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26TH PROVINCIAL CHAPTER OF HOLY SPIRIT PROVINCE
This item by courtesy of The
Passionist Internet Bulletin - July 2007
The 26th Passionist Provincial Chapter of the Holy Spirit Province - Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea -
took place at Holy Cross, Templestowe (Melbourne) from 1st - 7th July 2007.
July 4th Thursday Day of Elections
After Morning Prayer, Fr. Clemente invited us to spend more time in prayer and discernment. Then as we reassembled he outlined to us the elections procedures and norms for majorities in the voting. In an atmosphere of prayer we proceeded to vote for those brothers who will lead us for the next four years. As each person was elected. Fr. General asked them if they would accept this responsibility for their brothers. When each had agreed, Fr. General confirmed them in office.
The results of the voting were as follows.
Provincial Superior: Fr. Joachim Rego cp
Consultors: Fr. Brian Traynor cp, Fr. Tiernan Doherty cp, Fr. David King cp, Fr. Tom McDonough cp
Delegate to an Extraordinary General Chapter Fr. Christpher Monaghan cp
Substitute Delegate Fr. Tom McDonough cp
Please join us in giving thanks to God for elections conducted in a great spirit of fraternity and prayer.
Fr. Ottaviano D’Egidio, C.P., the Superior General of the Passionists congratulating the new Provincial of Holy Spirit Province, Fr. Joachim Rego, C.P. after his election on Thursday, 5th July 2007
ANOTHER
PASSIONIST SAINT 
- On Sunday June 3rd Blessed Charles of Mt. Argus in Ireland
- was canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome.
- Follow these links:-
FATHER LEO FITZPATRICK CP
In
the early hours of the Feast of St. Leo the Great, the 10th of November,
while sleeping, Fr. Leo Fitzpatrick CP entered eternal life, aged 94 years.
Fr. Leo was born at Woollahra, NSW on April 13, 1912 and given the baptismal name of Lionel.
Lionel made his First Profession of Vows as a Passionist at Mary's Mount, Goulburn, NSW on May 31, 1936, having taken the religious
name of Leo.
Fr. Leo CP was ordained a priest in the Cathedral Church of St. Francis Xavier, Adelaide, SA on July 26, 1942.
On the day of Leo's death, our Provincial, Fr Denis Travers CP, wrote to the Passionist Family of Australia, Papua New Guinea and
New Zealand:
"After a period of frailty and illness Leo now is in God's own care and enjoys the rewards of his loving and generous life, a life spent
faithfully as a Passionist and gentle shepherd to God's people.
On this feast of St Leo the Great it is fitting that we hand over to God our own brother Leo, who over the course of his life was a leader
for us, a wise guide and formator, a sure preacher and fatherly presence in
the life of so many of us. Leo will be fondly remembered by countless men and women whom he had served most faithfully as a religious and
priest over these many years."
The First reading for the Feast of St Leo, the Great, is from the Old Testament Book of
Ecclesiasticus, Chapter 39. So much of that
reading is most appropriate to the life of Fr. Leo Fitzpatrick :
"It is the will of the great Lord, the scholar will be filled with the sprit of understanding, he will shower forth words of wisdom and in
prayer give thanks to the Lord. He will grow upright in purpose and learning, he will ponder the Lord's hidden mysteries. He will display
the instruction he has received, taking his pride in the law of the Lord's covenant."
The Masses of Thanksgiving for the Life and service of Fr. Leo were:-
Monday 13th November 7.pm - Vigil Mass at Holy Cross, Temmplestowe, Victoria, the Passionist community to which Leo belonged.
Tuesday 14th November 10.am - Mass of Thanksgiving at Nazareth House, Camberwell, Victoria, where Leo has been a resident these past few
years.
Wednesday 15th November 2. pm - Thanksgiving Mass of Christian Burial at
St Brigid's Passionist Church, Marrickville, New South Wales, followed by burial in the Passionist section of Rookwood Cemetery.
