Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Atlantic Province

LIFE LIVED IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS PRECIOUS 2 0 1 9 Picture of St. Gaspar Del Bufalo - St. Maria in Trivio Church. Piazza dei Crociferi, Rome, Italy BECOME A MISSIONARY OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD

The Missionaries of Precious Blood is a worldwide religious Would you like to be one of us? Congregation serving the Church in more than twenty countries. Every call, every vocation, comes from God and every person has some kind of calling from God! The unique call of God to be a Missionary of the About Us Precious Blood comes to Roman Catholic men, The Congregation of Missionaries of the Precious between the ages of 18 and 45 who are intelligent, Blood (C.PP.S.) is a Society of Apostolic Life of well-rounded, spirit-filled, and generous of heart to priests and brothers. They share a common mission labor with one another in the service of the of service to the Church; live a community life Kingdom of God. without vows, sustained by the spirituality of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood find their Precious Blood of Jesus Christ. inspiration in the Blood shed by Christ on the It is these three pillars - Mission, Community, Cross, and the love which that Blood signified for all Spirituality - which support our life together. people, especially for those on the margins of We are a worldwide religious Congregation society and who feel abandoned, hurt, or unloved in structured into seventeen units (seven Provinces, some way. four Vicariates and six Missions) serving the Most of the time, discerners have already received Catholich Church in more than twenty countries. an undergraduate degree or more before seeking admission, but each vocation is unique and is Mission individually discerned given the particular We continue St. Gaspar’s Ministry of the Word by circumstances of each person. preaching renewal and conversion through A Missionary of the Precious Blood is called to be missions and retreats. We bring that love of God HOW TO GET IN CONTACT WITH US either a Brother or a Priest. Both brothers and also to parishes, schools, hospitals, and prisons. As priests are given the ability to develop their unique missionaries, we work where the Church needs us gifts and talents and to use them in ministries most and where the Good News has not been heard. Vocation Director which give witness to the congregation’s charism and the particular needs of the church. Community As a Society of Apostolic Life, Missionaries of the Following St. Gaspar's inspiration, we try to live and Rev. Alarey Abella, C.PP.S. Precious Blood do not live under vows, but by a work together as much as we can. A bond of charity bond of charity toward fellow members of the unites us, allowing us to place our gifts at the 13313 Niagara Pkwy community. A willingness to live the love of God service of the Church and one another. Our and neighbour in Mission Houses and residences is community houses serve as centres of prayer and Niagara Falls, ON L2G 0P8 one sign of a vocation. reflection to renew us for service in mission. If you are interested in discovering your call, the House 905-382-1118 next step is to contact the Vocation Director and he Spirituality will be happy to help you discover what call you Christ’s shedding his Blood was, for St. Gaspar, and Fax 905-382-1119 may be hearing from God and to respond to it, is for us, the sign of God’s great love for all the Cell 416-829-6717 whatever it may be. people. You can contact the Vocation Director for further This spirituality of the Blood continues to impel us [email protected] information and assistance. to build community through the inclusion of the Through the intercession of St. Gaspar Del Bufalo, marginalized, to walk in solidarity with those who may the Lord bless you in your vocational journey! suffer, and to seek reconciliation in a divided world. www.discoverthecall.org Access to quality education is a key equalizer in building strong, healthy communities that flourish. C.PP.S. Mission Projects, through the generous support of our donors, has funded the construction of 15 primary schools for government and mission organizations along with establishing 6 secondary vocational schools specializing in the areas of carpentry, mechanics & technology and a home craft school. In January of 2015, John Merlini secondary school began its inaugural school year!

Interested in learning more about C.PP.S. Mission Projects? 540 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto, Ontario, M6C 1A4 Canada Whether adopting a well or sponsoring one of our students, helping organize a mission trip or partnering with us in one of our many Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-3pm EST; closed on Saturdays, initiatives, there are many ways to become involved with C.PP.S. Sundays & Holidays Mission Projects. You too can make a tangible and lasting impact that Phone: (416) 656-3054, (416) 656-4423 will benefit so many of our brothers and sisters in Tanzania. Toll-free (Canada & U.S.A.): 1-844-779-6979 Fax: (416) 656-0722 Get in touch! Email: [email protected] We are happy to answer any questions you might have. We value your involvement and want to hear your ideas for raising awareness and Charitable Registration #: 894565795 RR0001 furthering all of the good work being done in the mission field. Director: Very Rev. Mario Cafarelli Office Coordinator & Secretary: Aimie Balde January 2019 Month of the Christ Child

