Fr. Harry Brown, C.PP.S. “In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit”—the sign of the cross—the Holy Trinity. This is probably the first prayer our parents taught us and will probably be the last prayer the priest or deacon will say over us at the...
Fr. Jeffrey Kirch, C.PP.S., the provincial director of the Cincinnati Province of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, wrote this essay about the Missionaries’ upcoming joint assembly with the Kansas City Province. At that assembly, to be held next week in...
By Fr. Tony Fortman, C.PP.S. Today we celebrate Pentecost Sunday. The Holy Spirit came upon Mary and the apostles in the form of tongues of fire. Jesus gives his apostles the courage to leave that upper room and go out to proclaim the Gospel. We receive this Holy...
By Fr. Bill Nordenbrock, C.PP.S. The Solemnity of the Ascension is one of the universally recognized Christian Feasts (along with Christmas, Easter and Pentecost). Traditionally, it has been observed 40 days after Easter, although it is an indication of the importance...
Fr. Joseph Rodak, C.PP.S. July 24, 1934-May 18, 2022 Fr. Joseph Rodak, C.PP.S., 87, died at 8:11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, in the infirmary of St. Charles Center, Carthagena, Ohio. He had moved to St. Charles on May 9, due to failing health. He was born on July...
By Fr. Dennis Chriszt, C.PP.S. The apostles in Jerusalem were so convinced that the Holy Spirit was with them that they said so in their message to the Church in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia. They knew that the Sprit was at work in their midst, and they had heard...
