Register - Priests’ retreat
october 21 - october 23, 2024
Aging With Grace: Practicing Compassionate Presence led by Fr. Joe Nassal C.PP.S.
Fr. Joe Nassal is a Missionary of the Precious Blood who has been engaged in retreat, renewal, and reconciliation ministry since 1988. He is the author of eight books including The Conspiracy of Compassion, Rest Stops for the Soul, and Premeditated Mercy. Ordained in 1982, Fr. Joe has served in parish, justice and peace, formation, and vocation ministry for his religious community, including 26 years in leadership. He was provincial director of the Kansas City Province from 2011-2019. In June 2022, he was elected vice-provincial of the United States Province of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. Joe was part of the ministry team that started the Precious Blood Center for Reconciliation on the south side of Chicago in 2002. He now lives in Berkeley, CA where he is part of a team to establish a Mission House of Prayer for those who minister on the margins.