Passionist Associates Meeting Jun 04

Passionist Associates Meeting Jun 04 The Passionist Associates from the Eastern Province hold their first ever province wide Associates meeting. Along with representatives from the Western Province, over 35 Associates gathered in June of 04 at the Bishop Malloy Retreat House , Jamaica NY Return to our Home Page
Fr. John Lee, Co-Moderator for Passionist Associates Program	Fr. Don Ware, Co-Moderator for Passionist Associates Program	Linda and Bill discuss the program with Fr Don
We Listen as others share	Sharing our faith with one another	Fr Rob provides an historical narrative of lay involvement with the Passionists
Groups present their expectations	Groups present what they want and don't want the Associates to be	Groups also present their concerns about being what a Associate is NOT
Groups present what they hope to gain or give from this new relationship	Palma and Anthony lift their voices in praise	We Praise God in Song
We pray together	Fr Terry, the Provincial shares some of his hopes for the Associates program	We sing !
We celebrate the Eucharist !	We serve as lectors !	Our vowed members lead us in song
The grotto calls us to reflection	A quiet spot to ponder about the future	A quiet beauty brings peace
A place of prayer	Is this a social animal or what ??? No it's Moose Wetzel	Sister Joan(right) talks about her trip to Transylvania
Irene shares with Dorothy about the Partner program in the Western Province	Ann & Angela want to know more about the Partner program	Ann receives an encouraging hug from longtime Partner Joannie
Jeanette shares with Sister Joan, about her recent trip to Haiti	Kevin gets some advice from Judy on how to celebrate another 27 years of marriange	Kevin & Carolyn share the joy of their wedding anniversary with the group
Nancy and Linda will be working to setup the Associates connectivity processes	Mary Ann relates her adventures with Commodore on the Queen Mary	Regina reflects the joy of being an Associate
Tim and Fr Don listen as Ms Inez shares about life in the West Indies	Joanie gets a hug of encouragement from Paul	Fr Ben and Bill discuss the progress of the meeting so far
Bill explains to Palma his thoughts on being an Associate	Fr Rob shares his thoughts on the meeting with Vice-Provincial, Fr Jerry	Tim tells the group about the Nashville phenomenon
Nancy and Moose discuss where to go from here	Bill listens to Mary Ann about her experiences	Jeanette shares what being an associate is with Anthony
Bud and Kay spend a moment in quiet prayer	Moose shares the plans of the Florida group to go on after Fr Raphael's untimely death	We get to know each other at a meal
We get to know each other at a meal	We get to know each other at a meal	We get to know each other at a meal
We get to know each other at a meal	Fr Don closes the conference with his thoughts and impressions.	As we leave we wonder how we can better join ourselves to the mystery of the Passion