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...
Do you love me? Then feed and tend my sheep. (John 21: 15-17) The Scriptures are filled with stories of meals. As a student in theology, I was fascinated with the four Gospels, especially that of Luke, and the emphasis on the place, the function and the importance of...
