Apostolate Passionists
the rc church of st mungo s church, townhead, glasgow run passionists
traditionally, main apostolate has been preaching missions , retreats. according saint paul of cross, founded in order teach people how pray , through activities such retreats , missions, spiritual direction, , prayer groups. today assist local churches in pastoral works, including saying masses, hearing confessions, , visiting sick. due continuing shortage of priests in united states, passionists today designated pastors , assistant pastors of various parishes. passionists staff many retreat centers around world.
unlike la sallians or gabrielites, passionists not open schools , universities, except seminaries own students wishing become brothers , priests. there schools sponsored , run passionists, st. gemma galgani school, (which includes primary, junior high , high school-level education) in santiago (chile), these more exception rule. passionists involved in social welfare projects , education in various mission territories assigned them.
though passionists not required work in non-christian areas missionaries, rule allows members posted missionary work, such mainland china (before communists took on in 1949), india, , japan, , in many other nations in africa, asia, latin america , elsewhere dictated pope or @ invitation of local bishop.
there 2,179 passionists in 61 countries on 5 continents, led superior general elected every 6 years. assisted 6 consultors in governing congregation. present superior general father joachim rego, born in burma , family moved australia @ age. congregation divided provinces, vice-provinces , missions. congregation divided groups of provinces, vice-provinces , missions called configurations. presidents of 6 configurations constitute extended general council meets superior general , consultors annually.
monastery of presentation in monte argentario, tuscany.
there 6 configurations in world:
ceb: configuration of eugene bossilkov includes italy, france , portugal , related mission territories. since chapter of 2015, area province of mary presented temple;
cch: configuration of charles houben includes ireland, england, scotland, wales, germany, poland, belgium, czech republic, ukraine, holland, sweden , related mission territories;
cjc: configuration of jesus crucified includes mexico, brazil, united states, argentina, puerto rico, dominican republic, haiti, canada, uruguay, paraguay , related mission territories
paspac: configuration of passionists in asia pacific includes australia, new zealand, papua new guinea, philippines, korea, japan, indonesia, india, china , vietnam , related mission territories;
cpa: configuration of passionists of africa, includes kenya, tanzania, republic of congo, south africa, botswana, zambia , related mission territories;
scor: configuration of sacred heart includes spain, peru, colombia, ecuador, venezuela, chile, panama, honduras, guatemala, cuba, el salvador, bolivia, nicaragua , related mission territories.
the official name of institute congregation of passion of jesus christ . superior general resides in rome (piazza ss. giovanni e paolo, 13, 00184 roma; tel. 06 772711). founder buried in chapel attached basilica of saints john , paul, , general headquarters hosts international house of studies passionists around world.
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