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Precious Blood Volunteers: Sharing Ministry, Spirituality, and Community

Since 2008 the Kansas City Province has sponsored the Precious Blood Volunteers program.  The program offers volunteers the opportunity to live in community and minister together with the Missionaries of the Precious Blood.  The mission of the program is “form lay Christians in Precious Blood spirituality by building community, walking with those who suffer, and [...]

By |2017-08-07T09:25:27+02:00August 7th, 2017|Categories: English|Tags: , |Comments Off on Precious Blood Volunteers: Sharing Ministry, Spirituality, and Community

Cincinnati Province Celebrates Ordinations

Rev. Ken Pleiman, C.PP.S. lays hands on James Smith, C.PP.S. Some theologians debate the actual moment of ordination within the ritual itself. Some say it takes place when the bishop lays his hands on the head of the ordinand. Others believe that the moment of ordination occurs when the ordaining bishop completes the [...]

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Community Life Symposium:  Day 5

Rev. John Wolf presides at the Eucharist. The final day of the Community Life Symposium was dedicated to the writing of a vision statement for an authentic C.PP.S. community life.  On Thursday evening the writing committee wrote a draft statement which incorporated various elements from the work of the small groups.  During the [...]

By |2017-07-31T10:44:09+02:00July 31st, 2017|Categories: English|Tags: , |Comments Off on Community Life Symposium:  Day 5

Community Life Symposium: Day 4

The fourth day of the Symposium was a change of pace. The previous three days were spent working as a large group. During Thursday the participants broke into five small groups to draft a vision statement for an “authentic C.PP.S. community life.” The groups were formed around the languages of the participants and included three [...]

By |2017-07-27T16:49:15+02:00July 27th, 2017|Categories: English|Tags: , |Comments Off on Community Life Symposium: Day 4

Community Life Symposium:  Day 3

The participants meet in the plenary session. Photo courtesy of Mario Córdova. The third day of the Community Life Symposium was another long day for the participants.  All four sessions were devoted to hearing from each unit concerning their “hopes and dreams” for community life into the future.  In their reports they were [...]

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Community Life Symposium:  Day 2

Rev. German Santiago Estèvez, C.PP.S. and Rev. Walter Milandu, C.PP.S. talk during a break. The second day of the Community Life Symposium built upon the previous day.  The first day was devoted to a historical perspective of our community life and to hearing from other communities concerning community life.  Today the participants had [...]

By |2017-07-25T14:38:20+02:00July 25th, 2017|Categories: English|Tags: |Comments Off on Community Life Symposium:  Day 2

Community Life Symposium:  Day 1

Rev. Ed Dougherty, MM responds to a question during his presentation. The 2017 Community Life Symposium began with a moment of prayer on Monday, July 24.  The participants, Missionaries and lay associates, gathered in the Chapel of the Italian Provincial Center in Rome.  V. Rev. William Nordenbrock, C.PP.S. presided and preached during the [...]

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Italian Province Celebrates Ordination

Bishop Angelo De Donatis ordains Deacon Giacomo Manzo, C.PP.S. The city of Rome celebrated the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul on Thursday, June 29.  In addition to celebrating the memory of these two pillars of the faith, the Missionaries of the Precious Blood also celebrated the presbyteral ordination of Giacomo Manzo, [...]

By |2017-07-10T02:56:37+02:00July 10th, 2017|Categories: English|Tags: , |Comments Off on Italian Province Celebrates Ordination

Kansas City Province “Re-Imagines Our Future”

Rev. Joe Miller, C.PP.S. presides at a eucharistic liturgy. Rev. Joe Bathke, C.PP.S. concelebrates. The Kanas City Province of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood gathered together from June 3rd to the 6th for their annual Assembly.  This year the gathering was held at the Airport Hilton in Kansas City.  The theme of [...]

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“Provinztag” in the Teutonic Province

"Their hearts were aflame with zeal for the Gospel." From June 18 to 21, some 20 confreres of the German Province met for their annual “Provinztag” at our retreat house Maria Hilf in Kufstein, Austria. The days were marked by fraternal gathering, common prayer and worship times, that helped us to listen to [...]

By |2017-06-26T05:49:46+02:00June 26th, 2017|Categories: English|Tags: |Comments Off on “Provinztag” in the Teutonic Province
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