Meditations
Pilgrims of Hope, Episode 9: Walking with Deacons of Hope
October 2, 2025
In this episode, Fr. Ron Will talks with Deacon Kevin Cummings from the Kansas City, Kansas, archdiocese. He and a fellow deacon founded the organization Deacons of Hope, a parish-based, nonprofit, pro-life ministry for permanent deacons.
Adversaries Needed?
September 19, 2025
By Fr. Garry Richmeier, C.PP.S.
Movies depend on conflict between good and bad. We love it when good overcomes evil and all is well again. Plots like this entertain us because we wish real life was like that. In real life, though, no one is totally good and no one totally bad. Real humans are a mix of good and bad. And that feels uncomfortable.
Can You Help Support Our Guest House Mission?
September 10, 2025
The Missionaries of the Precious Blood, the religious society of priests and brothers who sponsor Precious Blood Renewal Center, are asking for donations to update and renovate the Renewal Center’s Guest House.
Knowing your ‘love language’ key to healthy relationships
September 8, 2025
Family Matters by Lucia Ferrara
How you express love in a relationship, this is your love language, differs from person to person. Knowing what your and your partner’s love language is makes for a healthy, more fulfilling relationship.
Pilgrims of Hope, Episode 8: Walking Outside Church Walls
August 27, 2025
Hosted by Fr. Ron Will, C.PP.S.
In this episode of the Jubilee Year video series, “Traveling with Pilgrims of Hope,” we talk with Ansel Augustine, M.Div., about his more than 25 years of ministry to youth, college students, prisoners and others travelling “outside the church walls.”
Key Lime Cake
August 25, 2025
By Lucia Ferrara
This recipe makes a three-layer cake with cream cheese frosting. The tangy key limes make this a refreshing dessert or snack as the summer heat lingers into the fall. Watch the Video Now.
To Be or Not to Be … a Cynic
August 14, 2025
An Assembling God’s Puzzle video
By Fr. Garry Richmeier, C.PP.S.
Blowing off steam about everything that is wrong in the world — and there’s plenty of that — can be therapeutic, but if such griping becomes the norm of our conversations and thinking, we can easily slip into cynicism, which is not helpful and doesn’t feel good.
Go Fly a Kite!
August 5, 2025
A Coffee with Padre Video
By Fr. Timothy Armbruster, C.PP.S.
Go fly a kite! No, really. I am not telling you to go away and leave me along. I am telling you, Go Fly a Kite! Watch the Video.
Creating Family Traditions & Connections this Summer
July 29, 2025
Family Matters by Lucia Ferrara
Family time does not always mean going to Florida every summer; it means creating traditions and making connections that create lasting memories. And that can be done with your family with limited time and without breaking the bank.
Pilgrims of Hope, Episode 7: Walking with At-Risk Youth
July 23, 2025
Hosted by Fr. Ron Will, C.PP.S.
In this episode of the Jubilee Year video series, “Traveling with Pilgrims of Hope,” we talk with Fr. Denny Kinderman, a Missionary of the Precious Blood, who works on the south side of Chicago with juveniles and their families who experience incarceration or who live with gang violence.