Holy Cross Province News April 2013 April Birthdays 3 Ray Sanchez Vimal Backiyaraj 5 Shaji Selvaraj 13 Roy Srampical 26 Simon Herbers 30 Junesh Vakkapadath Professions 18 John Hilgert Ordinations 6 Xavier Valiamparambil 11 Jose Kulangarathottiyil 13 Antony Arackal 15 Benson Valieveetil 17 David Colhour 18 Roy Srampical Thomas Anamattathil 21 Sugun Vilayilayyathu 22 Antony Chirammel Shaji Selvaraj 24 Paul Cherukoduth Biju Paliyath 25 Sebastian Konnully Pascal Cuthina 26 Fred Sucher Dennis Murickanamkuzhiyil 27 Donald Senior Alan Phillip Jorge Stanfield Phil Paxton Tomy Kanjirathinkal Junesh Vakkapadath 28 Ron Corl Eric Meyer 30 Louis Stanislaus Giuseppe Barbieri Updates... • Visitation for Immaculate Conception Community in Chicago will be April 8-10, and for St. Vincent Strambi Community April 23-25. • The Provincial Council meets April 16-17, via Skype. • The India Vicariate Congress is April 29-May 4. Don Webber, Mike Higgins, Art Carrillo, Chris Gibson, Jim Strommer and Joe Moons will travel to India for the Congress. Please keep our Passionists in India in your prayers as they become a Vice-Province. • Robin Ryan, St. Paul of the Cross Province, and Mark Francis, CSV, have emerged as the two finalists in the selection to succeed Don Senior as president of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. • Please keep Don Senior in your prayers as he undergoes physical therapy following knee surgery. • On March 16, 12 Members of Justin Bartoszek’s family gathered at the convent chapel of St. Turibius for Mass and Stations of the Cross, led by Sebastian MacDonald. • In Houston, 360 bicycle riders participated in a bike-a-thon to support Holy Name Passionist Retreat Center. The event raised $8,000 for “Cycling for Recovery.” April 8 6 The Annunciation of the Lord April 12 Glorious Wounds of Jesus LOOKING FORWARD... Think Spring!
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Passionist Institute for Spiritual Guides for the Spanish Speaking... Holy Name Passionist Retreat Center, Houston, Texas
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.
