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Holy Cross Province NewsApril 2013
April
Birthdays
3 RaySanchez VimalBackiyaraj5 ShajiSelvaraj13 RoySrampical26 SimonHerbers30 JuneshVakkapadath Professions
18 JohnHilgert
Ordinations
6 XavierValiamparambil11 JoseKulangarathottiyil13 AntonyArackal15 BensonValieveetil
17 DavidColhour18 RoySrampical ThomasAnamattathil
21 SugunVilayilayyathu22 AntonyChirammel
ShajiSelvaraj24 PaulCherukoduth BijuPaliyath25 SebastianKonnully PascalCuthina26 FredSucher
Dennis Murickanamkuzhiyil
27 DonaldSenior AlanPhillip JorgeStanfield PhilPaxton TomyKanjirathinkal
JuneshVakkapadath28 RonCorl EricMeyer30 LouisStanislaus GiuseppeBarbieri
Updates...• VisitationforImmaculateConceptionCommunityinChicagowillbe
April8-10,andforSt.VincentStrambiCommunityApril23-25.
• TheProvincialCouncilmeetsApril16-17,viaSkype.
• TheIndiaVicariateCongressisApril29-May4.DonWebber,MikeHiggins,ArtCarrillo,ChrisGibson,JimStrommerandJoeMoonswilltraveltoIndiafortheCongress.PleasekeepourPassionistsinIndiainyourprayersastheybecomeaVice-Province.
• RobinRyan,St.PauloftheCrossProvince,andMarkFrancis,CSV,haveemergedasthetwofinalistsintheselectiontosucceedDonSenioraspresidentofCatholicTheologicalUnioninChicago.
• PleasekeepDonSeniorinyourprayersasheundergoesphysicaltherapyfollowingkneesurgery.
• OnMarch16,12MembersofJustinBartoszek’sfamilygatheredattheconventchapelofSt.TuribiusforMassandStationsoftheCross,ledbySebastianMacDonald.
• InHouston,360bicycleridersparticipatedinabike-a-thontosupportHolyNamePassionistRetreatCenter.Theeventraised$8,000for“CyclingforRecovery.”
April 8 6TheAnnunciationoftheLord
April 12 GloriousWoundsofJesus
LOOKING FORWARD...
ThinkSpring!
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ThePassionistsofHolyCrossProvince
1420RenaissanceDrive,Ste.312ParkRidge,IL60068
SubmitnewstoClaireSmithcsmith@passionistmonastery.orgAddresschangestoLorettaCiesielski
Photo OpsVocations...
BlaiseCzajashowsoffhis“new”usedToyotaTacomatruckthatwillget
himtohismissionappealsaroundthecountry.
AngelaKwasinskiandClaireSmithwelcomedSonyKannanaikal,fromourPassionistsinIndia,whenhestoppedinatthe
ProvinceDevelopmentOfficeinParkRidge,Illinois,duringhisstay
intheU.S.
OnMarch24,inpartnershipwiththePassionistMexicanSistersfromCarpentersville,Illinois,ourfirstvocationsoutreachwasheldinSt.Charles,Illinois,to90youngadultretreatants.ChrisGibson,SonyKannanaikalfromIndia,andSisterEsperanzaReyeswerepresent.
DuringHolyWeek,sevenyoungmenattendedthe“CalledbyName”vocationretreatatHolyNamePas-sionistRetreatCenter.TheretreatwasconductedbyAl-fredoOcampo,KenO’MalleyandChrisGibson.Itwasagoodexperienceforeveryone.
NovicesAntonioAquino,GlennBisqueraandJuanGonzalez,alongwithJimStrommer,preparefortheirroadtripfromCitrusHeightsto
SierraMadre,California,wheretheyspentHolyWeekandEasterwiththeMaterDolorosaPassionistCommunityandRetreatCenter.
EasterDinnerwiththeMaterDolorosaCommunity:(l-r around the table):JimStrommer,MikeHoolahan,BrunoD’Souza,PatBrennan,JohnRockenbach,AlanPhillip,GlennBisqueraand
AntonioAquino.JuanGonzalezisbehindthecamera.
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Passionist Institute for Spiritual Guides for the Spanish Speaking... Holy Name Passionist Retreat Center, Houston, Texas
Congratulationstothe34graduateswhocompletedtheirfirstyearofthePassionistInstituteforSpiritualGuidesfortheSpanishSpeaking.UndertheleadershipofJoeCastro,theInstituteofferscertificationforFormationforSpiritualCompanionsinSpanish.
JoeCastroandJoeMoonscongratulateoneoftheInstitute’snewestgraduates.
Thegraduationclass.
Stations of the Cross at Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center...Sierra Madre, California
EveryyearonGoodFriday,morethan3,000peoplecomefromallovertoMaterDolorosaPassionistRetreatCenterinSierraMadre,California,toprayandwalktheStationsoftheCross.TheStationsoftheCrossatMaterDolorosaofferpilgrimsachancetowalkthesamedistancethatJesusdidashecarriedhiscrosstoCalvarytobecrucified.NestledinthefoothillsoftheSanGabrielmountains,MaterDolorosaprovidesthebeautyofnaturewiththequietpeacefoundwithinitssanctuary.
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Preaching Parish Missions in India...
(l-r)GiltusMathiasandJuneshVakkapadathpreachedparishmissionsinMumbaiandGoainIndia.ThisisthefirsttimeourIndianPassionistspreachedparishmissionsinIndia.
Pilgrimage to India...
In January, Joe Mitchell and Justin Nelson led a group on a pilgrimage to our Passionist Missions in India. As always, they were greeted with a “hearty welcome” by the people in villages where Passionist Missions are vibrant and full. The experience of being there, seeing the work of the Passionists and the goodness and spiritu-ality of the villagers remains a vital step in bringing our worlds a little closer together.