After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Luke 2-21 Missionaries of the Precious Blood Atlantic Province

LIFE LIVED IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS PRECIOUS

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4 5 * Mary Mother of God Sts. Basil the Great Most Holy Name of Jesus St St John Neumann & Gregory Nazianzen

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Epiphany of the Lord St André Bessette St. Raymond St. Adrian St. St. Leucius of Brindisi St. Marguerite Bourgeoys of Penyafort of Canterbury

13 14 G 15 16 17 18 19 Baptism of the Lord St. Felix of Nola St. Mauro St. Liberata St Anthony Abbot St. Margaret of Hungary St. Henry of Sweden

20 21 @ 22 23 24 25 26 II Sunday St. Agnes St. Vincent Pallotti St. Marianne Cope St Conversion of St Paul Sts. Timothy and Titus Ordinary Time

27 T 28 29 30 31 III Sunday St. St. Sarbelius & Barbea St. Martina of Rome St. John Bosco Ordinary Time

1 - World Day of Peace 20 - World Day of Migrants and Refugees 6 - Birthday of St. Gaspar del Bufalo (1786) 22 - Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children (US) 10 - Birthday of Fr. Brunner (1795) 25/1 - Week of the prayer for Christian Unity 12 - Death of Venerable John Merlini (1873) February 2019 Month of the Holy Spirit

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you.

John 14:26 Missionaries of the Precious Blood Atlantic Province

LIFE LIVED IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS PRECIOUS

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1 2 St. Brigid of Ireland Presentation of the Lord

3 4 * 5 6 7 8 9 IV Sunday St. Maria de Mattias St. Agatha Sts. Paul Miki Bl. Pius IX Josephine Bakhita St. Alexander Ordinary Time and companions

10 11 12 G 13 14 15 16 V Sunday St. Damian St. Catherine de Ricci Sts. Cyril and Methodius St. Faustus St. Faustinus Ordinary Time

17 18 19 @ 20 21 22 23 VI Sunday St. Flavian St. Barbatus Martyrs of Tyre St. Chair of St. Polykarp Ordinary Time

24 25 26 T 27 28 VII Sunday St. Caesarius of Nazianzus St. Isabel St. John of Gorze St. Oswald Ordinary Time

2 - World Day for 3 - Birthday of Fr. Biagio Valentini (1792) 4 - Birthday of St. Maria de Mattias (1805) 11 - World Day of the Sick Her husband , being a righteous man March 2019 and unwilling to Month of St. Joseph expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of , do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 19:20 Missionaries of the Precious Blood Atlantic Province

LIFE LIVED IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS PRECIOUS

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 St. Albinus St. Angela of the Cross

3 4 5 6 * 7 8 9 VIII Sunday St. Casimir St. Carthach the Elder Ash Wednesday Sts. St. John of God St. Frances of Rome Ordinary Time

10 11 12 13 14 G 15 16 I Sunday of Lent St. Peter the Spaniard St. Peter the Deacon St. Bl. Fernandez St. Louise de Marillac St. Julian of Antioch

17 18 19 20 @ 21 22 23 II Sunday of Lent St. St. Joseph St. Alexandra Bl. Maria Candida St. Benvenutus Scotivoli St. Turibius of Mogrovejo PATRON OF CANADA and Companions of the Eucharist

24 25 26 27 28 T 29 30 III Sunday of Lent Annunciation St. Humbert of Morailles St. John of Egypt St. Venturino of Bergamo St. Ludolf of Ratzeburg Bl. Amadeus IX of Savoy of the Lord

1 - World Day of Prayer 31 4 - Foundation Day of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ (1834) IV Sunday of Lent April 2019 Month of the Holy Eucharist

But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

John 1:7 Missionaries of the Precious Blood Atlantic Province

LIFE LIVED IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS PRECIOUS

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1 2 3 4 5 * 6 St. St. St. Irene St. Isidore St. Vincent Ferrer St. Elstan

7 8 9 10 11 12 G 13 V Sunday of Lent St. Walter of Pontoise St. Eupsychius St. Paternus St. Stanislaus St. Sabas the Goth St. Martin I

14 15 16 17 18 19 @ 20 PALM SUNDAY Monday Tuesday Wednesday Holy Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday of the Holy Week of the Holy Week of the Holy Week

21 22 23 24 25 26 T 27 EASTER SUNDAY Easter Octave Easter Octave Easter Octave Easter Octave Easter Octave Easter Octave St. Joseph of Persia St. George St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen St. Mark Our Lady of Good Counsel St. Lawrence Huong 28 29 30 II Sunday after Easter St. St. Pius V (or Divine Mercy)

7 - Birthday of St. Francis Xavier (1506) 14 - World Day of Youth May 2019 Mary said to the angel, Month of the Mary “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God.

