Deacon Matthew Keller, C.PP.S., will be ordained to the priesthood on June 9. In preparation for his ordination, he asks that we join him in praying the Novena of the Precious Blood written by the late Fr. Ernest Ranly, C.PP.S. Day One: Blood Is Life In the...
Fr. Jeff Kirch, C.PP.S., was elected provincial director of the Cincinnati Province during the provincial assembly held May 21-25 at St. Charles Center in Carthagena, Ohio. Joining Fr. Kirch on the provincial council will be Fr. Ken Schnipke, C.PP.S., vice provincial;...
We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya near Cyrene, as well as travelers from Rome, Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear...
Seeing John, Peter was prompted to ask Jesus, “But Lord, what about him?” Jesus replied, “. . . How does that concern you? Your business is to follow me.” (John 21: 21-22) The apostles were truly human—curious, competitive, humble fishermen, testing to see if they...
Br. Gerard Von Hagel, C.PP.S., who at the time was the assistant to the academic dean at Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Ind., listened carefully as a student told him he was discerning a vocation as a religious brother. The student was looking at several...
