Redemptorist Fr. Richard Boever has published a new biography of St. John Neumann, written in the first person as if the saint himself was telling his story. St. John Neumann: His Writings and Spirituality , will be available from Liguori Publications beginning in November.
Redemptorist Fr. James Wallace has written and edited two new books that are now available for purchase. The first, Preaching in the Sunday Assembly: A Pastoral Commentary on "Fulfilled in Your Hearing," examines the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ 1982 document on Sunday preaching.
Last Sunday, Redemptorists, family and friends gathered at Mount St. Alphonsus Retreat Center in Esopus, NY, to celebrate the annual memorial Mass for Redemptorists who have died in the last year. Deceased Redemptorists who were remembered at this year’s Mass included: Rev.
Baltimore Archbishop Edwin O’Brien celebrated the annual archdiocesan Red Mass for members of the legal profession at St. Mary’s Church in Annapolis Oct. 21. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was honored during a banquet after Mass.
Join us for an evening of prayer, song, testimonies, and community at the Shrine of St. John Neumann , "the immigrants’ bishop." The bilingual prayer service will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Shrine/St.
Fr. Carl Hoegerl, archivist for the Baltimore Province, will offer a lecture on Blessed Seelos November 6 at noon at the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore, MD. "Blessed Francis X. Seelos in Maryland" is the second installment in the Baltimore Basilica’s fall lecture series.
In 1836, a young seminarian named John Neumann arrived in the U.S. from his native Bohemia. He left his family in the dead of night to become a missionary in America. His one goal was to bring the love of God to forgotten and neglected souls.
This Christmas we invite you to share the gift of God’s love by remembering your loved ones in our Spiritual Bouquet Mass Enrollment. The people you enroll will receive the gift of remembrance in a solemn octave of Masses celebrated in Rome by the Redemptorists beginning Christmas Day and ending January 1, 2011 .
On October 16, Redemptorists around the world celebrate the feast of St. Gerard Majella, a young, 18th century Redemptorist lay brother who is known as the mother’s saint. To celebrate his feast, Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Baltimore and St. Clement’s Parish in Saratoga Springs, NY will offer a special blessing after all weekend Masses for expectant mothers and couples hoping to conceive.
Mount St. Alphonsus Retreat Center, formerly the Redemptorists’ seminary, in Esopus, NY, was featured last weekend on the National Catholic Register’s blog as a Catholic fall travel destination: Chapel’s Hidden Treasure on the Hudson
In the 66 years that Father John Kelly has been a Redemptorist, he has had numerous parish assignments in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and has conducted countless parish missions. Wherever the ministry brought him, Father Kelly consistently introduced the inviting spirituality and canonization cause of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos.
The Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province will gather at San Alfonso Retreat House in Long Branch, NJ, October 11-14 to prepare for province elections in January. Please join us in praying for the inspiration of the Holy Spirit as these important meetings are held.
From a stately family home to a seminary for future priests to a historical treasure, the Charles Carroll House of Annapolis is once again a hub of activity as the new location of the advancement office for the Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, also known as Mission Church, will be featured in a six-hour PBS documentary about the role of religion in the shaping of the United States. The "God in America" series will air on PBS stations nationwide in two-hour segments October 11-13.
Please join us in praying for our fellow Redemptorist, Father Joseph Tobin, as he is ordained a bishop Saturday, October 9, at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. In August, Father Tobin was named as the secretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
Happy Feast of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos! Today we celebrate a Redemptorist missionary who, like many of his elder brothers in the Congregation, left his home in Europe to minister to the lost and forgotten in the New World.