Catholic Word of the Day: SOCIETY OF PRECIOUS BLOOD. 12-10-11

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SOCIETY OF PRECIOUS BLOOD 

Congregation of the Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood (1786-1836), founded in 1815 by St. Caspar del Bufalo. It is a society of clerics of common life, whose purpose is to promote devotion to the Precious Blood, to teach youth, evangelized, and engage in the parochial ministry. There are several communities of religious women also specially devoted to the Precious Blood.

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I had not heard of this order of missionaries before.

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Ishbosheth	All-Powerful	Opus Dei
Authenticity	Incardination	In Synodo Episcopali
Universal Bishop	Presence	Myth
Approbation	Easter	Reason
Salome	Precious Blood	Ampullae
Transitional Diaconate	Transcendence	Winged Lion
Society of Precious Blood

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We had Precious Blood sisters in Oklahoma City. I have a card of Caspar de Bufalo, somewhere!