RENEWING OUR MISSION: GRATITUDE, PROPHECY, HOPE
The Jubilee is the commemoration of a significant anniversary: the 300th year of the foundation of the Passionist Congregation. Therefore, like all anniversaries in life, we the Passionists remember, appreciate, look back and reflect on the past from the standpoint of the present with a critical view to the future, and, hopefully, finding good reasons to celebrate.
“When we talk about renewing our mission, it is primarily about renewing ourselves, because ‘who we are and what we do’ are interconnected and interrelated”
THE THREE REFLECTIVE SEGMENTS OF THE THIRD CENTENARY JUBILEE CELEBRATION WOULD BE:
The Jubilee icon was designed in the shape of a triptych, a form traditionally reserved for sacred art, and which contains an image of the mystery of the divine Trinity.
In the centre the last station of the Passion of Christ is presented. At the foot of the Cross is Mary, the mother of Jesus and St.Paul of the Cross. Under the extended hands of Christ two angels. The trunk of the Cross penetrates into the ground, into the underworld, where Satan, the ancient serpent, awaits the moment of his defeat. On the left is Saint Gemma, who represents the entire female component of the Passionist Congregation and Blessed Isidor, with a heart wounded by love. On the right, St.GabrielPossenti, with the skull, symbol of the mortality of a human life without God and the lighted candle ,symbolizing the relativity of every human despite. Beneath him is Blessed Dominic Barberi with an open book and two pens. God speaks through the heart and through the intellect.
The commemorative logo consists of three distinctparts: first and foremost, the emblem and name of the event, followed by the complementary graphic design composed of inspiring words of passion. In places highlighted within the design we placed the main theme that identifies the meaning of the third centenary- “Renewing our Mission”. Plus, the number 300 and the dates of the commemoration, which can be use, together with the logo, as elements in the graphic decoration of the different applications to be designed within the communication material created for publicizing the events of the centenary.
ONE DAY 4 occasions of choice during the Jubilee year in all Passionist monasteries and convents. During Chapters, Assemblies, Congresses of the Congregation, Passionist Educational meetings, retreats preached in our retreat centers or preached by Passionists, as well as at meetings of spiritual, theological, or pastoral formation.
