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Fr. John Hoying, C.PP.S., Celebrates 60th Ordination Anniversary
Fr. John Hoying, C.PP.S., is celebrating the 60th anniversary of his ordination this year. Fr. Hoying, a native of Botkins, Ohio, was incorporated as a Missionary of the Precious Blood on August 15, 1956, and was ordained on June 9, 1962, at St. Charles Seminary,...
Teutonic Province Celebrates 100 Years
The United States Province offers its congratulations, best wishes, and prayerful support to the Missionaries of the Precious Blood of the Teutonic Province, which this weekend will celebrate its 100th anniversary. The Teutonic Province, which includes Austria,...
Freely Given, Gratefully Received
By Fr. Jeffrey Kirch, C.PP.S. Today is the Solemnity of the Precious Blood, a day on which the Church around the world gives thanks for the limitless generosity of Jesus, who poured out his Precious Blood for us. For Missionaries of the Precious Blood, Companions, and...
2022 Assembly Day 4 Recap: New Leadership Blessed at Assembly
The newly elected leadership team of the United States Province of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood was blessed and installed on Thursday during the closing liturgy of the Missionaries’ assembly in Indianapolis. Earlier in the day, the Missionaries elected three...
2022 Assembly Day 3 Recap: Fr. Jeff Kirch Elected Provincial Director of the United States Province
Fr. Jeffrey Kirch, C.PP.S., was elected the first provincial director of the United States Province of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, during the Missionaries’ assembly in Indianapolis today. Fr. Kirch will lead the United States Province for a term of four...
2022 Assembly Day 2 Recap: Greg Evers Makes Commitment to Congregation
Gregory Evers, C.PP.S., was definitively incorporated as a Missionary of the Precious Blood today during the Missionaries’ assembly in Indianapolis. Greg, who will be ordained a deacon in August, grew up in Maria Stein, Ohio, in a parish served by the Missionaries. “I...
2022 Assembly Day 1 Recap: “Everything is Dependent on the Holy Spirit”
The keynote speaker at the Missionaries’ joint assembly in Indianapolis tonight urged them to be true to who they were called to be, from the very beginning of the Congregation. “Moving forth, you were called to be Missionaries—to see who is right in front of you,...
Rachel Weeps for Her Children
from Gabino Zavala, Justice & Peace Director “Thus says the Lord: A voice is heard in Ramah, marked by lamentation and bitter weeping: Rachel weeping for her children, refused to be consoled for her children, because they are no more.” Jeremiah 31:15 Tuesday...
Abundance Fills the Soul When Excess Is Stripped Away
“God is present deeply with those who suffer. These are truths we recognize profoundly in the spirituality of the Precious Blood.”
Fr. Mark Miller: Stand in Opposition to Execution on May 3rd
What is often perceived as a simple story of generosity is really a stinging indictment of economic imbalance.
PBSI Names First Executive Director
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.
Embracing the Passion
R“The Passion leads to the Glory of the Resurrection.” Hearing it, I was surprisingly shaken. Does our passion, our suffering, really lead to a resurrection?