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Exploring Precious Blood Spirituality

Rev. Barry Fischer accompanied many members of the Vicariate of Tanzania while they made their annual retreat this fall.  Fischer preached three separate retreats and each was received positively.  Two retreats were held for the incorporated members in Dodoma and one retreat was directed towards the candidates in formation.  The candidate retreat was held in [...]

By |2016-10-12T10:57:57+02:00October 14th, 2014|Categories: English|Comments Off on Exploring Precious Blood Spirituality

Brother Gabriel Bridges, C.PP.S. June 6, 1932–September 29, 2014

Br. Gabriel Bridges, C.PP.S., 82, died at 9:30 p.m. on Monday, September 29, 2014, at St. Charles Center, Carthagena, Ohio. He had been in declining health. Br. Gabriel was born in Cincinnati on June 6, 1932, the only child of Arthur and Betty Bridges. He was professed on July 1, 1952, at St. Charles Seminary, [...]

By |2016-10-12T10:57:57+02:00September 30th, 2014|Categories: English|Comments Off on Brother Gabriel Bridges, C.PP.S. June 6, 1932–September 29, 2014

Meeting of Major Superiors Concludes

The participants discuss the Message of the General Assembly. On September 15 the directors of the Congregation gathered in Dodoma, Tanzania for the biennial meeting of Major Superiors.  The Vicariate of Tanzania hosted the meeting at the St. Gaspar Hotel and Conference Center.  The week long meeting included follow-up reports from the 2013 [...]

By |2016-10-12T10:58:01+02:00September 26th, 2014|Categories: English|Comments Off on Meeting of Major Superiors Concludes

Great joy these days for the CPPS Italian Province.

On September 6, at the end of the annual retreat for the seminarians, at San Felice Abbey in Giano, five seminarians have been definitively incorporated into the Congregation. Davide Basile, Flavio Calicchia, Paul Ndigi, Simeon Nkomo and Stefano Trio received the missionary cross during the prayer of the Office of Readings presided by the Moderator [...]

By |2016-10-12T10:58:01+02:00September 10th, 2014|Categories: English|Comments Off on Great joy these days for the CPPS Italian Province.

Celebration of 199th Anniversary

More than 350 people, mostly USC members and friends, gathered with the members of the Atlantic Province to celebrate the 199th anniversary of the foundation of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood.  This is a day-long event included conferences in Italian and English, Mass with the incorporation of new members to the USC, and a [...]

By |2016-10-12T10:58:02+02:00September 3rd, 2014|Categories: English|Comments Off on Celebration of 199th Anniversary

Carving of Saint Gaspar

Gentle hammer tapping from the basement of Schaefer Mission House described the progress of Dominic Nhan Bui’s summer project: this lovely carving of Saint Gaspar. Inspired by the visioning process for the Vietnam Mission, which took place in June this year, Dominic began carving the image of Gaspar and his home country. The imagery is [...]

By |2016-10-12T10:58:05+02:00August 25th, 2014|Categories: English|Comments Off on Carving of Saint Gaspar

Companions Day of Pilgrimage at the Sorrowful Mother Shrine

More that seventy Companions (lay associates) of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood gathered for a day of prayer and reflection during the second annual Companions Day of Pilgrimage at the Sorrowful Mother Shrine in Bellevue, Ohio. The shrine is sponsored by the Missionaries, who are in ministry there. After lunch and table discussion among the [...]

By |2016-10-12T10:58:06+02:00August 12th, 2014|Categories: English|Comments Off on Companions Day of Pilgrimage at the Sorrowful Mother Shrine

Inauguration of Bicentennial Celebration and 25 years of CPPS Presence in India

Members of the Indian Vicariate gathered for their Annual retreat from 28th July - 2nd Aug 2014, in St. Gaspar Ashram, Bangalore.  The close of the retreat marked the inauguration of the Bicentennial celebrations and the 25 years of CPPS presence in India. This sets the stage for a series of events to follow during [...]

By |2016-10-12T10:58:06+02:00August 4th, 2014|Categories: English|Tags: |Comments Off on Inauguration of Bicentennial Celebration and 25 years of CPPS Presence in India

Ordinations in the Indian Vicariate

The Indian Vicariate has been blessed with fourteen newly ordained priests this year.  They were ordained by their local bishops in their respective parishes during the month of May.  As a sign of joy and happiness many of our CPPS Missionaries were present for the celebrations. On June 12, which is the canonization day of [...]

By |2016-10-12T10:58:10+02:00August 4th, 2014|Categories: English|Comments Off on Ordinations in the Indian Vicariate

Twitter Announcement

The Message of the XXth General Assembly asked the Congregation to better integrate Social Media into the life of the units. The Message reads, “The Second Vatican Council calls the Church to recognize and respond to the signs of the times. We ask the Congregation to do the same by further integrating our use of [...]

By |2016-10-12T10:58:10+02:00July 31st, 2014|Categories: English|Comments Off on Twitter Announcement
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