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Missionaries of the Precious Blood around the world marked the Feast of the Precious Blood with special liturgies, shared meals and other celebrations.

On July 2, at St. Charles Center in Carthagena, Ohio, USA, Community members, Companions, Amici, family and friends filled the Chapel of the Assumption for an afternoon Mass, where Fr. Larry Hemmelgarn, C.PP.S., provincial director of the Cincinnati Province, offered a blessing over members who were marking a milestone anniversary.

The 15 jubilarians from the Cincinnati and Kansas City Provinces represented a combined total of 745 years of ministry to the Church and the people of God, he said.

As priests or brothers, they have been “blood brothers to each other in the bond of charity.”

They made a covenant with God and with the Community when they were ordained or professed, Fr. Larry said, and “we acknowledge that such covenants are never made lightly or easily. They have made many sacrifices. We give thanks to God for the gift of their ministry and we celebrate God’s presence in them, in their ministry, and in all of us.”

Marking milestone anniversaries were the following Missionaries: 60 years, Fr. James Bender, Br. Gabriel Bridges, Br. Daniel Eisenman and Fr. Richard Riedel; 50 years, Fr. George Albers, Fr. John Hoying, Fr. Edgar Jutte, Fr. Joseph Rodak, Fr. Paul Sanders and Fr. James Sloan; 40 years, Br. Hugh Henderson, Fr. John Srode and Fr. Jerome Stack; 25 years, Fr. Matthew Jozefiak.

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