In 2024, local Chinese Catholics in Yuanling, China dedicated this memorial marker to remember the 9 United States Passionists, 6 Sisters of Charity from Convent Station, New Jersey, 1 Grey Sister from Canada and 1 lay doctor from Germany. All gave their lives in service alongside the people in China for the sake of the Gospel.
This journey of Lent 2025 provides us the opportunity to recognize international grief. Who might you know: relative, friend, or person of the past? How might their memory enable us to live with grace in the world of today?
May the Passion of Jesus Christ Be Always in Our Hearts. Father Rob Carbonneau, C.P., Ph.D., Historian, Passionist Congregation
[Passionist China Collection photo by R. Carbonneau 2004]