Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Companions

Overview

Since the late 1980s, groups of lay people have been gathering in response to an invitation by the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. Bonding in a distinctive relationship, they are striving together to understand more clearly how the Spirit is awakening an innovative capacity for laity.

Baptism calls all to the same holiness and participation in the Blood of Christ. Companions are called by God to make holy their place in the world in collaboration with the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. A Companion relationship deepens that commitment and fosters that call to holiness.

Companions live the founder's spirit, applying his charism to our times and culture, through expressions of Precious Blood Spirituality. Companionship is grounded in Jesus' commandment to love and care for all, especially those most in need. This simple command is at the center of our understanding of what it means to be Companions of the Precious Blood.

The future of the Church depends on the active involvement of lay women and men who live out their call to follow in the footsteps of Jesus.

Since, like all the faithful, lay Christians are entrusted by God with the apostolate by virtue of their Baptism and Confirmation, they have the right and duty, individually or grouped in associations, to work so that the divine message of salvation may be known and accepted by all throughout the earth. This duty is the more pressing when it is only through them that all can hear the Gospel and know Christ. Their activity in ecclesial communities is so necessary that, for the most part, the apostolate of the pastors cannot be fully effective without it.

— The Catechism of the Catholic Church #900 —