Born in 1854, Mark Moeslein was ordained a Passionist priest in 1878. From 1880 till 1913 he was assigned to the monasteries in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dunkirk, New York and West Hoboken (renamed Union City in 1925), New Jersey . When Bishop Paul Nussbaum, C.P. took possession of the See of Corpus Christi, Texas in 1913,...
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Passionists and Black History Month February 2023. St. Peter’s Chapel Car in North Carolina, 1925-1931.
This artistic image from the Passionist Historical Archives shows St. Peter’s Chapel Car. This was specially designed Pullman Car developed in conjunction with the Catholic Extension Society in Chicago. This Passionist ministry crisscrossed North Carolina from 1925 to 1931 by way of local railroad tracks with the purpose to preach the Gospel to scattered Catholics...
Understanding Christmas in 1962: As seen in The Sign Magazine.
This is my short video reflection to celebrate December 30, 2022 as we approach 2023. Please click on the link in the Advent/Christmas calendar for December 30 and press the play button. How is our Christmas faith similar or changed from 60 years ago just as the world the turbulent and hopeful was underway? https://passionist.org/advent-calendar-2022/
Understanding Christmas in 1952: As seen in The Sign Magazine.
This is my short video reflection to celebrate December 29 2022 as we approach 2023. Please click on the link in the Advent/Christmas calendar for December 29 and press the play button. How is our Christmas faith similar or changed from 70 years ago just as the unique decade of the 1950s was unfolding? https://passionist.org/advent-calendar-2022/
Understanding Christmas in 1942: As seen in The Sign Magazine.
This is my short video reflection to celebrate December 28, 2022 as we approach 2023. Please click on the link in the Advent/Christmas calendar for December 28 and press the play button. How is our Christmas faith similar or changed from 80 years ago just as the world was amid World War II? https://passionist.org/advent-calendar-2022/
Understanding Christmas in 1932: As seen in The Sign Magazine.
This is my short video reflection to celebrate December 27, 2022 as we approach 2023. Please click on the link in the Advent/Christmas calendar for December 27 and press the play button. How is our Christmas faith similar or changed from 90 years ago during the Great Depression? https://passionist.org/advent-calendar-2022/
The Passionists in Germany/Austria- 100 Years 1922 to 2022: Selected Photos from the Centennial Celebration in Schwarzenfeld, Germany on October 15 & 16, 2022 by Rob Carbonneau, C.P.
In my capacity as Passionist historian I was honored to represent American Passionists from St. Paul of the Cross Province (based in the Eastern United States). I am seen here standing before the Schwarzenfeld monastery church on October 16, 2022. Click on the link below to see a short pdf photo presentation which shows the...
Life, Death, Memory. Remembering the deaths of three Passionists in Hunan, China, April 24, 1929
This photo, taken by Patrick Hayes, Ph.D. on his recent visit to St. Ann’s Basilica, Scranton, Pennsylvania shows me standing before the historic portraits of Passionist Fathers Godfrey Holbein, Clement Seybold and Walter Coveyou. Their murders by Chinese bandits in West Hunan, China was a key event in American Catholic missionay history to China, and...
Asian American Catholic Experience: Listen and learn about Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean and Filipino culture and devotion from the 1800s till the present day.
Above is the book cover of The Cambridge Companion to American Catholicism. Editors: Margaret M. McGuinness and Thomas F. Rzeznik. (Cambridge University Press, 2021). You are invited to listen to this April 1, 2022 podcast from WSOU Radio, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. Father Lawrence E. Frizzell interviews Passionist Father Robert Carbonneau about...
We all carry crosses in our life. This Holy Week 2022, Proclaiming Our Passionist Story invites you to watch this short video meditation on The Experience of the Cross.
Above is the cross atop the the Holy Family Retreat and Conference Center. A Passionist ministry in West Hartford, Connecticut. Click on this link to view the Experience the Cross video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm-CmN-5dFY Visit or make a retreat at Holy Family. Click on this link: https://www.holyfamilyretreat.org/about-holy-family