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]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) The Oblates at 200 Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:59:10 -0500 A ‘Prairie staple’ /columns/item/21624-a-prairie-staple /columns/item/21624-a-prairie-staple

As Canada gets ready for its multi-million-dollar 150th birthday celebration in 2017, party planners would do well to remember the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Pioneers, missionaries, pastors, educators, peacemakers, nation builders — few organizations stand ahead of the Oblates, as they are commonly known, in terms of the quantity and quality of their contributions to Canada.

]]> editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:13:39 -0500 Good News drenched in Precious Blood /features/call-to-service/item/21057-good-news-drenched-in-precious-blood /features/call-to-service/item/21057-good-news-drenched-in-precious-blood

If you’re going to preach in the modern world you need powerful language. The Missionaries of the Precious Blood have had that power incorporated into their very name for the last 200 years. From “blood brothers” to “Bloody Sunday,” “the blood of the Lamb” to “blood libel,” the 600 priests and brothers who call themselves Precious Bloods have the most arresting imagery in the entire story of human salvation as their calling card.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Call to Service Sat, 10 Oct 2015 08:03:37 -0400