By Fr. Tony Fortman, C.PP.S. In Mark’s Gospel today, we hear Jesus speak to the pharisees and scribes, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile. From...
Most of us have that time in the evening when we settle into our favorite chair to read or watch television. Cathy Duling has turned it into a time of prayer and productivity, as she crafts beautiful rosaries. Cathy is a Companion, a lay associate of the Missionaries...
By Brother Matt Schaefer, C.PP.S. I’m sitting in the Blessed Sacrament chapel at the Sisters of Providence Center in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., pondering how to write this reflection for our feast day. The focus of the chapel is an altar of repose topped by a marble...
By Fr. Tony Fortman, C.PP.S. I remember traveling down to Corpus Christ, Tex., with my family when I was 12 years old. My grandparents spent the winters down in Brownsville, so one Christmas my family decided to take off for Texas in a pick-up truck with a camper on...
By Fr. Bill Nordenbrock, C.PP.S. Have you ever considered how the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity is a Precious Blood feast? At least as I gaze upon my favorite icon, I considered it one of our feasts. Andrei Rublev was a 15th-century Russian iconographer and his...
