Ministries

Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation

Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation was created by Missionaries of the Precious Blood in 2004 to serve young people, families, and adults in Chicago’s Back of the Yards and Englewood neighborhoods who are impacted by violence, incarceration, and structural inequity. Our mission is to restore human dignity through hospitality, hope and healing to those impacted by violence and incarceration.  

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Sorrowful Mother Shrine

The Sorrowful Mother Shrine near Bellevue, Ohio, was founded by Missionaries of the Precious Blood in 1850. An inspiring place of prayer, the shrine grounds feature 120 acres of woods and lawns, wildflowers, and planted flower beds, forty-one grottos and religious sculptures, and a beautiful open-air chapel. 

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Precious Blood Renewal Center

Precious Blood Renewal Center is located on a 33-acre campus in Liberty, Missouri, and offers retreats, a wide variety of programs centering on personal and community renewal and reconciliation, prayer services, workshops, online resources, and gathering space for groups. The serene grounds include a reconciliation labyrinth, pond, walking paths, wooded areas, and stretches of lawn.

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Sonnino Mission House

The Sonnino Mission House is a safe space dedicated to reconciliation and renewal located in Berkeley, California. It is committed to providing comfort, facilitating meaningful conversations. and building a supportive community for all who come through the doors.

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Precious Blood Spirituality Institute

The Precious Blood Spirituality Institute was established in 2021 through a partnership with religious institutes devoted to the Precious Blood of Jesus: The Adorers of the Blood of Christ, The Sisters of the Precious Blood, and the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. The Institute also was created to collaborate with the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago to offer courses and workshops and support academic work pertaining to Precious Blood spirituality through the Schreiter Institute for Precious Blood Spirituality.

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St. Charles Center

St. Charles Center was formerly the seminary for Missionaries of the Precious Blood, housing and educating over 100 seminarians at a time. Located on 500 acres outside of Carthagena, Ohio, the grand building is now home to people living as a community in 54 apartments. This community includes priests and brothers as well as lay people, including married couples. They share meals in the community dining room and worship together in the chapel. To learn more about Saint Charles Senior Living Community, call 419-925-4516, ext. 112.

St. Charles also hosts annual events for the Missionaries and has become a local center for the arts, hosting such programs as an annual art fair, concerts, and a display of nativity scenes from around the world.

Read about the history of St. Charles Center here.

St. Charles Seminary building with a cross and a statue, featuring arched windows, brick facade, and a central staircase.

Parishes

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Melbourne Beach, Florida  

St. Joseph Catholic Church and St. Joseph Catholic School Palm Bay, Florida

Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church  San Francisco, California  

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and St. Francis Xavier Catholic School St. Joseph, Missouri

St. James Catholic Church Liberty, Missouri

St. James Catholic Church Kansas City, Missouri

St. Patrick's Church Walkerton, Indiana

St. Adalbert Parish Whiting, Indiana

St. John the Baptist and St. John the Baptist School Whiting, Indiana

St. John the Baptist Parish Glandorf, Ohio

St. James the Less Catholic Church and St. James the Less Catholic School Columbus, Ohio

St. Augustine Catholic Church Cleveland, Ohio 

Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School Ottawa, Ohio

Emmanuel Catholic Church Dayton, Ohio  

St. Joseph Catholic Church Dayton, Ohio

Holy Trinity Catholic Church Dayton, Ohio 

St. Rita Catholic Church Dayton, Ohio 

Precious Blood Church and Mother Maria Anna Brunner Catholic School Dayton, Ohio

St. Paul Church Dayton, Ohio 

St. John the Baptist  Maria Stein, Ohio

Holy Redeemer Catholic Church  New Bremen, Ohio

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary  Maria Stein, Ohio

Precious Blood Catholic Church Maria Stein, Ohio 

St. Rose Church Maria Stein, Ohio 

St. Sebastian Celina, Ohio

St. Augustine Minster, Ohio

St. Joseph's Catholic Church Minster, Ohio