Fathers Ron Davoren and Kevin Hennessy represented the Glen Osmond community at the Thanksgiving Masses in Templestowe and Camberwell.
Father Brendan Connell and Brother Stan Tyler represented us at the Funeral of Fr. Leo in Sydney.
The responsorial psalm for the Feast of St. Leo the Great is: "The mouths of the just murmur wisdom."
Lionel Leo Fitzpatrick had the wisdom of the Cross on his lips and in heart in his long earthly life. May he now praise the Lord forever in
the happiness of eternal life.
45th GENERAL CHAPTER OF THE PASSIONIST CONGREGATION
LETTER OF FR. DENIS TRAVERS CP (PROVINCIAL) FROM THE GENERAL CHAPTER
(MS Word)
ELECTION OF FATHER DENIS TRAVERS CP
TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE PASSIONISTS
Father Denis Travers CP, Provincial of Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, has been elected First General Consultor of the Passionists.
The other members of the new General Council are Father Luis Alberto Cano CP (Spain), Fr Clemente Barron CP (USA) and Father Luigi Vaninetti CP (Italy).
Fathers Luis Alberto and Luigi were members of the previous General Council.
The General Council will assist the re-elected Father General, Father Ottaviano D'Egidio CP, in the leadership of the Passionists world wide and in the ongoing restructuring of the Order.
The General Chapter meeting in Rome decided to reduce the number of members of the General Council to four, a departure from the selection for the General Council from the Regional Conferences based on geographic groupings of Provinces and Vicariates of Italy, Spain and Portugal, Latin America, North America, Africa and Asia-Pacific.
Fr. Denis was born in Adelaide, the eldest of six children of the late Jim and Kath Travers. He was educated at St Anthony's Primary School in Edwardstown and Christian Brothers College, Wakefield St.
Father Denis has served in various leadership positions in the Province, including Community Leader and Director of the Retreat Centre at both Holy Cross, Templestowe, Victoria and the Monastery at Glen Osmond, South Australia. He has also been at various times Novice Master and Parish Priest of St Paul of the Cross, Glen Osmond.
In 1995 Father Denis was elected First Provincial Consultor and then in 1999 elected Provincial Superior, a leadership role he has held until the present time.
Since 2004, Father Denis has been a member of a three person Committee advising the Father General on the restructuring of the Order throughout the world.
The whole Passionist Family at Glen Osmond offers congratulations and prayerful support to Father Denis for his term of six years as General Consultor.More news about this at:-
SUPERIOR GENERAL RE-ELECTED
At the International General Chapter of the Passionist Congregation being held in Rome from 1st to 22nd October, Father Ottaviano D'Egidio has been re-elected for a second term of six years.
Father Ottaviano received two thirds of the votes of the 85 Chapter members from throughout the world on the second ballot.
Among the Chapter members are Fathers Jeff Foale, Denis Travers and Chris Monaghan from Australia and Father Philip Smith from Papua New Guinea.
With the whole Passionist Family, we congratulate Fr. Ottaviano and offer him our prayerful support in his leadership of the Passionists.
Death of Brother Cyril Sexton CP
Brother Cyril Sexton CP died peacefully in his sleep last Thursday 19th January 2006 after a short stay at Balmain Hospital in Sydney, New South Wales.
Brother Cyril was a long time member of the St. Brigid's Community at Marrickville. He was a gentle and sincere person, much loved by his Passionist brothers and by the parishioners of Marrickville.
Brother Cyril was in his 94th year, having marked the 53rd anniversary of his Profession of Vows as a Passionist on the day before his death.
The Mass of Thanksgiving for the life of Brother Cyril was celebrated on Tuesday 24th January in the Church of St Brigid, Marrickville, the parish of his birth and early life, and where he spent the majority of his years in devoted ministry as a faithful son of St Paul of the Cross.
The Principal Celebrant of the Mass was Fr Denis Travers CP, Provincial.
Brother Cyril was buried among his many brothers and friends in the Passionist section of the Rookwood cemetery.
May he rest now in the peace of his God.
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