Precious Blood Volunteers
Grow in your faith. Build community. Walk with those who suffer. Seek reconciliation.Our Mission
Our mission is to form lay Christians in Precious Blood spirituality by building community, walking with those who suffer, and seeking reconciliation in a divided world.
Precious Blood Volunteers will help you grow in your faith while serving others.
The Four Pillars of Precious Blood Volunteers
Walk With Those Who Suffer
Your ministry as a Precious Blood Volunteer will give you the opportunity to serve people who have been marginalized because of their race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, illness, immigration status, or income level. You will walk with Jesus by sharing in the joys and sufferings of the people you are working with.
Grow In Your Faith
Your experiences as a Precious Blood Volunteer will challenge and deepen your relationship with Jesus. You will have daily opportunities to pray and talk about your faith journey with others. These opportunities include daily community prayer, spiritual direction, and meeting with lay people and religious committed to renewal and reconciliation.
Build Community
While serving as a Precious Blood Volunteer, you will live in community with other Precious Blood volunteers, priests, brothers, or sisters. You will pray, work, and learn with lay people and religious while living a simple lifestyle that reflects hospitality, reconciliation, and common prayer.
Seek Reconciliation
As a Precious Blood Volunteer you will share in the mission of all Christians to bring hope to the suffering, reconciliation to the alienated, a sense of community to the lonely, and a deeper faith to all who seek God. You will work to build bridges across the many divides in our communities, churches, and world.
What Do Our Volunteers Share?
Desire to be with and learn from the poor
Desire to serve others
Desire to grow in your faith
Ready to Volunteer?
Precious Blood Volunteer News
Sixteen Months Later
by Leah Landry, Precious Blood Volunteers Alumna My life is dramatically different now than when I was a Precious Blood volunteer. I moved from my hometown of Chicago to Washington, D.C. I have two roommates who are in their 20s, instead of three Precious Blood...
Faith in Action
by Caitlin Caminade, Precious Blood Volunteer at KC CARE Health Center Two months in, it seems I have found a new rhythm. Whereas in the first few days at KC CARE Health Center, it felt like I was stepping onto a treadmill that is already set at a sprinting pace, now...
Charism to Charism: Precious Blood Community Collaborates with Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
Voices of Charity, a publication of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (SCL) featured collaborative efforts between the sisters' community and Missionaries of the Precious Blood. Since 2014, Precious Blood Volunteers have had placements at Cristo Rey Kansas City...
Our History
Marie Trout, a Precious Blood lay Companion, and Fr. Al Ebach, C.PP.S., a Precious Blood priest, came up with a plan to give an opportunity for lay people to live in service to others for a year as part of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. In April 2008, they presented their idea at the Kansas City Province annual Assembly. Their plan was approved during the annual Assembly of the members of the Kansas City Province.
Since that time we have had volunteers serving people at schools, a health clinic, social service centers, a hospital, an LGBTQ service center, parishes, and a legal aid clinic. Our volunteers have gone on to careers in medicine, education, ministry, and engineering. Precious Blood Volunteers alumni have worked with organizations such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Habitat for Humanity, Catholic Charities, Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation, and the American Cancer Society.
Get in touch!
Call (816) 781-4344 and speak with our Director, Tim Deveney. You may also email us at volunteers@preciousbloodkc.org or complete the form below.