Annunciation by Vasily Surikov Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum. May it be done to me according to your word. Fr. Steve Dos Santos, C.PP.S. With these words, the great mystery of the Incarnation began. Mary trusting in God, and in Gabriel’s message, gave...
By Brother Matt Schaefer, C.PP.S. When I was born, both my mother and I were sick. I was sick enough that I was rushed to Children’s Hospital in Columbus by two nuns in a taxi. Fearing that I would die, one of the nuns baptized me on the way. Despite my parents’...
A Thanksgiving message from our Provincial Director Fr. Jeffrey Kirch, C.PP.S. This year has been a real struggle for so many people. It has been both a year of upheaval and a year of being stuck-in-place. Many people are worried about their health or their finances,...
“St. Gaspar is a great role model for us in the way that he responded to the needs of the Church and the signs of the times,” said Fr. Tom Brenberger, C.PP.S., who presided at a Mass on the Solemnity of St. Gaspar, October 21 at St. Charles Center in Carthagena, Ohio....
Solemnity of Saint Gaspar By the V. Rev. Jeffrey Kirch, C.PP.S. Today we celebrate the Solemnity of St. Gaspar del Bufalo, who founded of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood in the small town of Giano, Italy, in 1815. At that time, Europe was in turmoil. The...
