PASSIONIST SOLIDARITY NETWORK
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Solidarity: a rising tide that lifts all boats

​Celebrating Spaces of Hope - A Video Greeting


The Passionist Solidarity Network reflects the Passionist charism of
remembering Jesus’s Passion by entering into solidarity with the crucified of today. 


Solidarity is a bold and prophetic experience for all of us to seek. It draws us ever closer to the margins and into the places where people are hurting and oppressed. As we work together for social justice and Earth care, we are awakening the compassion of Christ.
Operating from the Passionist Earth and Spirit Center in Louisville, KY, the Passionist Solidarity Network promotes the ministries of social service, advocacy, and international solidarity for the North American Passionist provinces of St. John of the Cross and Holy Cross. We also provide education in Passionist Spirituality and furnish resources on issues of social and environmental suffering.

Our Objectives
Promote — We communicate and promote the existing social ministries of the Passionist Community in North America.
Advocate — We advocate on a variety of social issues that are of concern to our local and international community as well as to those with whom we minister.
Educate — We develop resources and programs to educate ourselves and the broader community on issues that concern our wounded world and ways to address them with compassion and hope.
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For the next several years, we will also be focusing much of our attention on the following issues:
  • Integral ecology (as laid out in Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’)
  • ​Racial equity
  • Socially responsible investing
  • Immigration
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​Staff
David Horvath

David Horvath is the Director of the Passionist Solidarity Network.  Before joining the PSN he worked as Communication Director and Program Staff for JustFaith Ministries and has been deeply involved for several decades in social justice work through parish, local and national organizing. Contact him at JPIC@passionist.org 


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 Our "Look" and Recommitment: 
The Passionist Solidarity Network

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In April 2019, we proudly renamed our JPIC Office the Passionist Solidarity Network (PSN). We recommitted ourselves even more strongly to the work before us.  Following important discussions with eastern and western Passionist provincials, we decided we wanted to show a new, more unified commitment to social justice with some rebranding reflects our renewed energy for this vital work of the Passionists.

You can see how our new logo directly places the PSN within the Passionist charism With the Crucified of Today. From doing this work together for Social Justice and Earth Care, we are Awakening the Compassion of Christ.  Solidarity is a bold and prophetic experience for all of us to seek.  It draws us ever closer to the margins and into the places where people are hurting and oppressed.  Our work is "with" as well as "for."

Our Advisory Board

  • ​Fr. Stephen Dunn, Toronto
  • Fr. Hugo Esparza, Haiti
  • Fr. Chris Gibson, Louisville
  • Patty Gillis, Detroit
  • Anthony Mullen, Jamaica NY
  • Fr. Alfredo Ocampo, 
  • Annemarie O’Conner (Passionist International NYC)​
  • Lissa Romell, Chicago
  • Marta Salgado-Niño, Sierra Madre
  • Fr. Alex Steinmiller, Detroit
  • Paul Wadell, De Pere, Wisconsin
  • Jim Wayne, Louisville
  • Ex Officio: Fr. Jim O’Shea (St. Paul of the Cross), Fr. Joe Moons (Holy Cross)
  • Fr. Joe Mitchell (Chair), David Horvath (Staff)​
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