By Fr. James Smith, C.PP.S. Love is in the air. It seems strange to encounter this much love in the readings outside of mid-February. I guess it still fits, though, with this weekend being Mother’s Day. It is always a tricky task to navigate around the holidays of our...
Fr. Joseph Nassal, C.PP.S., a member of the Kansas City Province of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. An author and former provincial director, he is now engaged in retreat and renewal ministry. How or why did your parents choose the name Joseph for you? Joseph...
Then Barnabas took charge of him and brought him to the apostles. (Acts 9:27) By Fr. Steve Dos Santos, C.PP.S. I was born and raised in St. Barnabas Parish in Alameda, Calif. When I was a kid, it was always exciting when Barnabas’ name would begin to show up in...
By Fr. Angelo Anthony, C.PP.S. Pause for a moment. Do you hear it? The gift of peace and quiet. Sometime ago, someone sent me an article from the Wall Street Journal entitled, The Sounds of Silence. The author observed that it is amazing how cluttered life can become....
Dominic Gerlach, C.PP.S. Fr. Patrick Hennebery, C.PP.S., born in Ireland 1830, was part of the great potato famine exodus to the United States. He entered the Congregation (from Wisconsin) in 1848 and was ordained 1853. It is surprising that he would come to a German...
