The three readings for this Sunday ask us to look at what we have. I do not mean to look inward at yourself and your talents/gifts. The three readings ask us to look at what we have as our material possessions and what real value we should put on them. In the first...
Fr. Richard Nieberding, C.PP.S., died unexpectedly on Saturday, July 20, 2019, in the rectory of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Montezuma, Ohio, where he was the pastor. He was 66. He was born on January 19, 1953, in Dayton, to Edward and Mary (Jutte) Nieberding. He...
With great sadness we announce that Fr. Rick Nieberding, C.PP.S., 66, died unexpectedly on Saturday. Fr. Rick, who was appointed pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Montezuma, Ohio, on June 6, was scheduled to preside at a 1:30 PM wedding at the parish. When he...
It is so easy for us to gloss over this phrase at the end of the story, but it is one that requires we stop and pay attention. The scholar could have simply said “the Samaritan” but he so hated Samaritans, that he couldn’t even bring himself to say the word. We all...
On Monday, Missionaries of the Precious Blood will travel to Naples, where documents pertaining to the possible beatification of the Venerable John Merlini, C.PP.S., will be passed on to Sr. Nicla Spezzati, ASC, the postulator of his cause. The tribunal in Naples has...
