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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
Ordination in Chile
Fr. Diego Gallardo, C.PP.S., of the Chilean Vicariate, was ordained at Precious Blood Church in Valdivia on January 6, the birthday of our founder, St. Gaspar’s del Bufalo. Approximately 600 people were on hand for the liturgy in Valdivia. Archbishop René Rebolledo...
C.PP.S. Pup Encourages Hospitality
C.PP.S. Companion Trish Frazer of Lake Mary, Fla., writes about her experience with her new puppy, Sylvie, now a trained therapy dog, and what Trish and her husband, John, also a Companion, learned from the experience: In July of 2016, my husband John and I decided to...
Let’s Get Quiet
My heart goes out to people on the news who have just experienced or witnessed a shocking tragedy and then a reporter steps up and asks them how they are feeling. If that were me, I’d have to say, “Come back in a few hours or better yet, next Tuesday.” There are times...
Special Formation Finishes in Brazil
Fr. Joseph Deardorff, C.PP.S. Colombian Mission, Ad Experimentum This year, 10 seminarians participated in special formation in Brazil. They came from El Salvador, Colombia and Brazil. Many members from Latin America, as well as the vice moderator general, visited...
Holy Family: Migrant Family
During the Advent Season, we remember that the Holy Family was a migrant family – on the move to Bethlehem and then to Egypt to escape Herod’s threat to kill the newborn Jesus. The Missionaries of the Precious Blood were also immigrants, coming to Ohio from Italy in...