The Passionists of Holy Cross Province

The Love that Compels

First Profession of Passionist Vows

On August 15, the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, our Passionist Family gathered to gratefully witness the First Profession of Passionist Vows by our newest brother, Nicholas Divine. Our Provincial, Fr. Joe Moons, CP, received Nicholas’ vows.

Nicholas has now journeyed to our St. Vincent Strambi Community in Chicago to continue his seminary studies for priestly ordination at Catholic Theological Union.

When the video is finished, please scroll down to pray for Passionist Vocations and Religious Vocations throughout the world.

Prayer for Passionist Vocations
By: Fr. Randal Joyce, CP

Father, with hearts grateful for the past,
and looking to the future with trust in your providence
we pray for the needs of our Passionist Congregation.
With special urgency we pray for more companions.

May our lives and our places be lighthouses for others,
showing the way, glowing with welcome.
By Your Spirit within us may we be magnets of grace,
drawing others to join us in community.

We pray with Mary, the first Passionist,
we pray with St. Paul of the Cross
and all our Passionist saints.

We pray most of all in the name of Jesus, crucified and risen.

Amen.

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.”