38th Assembly of the Iberian Province
The Iberian Province of the CPPS met for its 38th Provincial Assembly. It took place in Vila Viçosa, Portugal, between June 30th and July 4th.
13 members of the Province attended, coming from Portugal, Spain and Guinea-Bissau.
The activities started with a day-long retreat during which the facilitator challenged each priest to find out his greatness in small things, always looking for sanctity. The role model that was presented was Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus. At the end of day 1, because it was the Feast of the Precious Blood, our Provincial presided the Eucharist at the local CPPS Parish community, to which all the leader of the groups/movements that serve the Church sharing the life and the Spirituality of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood were invited. The solemnity ended with a community supper.
The other days of the Assembly focused on two topics: on the one hand, the reports of the communities and of the working groups, and, on the other hand, preparing a provincial project for the current administration.
We give thanks to God as a Province for the service to the Gospel, by being always focused on spirituality, community life and mission.