David Hoying, C.PP.S. Fr. Henry Joseph Drees has the distinction of serving the most years as provincial director, serving, either by election or appointment, for 18 years. A native of Oldenburg, Germany, and a blacksmith by trade, Drees came to the Community at the...
By V. Rev. Jeffrey Kirch, C.PP.S. On this Second Sunday of Lent, we encounter two rich and vivid scripture passages. In our first reading, we are confronted with the difficult story of the binding of Isaac. Our Gospel reading presents us with an almost fantastical...
By Fr. Tim Knepper, C.PP.S. One of the sad aspects of life today is the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve got mask mandates, six-feet social distancing, and not interacting with people from outside our immediate households. At a funeral recently, a parishioner wanted to hug...
By Fr. Dennis Chriszt, C.PP.S. Over the past year, since the pandemic started, many of us can identify with Job in today’s first reading. Life has become a drudgery. And many of us wonder if we shall ever see happiness again. Like Simon’s mother-in-law, too...
The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. (Mark 1:22) By Fr. Steve Dos Santos, C.PP.S. What was it about him that astonished the people so powerfully? Last week Peter and Andrew dropped...