Luke 1:34-35 Missionaries of the Precious Blood Atlantic Province

LIFE LIVED IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS PRECIOUS

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4 * St. Joseph the Worker St. Athanasius Sts. Philip and James Bl. Marie-Léonie Paradis

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 G III Sunday St. François de Laval Seven Joys of Our Lady Bl. Catherine Our Lady of Loreto St. Damien de Veuster Our Lady of Aparecida after Easter de Saint-Augustin

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 @ IV Sunday Our Lady of Fatima St. Matthias St. Isidore St. Simon Stock St. Paschal Baylon St. John I after Easter

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 V Sunday St. Bernardine of Siena St. Eugène de Mazenod St. Rita of Cascia Martyrs of Cappadocia Our Lady, Help of Christians St. after Easter

26 T 27 28 29 30 31 VI Sunday St. Augustine St. Ursula Ledóchowska Our Lady of Ardents St. Ferdinand III of Castile The Visitation of after Easter of Canterbury the Blessed Virgin Mary

1 - International Workers Day 20 - Victoria Day 12 - World Day of prayer for Vocations 24 - World Day of prayer for the Church in China 12 - Canada Health Day 24 - Our Lady of the Precious Blood 12 - Mother’s Day 26 - The ’s pastoral works 12 - Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Mercy 27 - Memorial Day (USA) June 2019 Month of the Sacred Heart

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 11:29 Missionaries of the Precious Blood Atlantic Province

LIFE LIVED IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS PRECIOUS

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 St. Justin

2 3 * 4 5 6 7 8 ASCENSION Sts. Charles Lwanga Our Lady of the Hill St. Boniface St. Norbert St. Landulf of Yariglia Our Lady of Alexandria OF THE LORD and Companions

9 10 G 11 12 13 14 15 PENTECOST Blessed Virgin Mary St. Polish Martyrs St. St. Methodius I St. Trillo Mother of the Church

16 17 @ 18 19 20 21 22 MOST HOLY Our Lady of the Forest St. Osmanna St. Romuald Irish Martyrs St. Aloysius Gonzaga St. Paulinus of Nola TRINITY

23 24 25 T 26 27 28 29 MOST HOLY Nativity of St. Maximus of Turin Our Lady of Meliapore Our Lady of Perpetual Help MOST SACRED Sts. Peter and Paul BODY AND BLOOD St. HEART OF JESUS OF CHRIST

2 - World Communications Day 30 4 - Independence Day (USA) XIII Sunday 12 - of St. Gaspar del Bufalo (1954) Ordinary Time 16 - Father’s Day July 2019 Month of the Precious Blood

So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

John 6:53 Missionaries of the Precious Blood Atlantic Province

LIFE LIVED IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS PRECIOUS

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 * 3 4 5 6 The Most Precious Blood St. Acestes St. Thomas St. Elizabeth of Portugal St. Anthony Zaccaria St. of Our Lord Jesus Christ

7 8 9 G 10 11 12 13 XIV Sunday St. Maria Chaira St. Augustine Zhao Rong St. Peter of Perugia St. Benedict Our Lady of Lure St. Henry Ordinary Time and companions

14 15 16 @ 17 18 19 20 XV Sunday St. Our Lady of Mount Carmel St. Andrew Zorard Our Lady of Victory St. Felix of Verona St. Apollinaris Ordinary Time

21 22 23 24 T 25 26 27 XVI Sunday St. St. Birgitta St. Sharbel Makhluf St. James Sts. Joachim and Anne Bl. Titus Brandsma Ordinary Time

28 29 30 31 * XVII Sunday St. Martha St. St. Ignatius of Loyola Ordinary Time

1 - Canada Day 4 - Independence Day (USA) August 2019 Month of the Almighty God

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

Revelation 1:8 Missionaries of the Precious Blood Atlantic Province

LIFE LIVED IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS PRECIOUS

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 St. Alphonsus Maria St. Peter Julian Eymard St. Peter of Anagni de Liguori

4 5 6 7 G 8 9 10 XVIII Sunday Dedication of the Basilica Transfiguration St. Cajetan St. Dominic St. Teresa Benedicta St. Lawrence Ordinary Time of Saint Mary Major of the Lord of the Cross ()

