Twelve years ago on a beautiful sunny day when I was in ministry at San Alfonso Retreat House in Long Branch, New Jersey, I decided to go for a walk and was on the boardwalk when I tripped and fell. My life changed forever that day. Now, I am paralyzed from the chest down.
May the infinite love of God and the wonder of the birth of His only Son, Jesus Christ our Redeemer and Lord wrap you in the beauty, peace, and joy this most blessed Christmas season. Provincial Superior, Very Reverend Fr.
On Sunday, November 14 th , we celebrated the 7 th World Day of the Redemptorist Missionary Vocation. Please enjoy this video put together by the Directors of Vocation, Frs. Peter Linh and Denis Sweeney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl0Tp7O3-vU In a letter from the Superior General Michael Brehl, C.Ss.R., he reminds us: “This year, the Day of the Redemptorist Missionary Vocation coincided with the Fifth World Day of the Poor proclaimed by Pope Francis.
The Redemptorist Team for Evangelization, Fr. James Wallace, C.Ss.R., Fr. Francis Gargani, C.Ss.R, and Fr. Philip Dabney, C.Ss.R., will be participating in a variety of events along the east coast this fall.
They call St. Vincent Hairouna , meaning the Land of the Blessed! which was a fitting description for this wonderful tropical island. The alluring sounds of Caribbean music that often used to wake me, was like a distant dream come true.
Please mark your calendar for a Special Mass Honoring Our Mother of Perpetual Help on Her Feast Day, June 27, 2021. It will be broadcast at 12 noon (EST) on YouTube and Facebook . The Mass will be celebrated by Rev.
The Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province invite you to join Our Mother of Perpetual Help Society, a prayer partnership between The Redemptorists and the Redemptorist Lay Collaborators. Our Mother of Perpetual Help Society Benefits of Membership: A 3-day Triduum will be offered on June 24th, 25th, and 26th at 10 a.m. (EST) on our YouTube channel or on our Facebook page .
In keeping with the City of Philadelphia’s guidelines, we are delighted to open the Archive again beginning on Tuesday, June 1. Researchers wishing to make appointments may do so beginning May 21. At this time we will host one researcher per day, and observe the CDC-recommended safety protocols.
Are you interested in making a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Saint John Neumann? Please see the below and contact the Shrine directly to schedule your visit!
Shortly after Christmas 2020, the government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines issued an alert. “Increased seismic activity,” it read, “has been detected at the volcano located in La Soufriere.” Overnight, the celebrations of the source of our faith quickly yielded to focus on a summit far from Bethlehem.
The eruption of La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean Island of Saint Vincent began with a series of small earthquakes and tremors and peaked with an eruptive explosion on Friday, April 9, 2021 at 8:41 a.m.
The Baltimore Province is proud to announce that Fr. Joe Tizio, C.Ss.R. (Mission Church in Boston, MA) has been awarded the NCEA Lead. Learn. Proclaim. Award that recognizes his outstanding efforts, contributions, and achievements on behalf of Catholic school education!
Please join us in celebrating our confreres who have anniversaries for ordination and profession in 2021. 2021 Confreres Celebrating a Significant Anniversary of Ordination 65 Years Ordained (1956) Charles Brinkmann 60 Years Ordained (1961) Dennis Foley Gerard Brinkmann Patrick McGarrity 50 Years Ordained (1971) Ronald Bonneau Norman Bennett Charles McDonald Francis Gargani 40 Years Ordained (1981) Kevin O’Neil Robert Wojtek Denis Sweeney 25 Years Ordained (1996) Richard Bennett 2021 Confreres Celebrating a Significant Anniversary of Profession 7o Years Professed (1951) Charles Brinkmann 65 Years Professed (1956) Arthur Wendel Dennis Foley Gerard Brinkmann Patrick McGarrity 60 Years Professed (1961) Timothy Keating John Lavin 50 Years Professed (1971) Leonard Samuel Philip Dabney Peter Sousa 40 Years Professed (1981) Rodney Olive James Dowds 25 Years Professed (1996) Peter Cao
Each year The Redemptorists compile a publication of lenten devotionals for our community to read and reflect upon during the Lenten Season. Please visit this link on our website here to download a copy in English and/or Spanish.
Mark your calendars for a Lenten Virtual Retreat on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 10 a.m. Retreat leaders will be Fr. James Wallace, C.Ss.R., Fr. Francis Gargani, C.Ss.R. and Fr. Philip Dabney, C.Ss.R. who will be speaking to the theme “Walking in the Dark if Life, Living in the Light of Easter.
Our Mother of Perpetual Help School in Ephrata, PA made quite the debut in its foray into the Extraordinary Give last month. The PreK-8 school rang up an astounding $145,127 in Lancaster County’s annual day of giving on Nov. 20.
The Redemptorists are pleased to announce three upcoming events. The first being the Profession of Perpetual Vows of Brother Kenneth Stigner, C.Ss.R. on January 5. You are invited to join the Redemptorists on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 12:10 p.m. or watch our livestream broadcast on https://www.facebook.com/StJohnNeumannShrine/ .