which was founded during the 1980’s under the leadership of Fr. Walter Kaelin, C.P., has been completed. The chapel replaced an earlier structure that had decayed beyond restoration and could no longer be used safely.

The chapel grounds are part of Ashram JXP, the seminary which includes dormitories and classrooms for the 50 young men studying and living there currently. The chapel serves not only the Passionists and seminarians, but the local community of families as well. The chapel is octagonal in shape, and offers a quiet spiritual refuge amid the bustle of India’s life.

Make a donation to support our Passionist Mission in India.

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.”