John Wolf, c. pp. s., Joe Nassal, c. pp. s., Michael & Peggy Waddell, Al Ebach, c. pp. s, 2017 Provincial Assembly
hoarded; community resources help those in need. Simplicity leads to generosity and humility.
The Mission House
Our province’ s concept of mission house begins with hospitality, welcoming all to a sacred space. The life of those living in a mission house focuses on shared daily prayer, meals, study, and socializing together. The mission house is a place of intentional community renewal and renewal for the local church. People come to a mission house for rest, acceptance, and spiritual growth, and people go out from the mission house to share Precious Blood spirituality with the world, especially reconciliation and preaching. The ministry of mission house residents is both internal to the house itself and also as well to serve in local apostolates, according to the needs of the Church. We are planning to move toward more intentional mission houses in our Province, focusing on our charisms of reconciliation and the ministry of the Word.
2. Future Hopes, Dreams, and Desires
A. Our hopes and dreams are to develop and implement the concept of mission house for four to five centers where we will assess how we can make the most impact on the local church by inviting local clergy and Companions to gather, to support one another, and to grow in the spirituality of the Precious Blood. We believe that in this way we will be more effective in entrusting our heritage and tradition to the future. We look forward to collaborating with our members and Companions regarding the best way to implement mission houses in the future. We hope to be agents of change in the church and culture
regarding the role of women in the Church, the LGBT community, the refugee, poor, and marginalized; to increase reconciliation, healing, and involvement in our community and Church. We are committed to creating something new for ourselves and the Church. We need to make better use of the technologies of communication to enhance community and create something new. Becoming ever better stewards of our human resources, we are dedicated to supporting members and Companions in their various apostolates. Creating something new necessarily involves younger generations; we are committed to exploring a variety of forms and terms of membership in our community especially with younger generations. Always reading the signs of the times in prayer with a prophetic eye, we offer ourselves to serve the Church at the edges. We hope and dream of continued engagement with our Vietnam mission. We hope to meet with the Cincinnati Province to create something new together. As we re-imagine our future together, we will continue to pursue development of our mission houses, integrate our corporate stances, and share life and ministry with our Companions.
B. Community Life at its best for the Kansas City Province would mean a simple lifestyle by sharing prayer, meals, dialogue, and spiritual growth. Typically, our mission houses would also engage the members in some shared apostolate, which continued on page 13
Lisa Osburn and Vince Hoying, c. pp. s., 2017 Provincial Assembly
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