By Fr. Tim McFarland, C.PP.S. For those who have little children, the Gospel story may bring to mind images that are familiar. You might recall sleeping soundly through a thunderstorm but then suddenly being awaken by a frightened child who tries to crawl into bed...
It’s hard to know where Charlie Salways’s faith journey will take him next, but it’s easy to see where it started: in a little country church in Van Wert County, Ohio, less than a quarter-mile from the family home. “My mom was the janitor and my dad was the custodian...
During the Triduum, we’re pairing Stations of the Cross at various parishes where Missionaries of the Precious Blood are in ministry with thoughts from Missionaries about Lent, holiness, prayer and our connection to Christ. This station, Jesus dies on the cross, is...
High above the altar of Immaculate Conception Church in Celina, Ohio, is a mural of the Blessed Mother being assumed into heaven. Crowds of people below watch with wonder: bishops, kings, priests, nuns, soldiers, working people, children. Even the pope is there, in...
