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Missionaries of the Precious Blood

1815 establishments in the Papal StatesCatholic missionsCatholic organizations established in the 19th centuryInfoboxes without native name language parameterMissionaries of the Precious Blood
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Rome, Collegio Preziosissimo Sangue, statue of Gaspare del Bufalo
Rome, Collegio Preziosissimo Sangue, statue of Gaspare del Bufalo

The Missionaries of the Precious Blood (Latin: Congregatio Missionariorum Pretiosissimi Sanguinis) is a Catholic community of priests and brothers. The society was founded by Saint Gaspar del Bufalo in 1815. The Missionaries of the Precious Blood is a shortened English translation of the Latin "Congregatio Missionariorum Pretiosissimi Sanguinis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi," (The Congregation of Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ). Priests and brothers add the nominal letters C.PP.S. after their names to indicate their membership in the Congregation. It is a Society of Apostolic Life composed of secular priests and brothers who live in community. Members do not take vows but are held together by the bond of charity only and by a promise of "fidelity to the Congregation of Missionaries of the Precious Blood in accordance with its Constitution and Statutes, giving [themselves] entirely to the service of God". (see the formula of incorporation found in C37 of the Normative Texts 2008.) The stated charism of the society is to bring the Word of God to where it is most needed.

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