Welcome to Passionist Fathers Kenya
Our Background
- Created on 09 April 2012
- Written by Super User
We are Passionist Missionaries in Kenya founded by St Paul of the Cross in 1772 in Italy. As a Catholic and International Religious Congregation. We are carrying out our Mission in solidarity with Christ crucified of today by contemplating on the power of the Cross in order to proclaim and witness his prophetic love. Faithful to this charism (Memoria Passionis), our mission is to keep alive his love in the world and in the hearts of the faithful.
Mission
- To promote the memory of the Passion of Jesus Christ by witnessing and preaching to the suffering Christ of our time.
- To reach to all people through Evangelization and promotion of integral human development.
- To plan, promote and coordinate development programmes and activities that will effectively alleviate poverty and enhance social justice and economic empowerment of the communities within our area of jurisdiction.
Approach
- We identify ourselves with people of different cultures, religious backgrounds and ethnicites.
- We identifying ourselves with the poor and the marginalized in the society.
- We preach the gospel of love and hope to those who have lost hope in life.
- We give wholistic formation to both laity and religious.
- We strieve to encourage and promote peace and justice in the society.
The Passionists are a Catholic Congregation of Priests, Students and Brothers devoted to prayer, study and preparation of missionary activity. The Passionist Fathers conduct Missions and Retreats for clergy, religious and laity. In a special way, they devote themselves to preaching the story of Christ's Sufferings and Death. The motto of the Passionists is: "May the Passion of Jesus Christ be always in our hearts.