Congratulations to Fr. Harry Brown, C.PP.S., who this year is celebrating the 60th anniversary of his ordination. Fr. Brown, a native of Wapakoneta, Ohio, entered the Society in 1946 and was ordained on May 31, 1959. Fr. Brown has been a pastor, preacher and teacher...
By Fr. Jim Smith, C.PP.S. In the wave of firsts as a newly-ordained, baby priest, mistakes and errors are quite common. Not doing this right, forgetting to do that thing. Usually, I become aware of these errors at inopportune moments, usually toward the end of a Mass....
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...
