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- Join Us for Passionist Family Formation e-Learning July 13, 2023In September Holy Cross and St. Paul of the Cross Provinces will begin a third series of six presentations for our Passionist Family Formation e-Learning. The themes and presenters are listed below. All the presenters are well conversant in their specific subject. They will be of great support to us as we all strive to […]
- What Does it Mean to be Anti-Racist May 30, 2023Remember Amy Cooper, a white woman, who called the police on Christian Cooper, a black man who was bird watching in New York’s Central Park, because he asked her to put her dog on a leash. He videoed her saying “I’m going to tell them there’s an African American man threatening my life.” The video […]
- Title 42: The Plight of Those Seeking Help May 17, 2023Title 42 has come and gone. Much hype was made about the chaos to come after the lifting of Title 42. The fact is that for many years agencies and refugee centers have been feeling the pressure to service all of God’s people who come seeking help. With so many desperate to escape the horrors […]
- Why We May Actually Be Preparing for Chapter 2027 May 17, 2023By Pat Brennan, CP I would like to share with all of our Passionist Family, vowed and lay, a few thoughts that have been filling my mind and heart during these past months of preparation for the 36th Provincial Chapter. Much of our conversation has centered around very important and critical topics, all of which […]
- A World Without Trash or Garbage May 16, 2023How does the Ecological Conversion that Pope Francis calls us to play out in our mundane daily living? Like when we “take out the trash”? What IS trash? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary “trash” is “things that are no longer useful or wanted, and that have been thrown away; or useless waste or rejected matter.” […]
- Useful Words on Cultural and Racial Diversity May 16, 2023allyship The Rochester Racial Justice Toolkit describes allyship as "a lifelong process of building relationships based on trust, consistency, and accountability with marginalized individuals and/or groups of people." Being an ally means learning from and listening to marginalized groups, empowering them, advocating for them, and looking inward to recognize your own bias and privilege. […]
- Personal Reflection on the Major Themes of Holy Cross Province As We Approach the 36th Provincial Chapter May 3, 2023By David Colhour, C.P. I am curious. As you have aged, what has been the biggest surprise for you in a positive, wonderful way? I would invite you to think about this question beyond just changes in your physical body. Rather than aches, pains and diminishment, what has bloomed for you as you have aged […]
- Through Hell to Hope: Migrants Trying to Reach the USA May 2, 2023On September 23, 2022, my husband, my daughter and I decided to undertake a journey for a better future, for a better quality of life. We are from Venezuela, but had been living in Peru. Everything was going well when we started out in Peru, then Ecuador. Our nightmare began in Colombia. We entered into […]
- Join us for Walk with Us Thursdays! April 5, 2023The Chapter Planning Committee (CPC) invites you to join us for Walk With Us Thursdays to prepare for the communal discernment that will take place at our June 2023 Chapter. These conversations will be held via Zoom at 4:30 pm, PDT; 5:30 pm, MDT; 6:30 pm, CDT; 7:30 pm, EDT. We recognize that we all […]
- From the Cultural and Racial Diversity Committee April 5, 2023What is Systemic Racism? Today, racism continues to exist in our communities and in our parishes. Racism is what makes us see the "other" with suspicion or to attribute negative characteristics to an entire group of people. This evil manifests itself in our individual thoughts, and also in the workings of our society itself. Today's […]