11 12 13 14 15 @ 16 17 XIX Sunday St. Jane Frances Sts. Pontian and Hippolytus St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe Assumption of the St. Roch Bl. Miguel Kurobioye Ordinary Time de Chantal Blessed Virgin Mary

18 19 20 21 22 23 T 24 XX Sunday St. John Eudes St. St. Pius X Queenship of St. St. Bartholomew Ordinary Time Blessed Virgin Mary

25 26 27 28 29 30 * 31 XXI Sunday St. Pandwyna St. Monica St. The Beheading Our Lady of Carquere St. Dominic del Val Ordinary Time of Saint John the Baptist

15 - Missionaries of the Precious Blood FOUNDATION DAY (1815) 15 - USC Meeting in Niagara 20 - Death of St. Maria de Mattias (1866) 28 - Birthday of Venerable John Merlini (1795) September 2019 Month of the Holy Cross He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

Mark 8:34 Missionaries of the Precious Blood Atlantic Province

LIFE LIVED IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS PRECIOUS

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4 5 G 6 7 XXII Sunday Bl. André Grasset Saint Gregory the Great Bl. Dina Bélanger St. Teresa of Calcutta St. Dionysius St. Pamphilus Ordinary Time

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 @ XXIII Sunday St. Bl. Anthony of Korea Our Lady of Hildesheim Holy Name of the St. Exaltation of the Ordinary Time Blessed Virgin Mary Holy Cross

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 T XXIV Sunday Sts. Cornelius and St. Our Lady of Smelcem St. Januarius St. Andrew Kim, St. Matthew Ordinary Time Paul Chong and companions 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 * XXV Sunday St. Pio of Pietrelcina St. Gerard Sagredo Sts. Cosmas and Damian St. Vincent de Paul St. Lawrence Ruiz Ordinary Time

29 30 XXVI Sunday St. Ordinary Time

1 - World Day of Prayer for the care of Creation 2 - Labour Day 27 World Tourism Day October 2019 Month of the Holy

So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Mark 11:24 Missionaries of the Precious Blood Atlantic Province

LIFE LIVED IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS PRECIOUS

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4 5 G St. Thérèse Guardian Angels St. Cyprian of Toulon St. St. of the Child Jesus

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 XXVII Sunday Our Lady of the Rosary St. Amor of Aquitaine Saint John Leonardi St. Comboni St. John XXIII Our Lady of the Pillar Ordinary Time

13 @ 14 15 16 17 18 19 XXVIII Sunday St. Callistus I St. Teresa of Jesus St. Gerard Mejella St. St. Luke Sts. Jogues, Ordinary Time Jean de Brébeuf, and Companions 20 21 T 22 23 24 25 26 XXIX Sunday St. Gaspar del Bufalo St. John Paul II St. John of Capistrano St. Anthony Mary Claret St. Boniface I St. Alfred the Great Ordinary Time

27 * 28 29 30 31 XXX Sunday St. Simon and Jude Martyrs of Douai St. St. Antoninus Ordinary Time

1 - World Day of Prayer for the care of Creation 2 - Labour Day 14 - Thanksgiving Day (CAN) 14 - Columbus Day (USA) 27 World Tourism Day November 2019 Month of All Souls

For you were going astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

1 Peter 2:25 Missionaries of the Precious Blood Atlantic Province

LIFE LIVED IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS PRECIOUS

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 All All Souls

3 4 G 5 6 7 8 9 XXXI Sunday St. Charles Borromeo St. Zachary St. Demetrian St. Willibrord St. Joseph Nghi Dedication of the Ordinary Time Lateran Basilica

10 11 12 @ 13 14 15 16 XXXII Sunday Saint Martin of Tours Saint Josaphat St. Frances Xavier Cabrini St. Alberic of Utrecht St. Albert the Great St. Margaret of Scotland Ordinary Time

17 18 19 T 20 21 22 23 XXXIII Sunday Dedication of the Basilicas St. Azas and Companions St. Edmund the Martyr Presentation of the St. Cecilia St. Clement I Ordinary Time of Saints Peter and Paul Blessed Virgin Mary

24 25 26 * 27 28 29 30 Christ the King St. Catherine of Alexandria St. Dominic Doan Xuyen St. James Intercisus St. Andrew Trong St. Illuminata St. Andrew

11 - Remembrance Day 23 - Death of Fr. Biagio Valentini (1847) 24 - Death of Bishop Francis Albertini (1819) 28 - Thanksgiving Day (USA) December 2019 Month of Advent The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God.

