
Unity in Diversity
The Cultural and Racial Diversity Committee invites you to discover how our shared dignity, communion in diversity, and our missionary calling can help us build a more welcoming Church.
Inspired by the Passionist charism of solidarity and the dignity of all people, this section highlights our commitment to cultural and racial diversity—featuring actions, stories, and resources to support equity and inclusion in our communities.

The Cultural and Racial Diversity Committee invites you to discover how our shared dignity, communion in diversity, and our missionary calling can help us build a more welcoming Church.

Fr. Mike Higgins, CP, reflects on Hispanic Heritage Month and the faith, culture and relationships that have enriched the Passionist Family across generations.

Throughout its history, the Church has called us to embrace cultural and racial diversity and to build communities where people of every background are welcomed, included and valued.

When we embrace the common good, we strengthen the social fabric of our families, neighborhoods and cities.

We, the Passionist provinces of Holy Cross and St. Paul of the Cross, together with the entire Passionist Solidarity Network, join our voices with all those who accompany and speak on behalf of the crucified of today.

The Passionists of Holy Cross Province have been engaged in ministry and education with Black families of the Birmingham, Alabama, area for nearly 90 years.

In this interview with Wyatt Goolsby of Guadalupe Radio Network, Fr. Robert Carbonneau, CP, reflects on Advent spirituality, the Passionist charism and how embracing suffering with compassion leads to healing and deeper joy as Christmas approaches.

Father Hugo Esparza, CP, offers a brief reflection on the Day of the Dead: altars at home, grateful memory and Christian hope. An invitation to let the light of Christ transform the darkness and uplift our lives.
There may be limits to the diversity that can be sustained in any group or institution, but there can be no limits on love. There are no limits on God’s love for us!

The Passionist Family of Holy Cross Province, counting on God’s grace, joyfully affirms, celebrates, and actively promotes cultural and racial diversity for the sake of honoring God’s intention from the very first moment of creation and for advancing the reign…