The Passionists of Holy Cross Province

The Love that Compels

National Vocation Awareness Week

Dear Friends,

Along with our Provincial, Fr. Joe Moons, CP, I invite you to join in promoting vocations to our Passionist Family during National Vocation Awareness Week, November 7 to 13, 2021.

Inaugurated by the U.S. bishops in 1976, this is an annual, week-long celebration of the Catholic Church in the United States, dedicated to promoting vocations to ordained ministry and consecrated life through prayer and education – plus renewing our prayerful support of those considering one of these special vocations.

We invite you to join us in:

  • A Novena for Vocations. 
  • A live-streamed celebration of Mass for Passionist Vocations on Monday, November 15, 2021, and available on YouTube broadcast at 1:00 p.m., EST.  This Mass will be celebrated in our Passionist Community chapel in Chicago.
  • We have created vocation flyers, videos, prayers, vocation stories and suggested everyday activities to promote vocation awareness. Examples include reaching out to younger women and men who show a growing faith and a spirit of love and service, plus providing a word of encouragement to priests and religious you know.
  • We will also promote National Vocation Awareness Week via email and social media.

Vocation Resources

English
Novena
Prayer Service
Flyer
Prayer card
Brochure
Poster

Spanish
Prayer Card
Brochure
Poster

Video
Meet our Seminarians

Vocation Voices
Br. Larry Finn, CP
Fr. Cedric Pisegna, CP
Fr. John Schork, CP

Thank you for being part of our Passionist Family!  I am eager to be of assistance to you as we share the vitality of our Passionist Charism.  As always, “May the Passion of Jesus Christ be always in our hearts!”

Fr. John Schork, CP
Province Vocation Director
Email:  [email protected]
Cell:  502-544-7808

 

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.”