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Two Redemptorists, Ivan Levytsk,y C.Ss.R., and Bohdan Heleta, C.Ss.R., parish priest and vicar of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, were arrested by the Russian occupation administration in Berdyansk, west of Mariupol. They were accused of subversive activities against the occupiers, the Donetsk Exarchate of the Greek Catholic Church said in a statement.

Presented as an opportunity to positively stimulate and revitalize the Congregation, restructuring for mission was first formally recommended at the 21st General Chapter.

In October of 1864, President Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring the fourth Thursday of November Thanksgiving Day.

Father Francis Sullivan, C.Ss.R., of the St. John Neumann community at Stella Maris, Timonium, MD, died on November 17, 2022, age 88 and seven months.

Mission Church in Boston, MA, celebrated its 150th anniversary on October 2. To read more about the day's event, read The Boston Pilot coverage here.

When the Mission Church opened at the end of January, 1871, the pastor at the time was Redemptorist Father Joseph Wissel.

Redemptorists have been in continuous ministry in the Church for 290 years. On the occasion of the anniversary of the foundation of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, which falls on 9 November, the new General Government addressed the entire Redemptorist family with a message.