This Christmas give your loved ones the gift of a retreat at a Passionist retreat center. For more information about a retreat center near you, click on one of the links below.
St. Paul’s Retreat’s Retreat Center – Pittsburgh, PA
Our Lady of Florida Spiritual Center – North Palm Beach, FL
Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center – West Hartford, CT
Bishop Molloy Retreat Center - Jamaica, NY.
As a Passionist Community we gathered on Sunday December 4 to celebrate friendship and the Advent season at the Provincial Residence in Pelham, NY.
Passionists Volunteers International is a wonderful program founded by the Passionists of St. Paul of the Cross Province. Through PVI, young adults, mostly recent college grads, give one or two years of their lives in service to the rural poor of Jamaica, West Indies.
This experience is a transformative one for the majority of participants. They return with a deeper faith and a desire to continue to serve and of course PVI has made a huge difference in the communities where they serve.
You can read about the volunteers’ work and experiences at: http://passionistvolunteers.wordpress.com/
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Passionist Volunteers International!
Fr. Sebastian Kolinovsky, C.P., 92, a Passionist priest of St. Ann’s Shrine Basilica, Scranton, died on Monday, November 28 after a long illness. He resided at St. Mary’s Villa Nursing Home, Elmhurst for the last four years.
Fr. Sebastian was born Joseph M. Kolinovsky in Harryette, Ohio, the son of the late John and Barbara Podracky Kolinovsky. He grew up in Taylor and was a member of St. John’s parish. He attended Taylor High School and graduated from Central High School. He joined the Passionists in 1942 and received his early education in the Passionists at Holy Cross Preparatory School, Dunkirk, NY. He professed his vows in 1945 and after studying theology in various Passionist Monasteries Fr. Sebastian was ordained a priest by Most Rev. James McNulty at St. Michael’s Monastery, Union City, NJ on February 27, 1951.
Fr. Sebastian’s first ten years of priesthood were spent preaching missions, novenas and retreats both in Slovak and English. He served as Assistant Superior of St. Joseph’s Monastery, Baltimore, MD from 1962-1968 and was Rector of Cardinal Spellman Retreat House, Riverdale, NY from 1968-1978. Fr. Sebastian was the Mission Procurator for the Passionists from 1971-2004. He worked out of the Passionist Community of St. Michael’s residence from 1978-2004. He moved to St. Ann’s Monastery Scranton in 2004.
An amiable and gracious man, Fr. Sebastian as Mission Procurator and fund raiser for the Passionists Overseas Missions, spent many hours at his desk writing personal letters of acknowledgement to benefactors, offering condolences to the bereaved, encouraging the sick, caring for the unemployed and those weighed down by life’s burdens and establishing long lasting bonds with many of the people who supported the Passionist missions.
During his time at St. Mary’s Villa Residence Fr. Sebastian enjoyed the company of the other residents and staff. His family and Passionist community are very grateful for the care and love they gave to Fr. Sebastian during these last years, especially the staff at St. Mary’s Villa Nursing Home who cared for him with great devotion.
Fr. Sebastian is survived by a sister, Madeline Yarima, Scranton, a brother John, Milton, Florida and a brother Clement of Scranton. and several nieces and nephews and grand nieces, nephews and cousins. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by his two sisters, Ann Bierchinski and Mary Tremko.
Fr. Sebastian’s body will be received at St. Ann’s Shrine Basilica on Thursday, December 1 at 2:00 PM. His body will lie in repose for viewing until 7:30 pm. This will be followed by a Vigil service, lead by Very Rev. James Price, C.P., Rector. A viewing will also take place on Friday morning from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. The funeral mass will be at St. Ann’s on Friday, December 2 at 10:30 AM, celebrated by Very. Rev. Robert Joerger, C.P., Passionist Provincial. Burial will follow at St. Ann’s Monastery cemetery. Funeral arrangements are being coordinated by Thomas J. Hughes Funeral Home, 1240 St. Ann’s Street, Scranton.
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