Canonization of Saint Charles of Mount Argus CP

Charles of Mount Argus was proclaimed a Saint by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome on 3 June 2007.

PRAYER FOR THE INTERCESSION OF ST CHARLES

Heavenly Father, you filled St Charles with your Holy Spirit. In love with Christ Crucified he spent his life in prayer at the foot of the Cross. From the Cross, he went forth to bring Good News to the poor, healing to the sick and dying, forgiveness to the sinner.

Look now on your people who cry to you. Through the intercession of St Charles, give us the graces we need. Heal our aches and pains, our hurts and wounds, our anxieties and bad memories. Free us from depression, habits of sin and all evil. Strengthen our faith, deepen our hope and increase our love.

We make this prayer through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Passionist Family Group Movement

The Passionist Family Group Movement is an international organisation, which was founded in 1973 by Father Peter McGrath CP in the parish of St. Anthony in the Fields, Terrey Hills, Sydney Australia. Since then, it has grown from those very humble beginnings to an important part of community life in over 400 parishes in six countries. The Movement is Ecumenical and continues to grow.

The aim of the Movement is to build Christian community through the development of extended families. With loneliness and isolation so prevalent in our society, there is a genuine need for people to know and support each other. Family Groups create an extended family atmosphere within the community and are open to everyone.

Our focus is on people caring for, loving and accepting each other just as they are and, in so doing, building up the Christian community. A Family Group is very human in the deepest sense of the word. The faith level of Family Groups runs deep.

"Matters of the Heart" - Our faith is to be human with each other, to love each other, warts and all. In these very difficult times that confront us, the world needs, more than ever, to return to the values of the family.

Father Peter McGrath CP
Founder
For more information visit:  http://www.pfgm.org


The Passionist Family Group Movement can give us the strength and courage to live as followers of Christ. For details about the Passionist Family Group Movement in St. Joseph's Parish, Hobart, contact Maureen & Michael Ball on 6223 8373 or contact the Parish Office.

The four Family Groups in the Parish each have a separate activity each month. Please check with your group leaders for times and places if necessary.

The Passionists Insignia

The special insignia of the Passionists is the "Sign", the heart-shaped emblem you see on this page. It catches, in an image, the meaning of being Passionist. 

In the middle of the emblem are the Words, Jesu XPI Passio. Written in Greek and Latin, the languages of the early Church, those words mean: "the Passion of Jesus Christ," (The three nails at the bottom and the cross at the top remind us symbolically of His suffering and death.)