Just before Thanksgiving, Redemptorist seminarians studying at St. John’s University in New York City traveled to Timonium, MD, to spend a retreat day at the St. John Neumann Residence at Stella Maris.
The Redemptorists closed their 24th General Chapter last week in Rome with a Mass celebrated in front of the original icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. In addition to making decisions that will guide the worldwide Congregation for the next six years, the Chapter delegates elected a new Superior General and General Council.
Father Tony Russo was recognized Nov. 14 for his years of dedicated ministry and friendship toward the deaf community in Wilmington, DE. Wilmington Bishop W. Francis Malooly celebrated Mass, along with several of Fr.
Redemptorist Worldwide Chapter | Rome, Italy November 13, 2009 The atmosphere among delegates to the General Chapter is beginning to feel like that surrounding school children as summer vacation approaches.
Statement from Baltimore Provincial, Very Rev. Patrick Woods, on the election of Rev. Enrique Lopez as Vicar General of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer: The Baltimore Province congratulates Father Enrique Lopez, originally from our Vice-Province of Asuncion, Paraguay, on his election as Vicar General of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.
Redemptorist Worldwide Chapter | Rome, Italy November 10, 2009 On Monday, Nov. 9, the 108 General Chapter delegates (the newly elected General Consultor from Spain, Father Alberto Eseverria, having become a chapter delegate), along with the confreres serving as auxiliary staff for the chapter, boarded three buses at 6:30 a.m. and went on a pilgrimage to the Naples area of Italy.
Today, Nov. 9, the Redemptorists celebrate their "birthday," the 277th anniversary of the founding of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. Since that day in 1732, the Redemptorists have spread throughout the world, preaching and ministering to the poor and most spiritually abandoned.
Chapter Chat: Let us rejoice! Redemptorist Worldwide Chapter | Rome, Italy November 6, 2009 Gaudeamus. For those who have forgotten their Latin, “let us rejoice” would be the English translation. This also is the word for “a party” that is used at the General Chapter and among European Redemptorists.
Redemptorist Worldwide Chapter | Rome, Italy November 5, 2009 Statement from Baltimore Provincial, Very Rev. Patrick Woods, on the election of Brother Jeffrey Rolle as a General Consultor of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer: Brother Jeffrey Rolle, a member of the Baltimore Province and the English Speaking Caribbean was elected November 5 as one of the six General Consultors of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.
Redemptorist Worldwide Chapter | Rome, Italy November 4, 2009 Statement from Baltimore Provincial, Very Rev. Patrick Woods, on the election of Very Rev. Michael Brehl as Superior General of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer: The Very Rev.
Redemptorist Worldwide Chapter | Rome, Italy November 3, 2009 We are now into our third week of the General Chapter in Rome. On Sunday, the Feast of All Saints, we had a Mass with all the confreres as we remembered the all deceased Redemptorists, family members, friends, benefactors, those with whom we serve and those who work with us in ministry.