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Volunteer Commitment Is Transformative Experience
“It amazes me that what started as a six-month commitment as a volunteer on the Navajo reservation has become a formative, transformative experience and way of looking at the world.”
St. Gaspar, a Child of the Magi
By Fr. Ben Berinti, C.PP.S. As we celebrate the feast day of our founder, St. Gaspar del Bufalo, the Missionaries in this country do so, for the first time, as the United States Province. That should give us a jolt of energy, since this is our invitation to rebirth,...
Answering Immigration’s Clarion Call
By Fr. David Matz, C.PP.S. Having celebrated the formation of the United States Province last June at the electoral assembly last June, several of us on the Justice and Peace committee heard a clarion call from Assembly attendees asking why we were not down on the...
Father Alan Hartway, C.PP.S.: December 16, 1948 – July 1, 2022
by Fr. Joe Nassal, C.PP.S. Minister of the Word On the morning of July 1, 2022, the Feast of the Precious Blood, Alan Hartway wrote, “Today the Missionaries of the Precious Blood rejoice in the mystical wine from the garden of En-Gedi that becomes for us the Blood of...
Eileen Givens Named Companions Director
from Lisa Athas, Chair, Companions Council The Companion Council is happy to announce that Eileen Givens has been named the director of Companions, effective October 3. Eileen has been a Companion with the group in Orlando for nearly 10 years. She is a longtime...
Anniversary Celebration 2022: Our Witness is Important
By Central Missouri Companion Ruth Mather Incorporated Members and Companions are called by God to live a life of faith through the spirituality of the Precious Blood and St. Gaspar. We live the bond of charity with each other, carrying that charity with us to the...
CTU Announces First Director of the Schreiter Institute
The Precious Blood Spirituality Institute has announced the hiring of its first executive director, Vicky Otto. She will begin her new position on July 1.
Fr. Dien Truong, C.PP.S., Celebrates 25th Ordination Anniversary
Fr. Dien Truong, C.PP.S., is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his ordination this year. Fr. Truong, a native of Gia Dinh Province, Vietnam, was incorporated as a Missionary of the Precious Blood on April 17, 1995, and was ordained on June 28, 1997, at St. Thomas...
Fr. Timothy Guthridge, C.PP.S., Celebrates 25th Ordination Anniversary
Fr. Timothy Guthridge, C.PP.S., is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his ordination this year. Fr. Guthridge, a native of Chicago, was incorporated as a Missionary of the Precious Blood on April 18, 1995, and was ordained on June 28, 1997, at St. Thomas of...
Fr. Joseph Nassal, C.PP.S., Celebrates 40th Ordination Anniversary
Fr. Joseph Nassal, C.PP.S., is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his ordination this year. Fr. Nassal, a native of St. Charles, Mo., was incorporated as a Missionary of the Precious Blood on December 14, 1980, and was ordained on June 5, 1982, at the Cathedral...
Fr. Fred Licciardi, C.PP.S., Celebrates 40th Ordination Anniversary
Fr. Fred Licciardi, C.PP.S., is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his ordination this year. Fr. Licciardi, a native of Chicago, was incorporated as a Missionary of the Precious Blood on July 1, 1979, and was ordained on May 28, 1982, at St. John the Baptist Church...
Fr. David Kelly, C.PP.S., Celebrates 40th Ordination Anniversary
Fr. David Kelly, C.PP.S., is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his ordination this year. Fr. Kelly, who grew up in Greenville, Ohio, was incorporated as a Missionary of the Precious Blood on June 30, 1978, and was ordained on June 12, 1982, at Immaculate Conception...