Sr. Joyce Ann Zimmerman, CPPS The Gospel readings for the eight Sundays of Easter are an awe-inspiring movement from Jesus to us. The first three Sundays focus on the risen Christ and proclaim his appearances to the disciples. The Fourth Sunday of Easter reassures us...
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...
By Fr. Bill Nordenbrock, C.PP.S. The first time that I preached on the Gospel account of the appearances of the Resurrected Christ to the disciples was the day after my ordination. As I reflected on this narrative then, what caught my attention was that Jesus needed...
In the 1850s, a craftsman named Henry Rice of Massachusetts decided he would do better as a stencil-maker in Ohio, and so, legend has it, he walked all the way from his home state to Dayton. He brought his stencil-carving tools with him. In Dayton, he pitched a tent...
By Deacon Greg Evers, C.PP.S. At the beginning of the new year, I had the opportunity to join Fr. Steve Dos Santos, C.PP.S., in promoting vocations at the SEEK 2023 conference held in St. Louis. I had heard of SEEK but did not know much about it. I learned that much...
By Brother Brian Boyle, C.PP.S. In a story from 19th century intellectual and theologian John Hutton, a man who had been a drunkard was captured by Christ. His workmates used to try to shake his newfound faith and said to him, “Surely a sensible man like you cannot...
