Companion Mark Giesige, the Missionaries’ mission coordinator, was presented with the Spirit of Sr. Dorothy Stang Award during a Mass on Sunday, Sept. 29, at Immaculate Conception Church in Celina, Ohio.

August 22, 1934 – September 28, 2024
Fr. William Hoyng, C.PP.S., 90, died at 11 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, 2024, in the infirmary of St. Charles Center, Carthagena, Ohio, where he made his home.

Br. Theophane Woodall, C.PP.S., 85, died at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, in the infirmary at St. Charles Center, Carthagena, Ohio, where he had lived and ministered for 55 years. He had been in failing health in recent years.

Brother Tom Bohman, C.PP.S., serves as director of religious education at St. James the Less parish in the Oakland Park neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. He says that approximately 95-97% of households fall beneath the poverty line in this mostly Hispanic community.   

In the mid-1990s, Jeff Berninger was looking for a way to make a difference for youth in the world, and Fr. Barry Fischer, C.PP.S., guided him to the mission in rural Guatemala, where Jeff volunteered to teach middle school. Jeff’s eyes were opened to the many barriers to education that his students faced, including systemic poverty and a high rate of adult illiteracy. Among the most glaring barriers was a lack of textbooks in classrooms.    

Missionaries of the Precious Blood contribute $164K to 37 organizations   

$84,000 awarded to further Catholic education 

Groups visiting Ohio's Sorrowful Mother Shrine.

Today we celebrate the founding of our religious Congregation, the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, by St. Gaspar del Bufalo, in 1815, in a small town called Giano, in a country that was not yet but would become Italy.

The tragic ending of that parade was worldwide news. An argument broke out, and guns were fired. Twenty-two people were injured, and Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mother of two and former parishioner at Sacred Heart Guadalupe parish, was killed.

In 1945, over 200,000 people, most of them civilians, died in Japan from the atomic bombs that we, the United States, dropped on the cities of Hiroshima on August 6 and on Nagasaki three days later. Millions others suffered life-long health consequences from radiation exposure, including vulnerabilities to many forms of cancer.

War and the children of Gaza

In memory of Father Thomas Brenberger

Immigration immersion experience creates connections

As the nation reels from the attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life over the weekend, we’re called to reflect on the profound impact of acts of violence on the moral and spiritual fabric of society. The inherent dignity of every human life is a principle deeply rooted in our faith and the Spirituality of Precious Blood.

In a Church richly blessed with a variety of religious congregations of priests and brothers, you might wonder what makes the Missionaries of the Precious Blood unique. Why do men choose to join us when they answer God’s call?

Congratulations to Calumet College of St. Joseph (CCSJ), which has received a grant of $500,000 from the Lilly Endowment through its initiative, Advancing the Science of Reading in Indiana.

Have you ever taken a walk in the evening after a heavy snowfall? The sounds of the city are muffled, there is a hush over creation as the snow blankets the earth. The rhythm of the crunch of the snow underfoot draws you into a place of quiet contemplation.