We completed our year long celebration of our Diamond Jubilee since our foundation on May 25th. But the festivities weren’t entirely over. On May 26th Bishop Stika joined us for a special Mass and meal, surprising us by bringing along His Eminence Justin Cardinal Rigali, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia. As this fell shortly after Postulant Shannon entered our Novitiate with the name Sister Francis Clare and during a visit by our Aspirant Sarah, Bishop Stika took the occasion after Mass to tell “the newbies” a little about His Eminence’s long career as a Vatican diplomat and servant in the Church.

We share a few photos and thank all our Oblates, Lay Associates, members of the Confraternity of Mary, friends, benefactors, supporters, prayer warriors, and advisors who have made this last year one of gratitude and zeal for our mission in the Church to sanctify the priesthood. It doesn’t end now that May 25th has passed. It merely means a new chapter in our history begins…the next 75 years.

One year is not enough time to express our gratitude to God for our vocation and mission in the Church, nor to share our history completely with those who visit us online. Posts will be added to this section from time to time allowing others to enjoy stories from our past and more treasures from our archives.

"O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I give to Thy Sacred Heart, completely and absolutely without any condition, the Handmaids of the Precious Blood, and all the souls, past, present and future, that shall be permitted and entrusted to their care."

– Our Founder, Father Gerald Fitzgerald, sP