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Companions are lay associates of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. To learn more, visit www.preciousbloodus.org/companions. Welcome to the newest members of the Precious Blood family!
Marywood Companions: Carol Lassen, Susan Martin, John Baker, Mary Cmar, Roger Didion, Clayton Miller, and Mary Bumb
Cleveland Companions: Jean Kotsybar and Paulette Prokop
Getting Closer to Jesus
Dear Friends, “The Traveller” is a short story by Richard Matheson that tells of Paul Jairus, a scientist and skeptic who travels back in time to Calvary on the day of the crucifixion. Jairus expects that the scene will not be anything like what is described in the...
Healing the Wounds
The events of Holy Week can be painful to relive, to examine up close. The same can be said of many of the events of our lives. But Fr. Dave Kelly, C.PP.S., says that wounds that aren't examined seldom heal. "When we remember truthfully, and place our truth in the...
Way of the Cross at Shrine
Jan Kahle of the Sorrowful Mother Shrine writes of a powerful spiritual experience available at the shrine on Good Friday: Lent at the Sorrowful Mother Shrine is a powerful opportunity for prayer and reflection. There is daily Confession and Mass available to draw...
Ministry Among the People
After his first six months as a transitional deacon, Deacon Matthew Keller, C.PP.S., offered his reflections on his ministry. Deacon Matt serves at the Region Seven parishes in Dayton, Ohio: Emmanuel, Holy Trinity and St. Joseph. He will be ordained a priest on June...
Lent is More than Checklist
Our director of vocation ministry, Fr. Steve Dos Santos, C.PP.S., offers these insights about having a meaningful Lent: So I was preparing a talk recently for a group of high school youth, and I shared with them a story from the beginning of my second year of...