A Brother Looks at his Vocation

A Brother Looks at his Vocation

Brother Daryl Charron is a member of our provincial council. He is also the director of initial formation for the Missionaries, and lives with and mentors young men beginning their formation for religious life. He lives at the Missionaries’ house of formation in...

Celebrating our Religious Brothers

Shoulder-to-Shoulder By Brother Antonio Sison, C.PP.S., incorporated as a religious brother on August 13, 2006 Brothers are called to inclusive, shoulder-to-shoulder relationships in the pilgrimage of everyday life. Whether in graduate school teaching, community...
The Good Shepherd is also the Gate

The Good Shepherd is also the Gate

By Fr Tim McFarland, C.PP.S. A couple of years ago when I was in ministry in Mercer County, Ohio, I had prepared my homily for this Good Shepherd Sunday and noted how perhaps it was (is) difficult for us to identify with this Gospel as we don’t see sheep much – even...
The Good Shepherd is also the Gate

A Powerful Passage

By Fr. Jeffrey Kirch, C.PP.S.   The “Journey to Emmaus” is one of the most well-known stories in the New Testament. It is a vivid story that we can truly connect with. Two downtrodden disciples leaving Jerusalem…an encounter with a stranger to whom the disciples tell...
Take Time to Daydream

Take Time to Daydream

Fr. Yuri Kuzara, C.PP.S., is in ministry at our Sorrowful Mother Shrine in Bellevue, Ohio, where the schedule is fairly light in the early months of the year. A fallow time in our lives can be a time of great creativity, he says. By Fr. Yuri Kuzara, C.PP.S. The time...
Volunteers Serve in Many Ways

Volunteers Serve in Many Ways

By Tim Deveney A few years ago, I had the pleasure of hearing Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ, speak at the Ignatian Solidarity Network’s Teach-in for Social Justice. Fr. Boyle said we need to not “settle for just shaking your fist, roll up your sleeves to create the place where...
Missionaries of the Precious Blood