Luke 1:35 Missionaries of the Precious Blood Atlantic Province

LIFE LIVED IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST IS PRECIOUS

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 3 4 G 5 16 27 I Sunday of Advent St. Pontian St. Francis Xavier St. John Damascene St. Dalmatius of Pavia St.All Nicholas Saints St.All Ambrose Souls

38 49 105 116 127 @ 138 149 II Sunday of Advent ImmaculateSt. Charles BorromeoConception St. FlorentiusSt. Zachary of Carracedo St. DemetrianDamasus I Our LadySt. Willibrord of Guadalupe St.St. Lucy Joseph of Syracuse Nghi St.Dedication John of the of Crossthe of the Virgin Mary Lateran basilica

1015 1116 1217 1813 T 1419 1520 1621 III Sunday of Advent Saint St.Martin Albina of Tours OurSaint Lady Josaphat of Amiens St. FrancesSt. Peter Xavier Truat Cabrini St. AlbericSt. Nemesius of Utrecht St. St.Albert Peter the Thi Great St. St.Margaret Peter Canisiusof Scotland

2217 1823 1924 2025 2621 * 2227 2328 IV Sunday of Advent DedicationSt. John of ofthe Kanty Basilicas St. AzasSt. and Tarsilla Companions St.Nativity Edmund of the the Martyr Lord PresentationSt. Stephen of the St. CeciliaJohn HolySt. ClementInnocents I of Saints Peter and Paul Blessed Virgin Mary

2429 2530 2631 27 28 29 30 The Holy Family St.St. Catherine Liberius of AlexandriaRavenna St. DominicSt. Sylvester Doan XuyenI St. James Intercisus St. Andrew Trong St. Illuminata St.

3 - Death of St. Francis Xavier (1552) 8 - Foundation Day of the first USC (1808) 11 - Remembrance Day 28 - Death of St. Gaspar Del Bufalo (1837) USC - UNION OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST ORGANISATION (Unio Sanguis Christi) The USC comprises individual members (laity, religious, priests) and associates (religious congregations, associations, confraternities) HISTORY and is organised at the international, regional and The USC was founded in Rome, at the Basilica of local levels. The central director of the Union is the San Nicola in Carcere, by Canon Francesco Moderator General of the Missionaries of the Albertini, who called it the "Pious Association in Precious Blood who, with the Council, is responsible Honour of The Most Precious Blood". Its primary for animating the association, disseminating the purpose was to promote religious culture, the sacramental spirituality of the blood of Christ, and encouraging life and works of mercy among the lay faithful. It was communication of experiences between the various erected as an Archconfraternity by Pius VII, and very regional units. At the regional and local levels, the work of shortly after it came to include priests and religious the Union is coordinated by regional and local Directors, members. St Gaspare del Bufalo, who considered it to be a men and women. sound means of renewing Christian life, became its most fervent promoter, and when he founded the Congregation of MEMBERSHIP the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, in 1815, he considered The USC has 10,800 members in 5 countries, in Europe, it to be spiritually united to the Archconfraternity. In 1851 Pope North America and South America. Pius IX erected the Pious Union of the Most Precious Blood. It moved from San Nicola in Carcere and was placed under the Moderator General of the Missionaries with its headquarters in the mother church of the Congregation. In 1951, Pope Pius XII reconfirmed its organisation and approved the new Statutes, which were once again updated following the second Vatican Council. On 24 May 1988, the Pontifical Council for the Laity decreed recognition of the Sanguis Christi Union as an international Printed by the Congregation of Missionaries of the Precious Blood association of the faithful of Pontifical Right. 13313 Niagara Pkwy, Niagara Falls ON L2G 0P8 Publication mail agreement No 41028015 IDENTITY The USC, a spiritual family which grew up around the work of St Gaspare del Bufalo, strives to spread the spirituality of the blood of Christ according to the rule of life which is summed up in the words of the Gospel, "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" (Jn 15:13). In order to respond to this ideal of holiness, the members, who are admitted to the Union after an appropriate period of formation, dedicate themselves to listening to the Word of God; maturing their baptismal grace through frequent participation in the sacraments of the Eucharist and Reconciliation, and by participating in the public worship of the Church through the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours, which prepares and extends the praise thanksgiving and memory of the mysteries of salvation to different hours of the day; cooperating in building up the Church and working for Church unity and the spread of the Kingdom of God in the world. The members of USC undertake to help create a social order based on justice and peace among peoples, according to their circumstances, and both individually or in groups co-operate with Return Undeliverable Canadian Addresses to: every initiative of the Church and civil society to improve the life and 13313 Niagara Pkwy, Niagara Falls ON L2G 0P8 foster the dignity of the human person.