Livestreaming Masses

We offer the following information about Mass and the sacraments offered at our various ministry sites. These parishes, where Missionaries are in ministry, are among those that are broadcasting/livestreaming Masses. Indiana Sacred Heart (Whiting, Ind.): Mass is...
Fr. Alphonse Spilly, C.PP.S. 1939-2020

Fr. Alphonse Spilly, C.PP.S. 1939-2020

Fr. Alphonse Spilly, C.PP.S., died at 5 a.m. on Monday, July 27, 2020, at Briarwood Village, Coldwater, Ohio, where he had been recovering from an illness. He was 80 years old. He was born on November 12, 1939, in Hammond, Ind., to Alphonse P. and Helen (Zaleski)...
What is the Real Treasure?

What is the Real Treasure?

By Fr. Jeffrey Kirch, C.PP.S. It is abundantly clear that Jesus did not work for Wikipedia or Encyclopedia Britannica. If you want straight-forward information, or as Sgt. Joe Friday would say, “Just the facts, ma’am,” you would not want to ask Jesus. Jesus is more...
What is the Real Treasure?

Living with the Weeds

By Brother Brian Boyle, C.PP.S. Have you ever started a project like planting a garden or even a whole crop? Or you might have installed a roof on your house? Or even something academic? A paper, a thesis or a dissertation? “Boy,” you think, “I’m doing a real bang-up...
What is the Real Treasure?

Keep an Open Mind

By Fr. Tim Knepper, C.PP.S. My mom had a repeated piece of advice to me, especially after I got ordained: keep an open mind. During the fourth summer after I was ordained, I was asked to go with a group from our parish visiting La Labor, Guatemala. The parish had...
Missionaries of the Precious Blood