By Fr. Matthew Keller, C.PP.S. Video cameras are all around us these days: just pull out your phone and press record and you’ll have a video. But I grew up in the era before cell phones. If you wanted to record a video, you needed a specific camera. I remember that...
Sr. Barbara Reid, OP, is the new president of the Catholic Theological Union (CTU) in Chicago, where candidates to become Missionaries of the Precious Blood study for advanced degrees and prepare for lives as priests or religious brothers. Sr. Barbara is the first...
An Easter message from our provincial director, Fr. Jeffrey Kirch, C.PP.S. One of the things I miss about being a little kid is unalloyed feelings. For adults, our emotions are often mixed and therefore complicated. On Easter, we try to imagine what the disciples were...
By Fr. Tim McFarland, C.PP.S. An elementary school teacher was telling her students the story of Jesus’ resurrection and what Easter was all about. Then to emphasize the idea of new life springing forth, she gave each of the children a large plastic egg. “Now,” she...
When Br. Antonio Sison, C.PP.S., took part in the Procession of the Black Nazarene in the Philippines, he was transported, and not just by his feet. He’d seen the famous annual procession on television, but never was part of it before he traveled to Manila in 2018...
By Fr. Dennis Chriszt, C.PP.S. In the opening Gospel at the beginning of Mass today, the crowds cry out, “Hosanna!” In the reading of the Passion, they cry out “Crucify him!” The disciples join with the crowds on Palm Sunday as he arrives in Jerusalem. At the Last...
