The Passionists of Holy Cross Province

The Love that Compels

Passionist Links

John SchorkPassionists serve throughout the world.  This list of links is just a sampling of U.S. and worldwide Passionist ministries and resources.

General Curia, Rome (English)

Holy Cross Province, Office of Mission Effectiveness

Passionist Blog and Resource Materials

Passionist Missions

Passionists International, the Passionist NGO at the United Nations

North American Passionist JPIC

International Passionist JPIC

Passionist Volunteers

St. Paul of the Cross Province, U.S.

St. Paul of the Cross Province, Historical Archives

Passionist Publications, Union City, New Jersey, USA.

Passionist Nuns, St. Joseph Monastery and Guest House, Whitesville, Kentucky.

The Sunday Mass, a televised Sunday Mass from New York.

Passionist International Resource Page, a listing of more links to Passionist and other religious websites.

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.”