News from the Baltimore Province
By Father Paul Borowski, C.Ss.R. | April 1, 2015 | “Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this son of York; And all the clouds that low’r’d upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.” —William Shakespeare, Richard the Third
» Read moreBy Father Patrick Woods, C.Ss.R. | Moses parted the Red Sea that allowed the Jewish people to be set free from the Egyptians. Our Lord Jesus calmed the seas and walked on the water. The Blessed Mother had the sun dance at Fatima. And Father Pat brought snow for the Bethpage St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 1! When I […]
» Read moreBy Father Mike Sergi, C.Ss.R. | Welcome to Notre Dame Retreat House in Canandaigua, New York. Many of you may not know this, but the name Canandaigua means the chosen spot. Notre Dame is certainly the chosen spot for any of our confreres who want to get away for a while and be with God. The retreat house sits on […]
» Read moreArchivist Patrick Hayes, Ph.D., shared the following photos (click the button to view), taken during the annual St. Patrick’s Day open house at OLPH on 61st Street in Manhattan. The open house has been held at least since the 1960s, when the provincial house was on East 74th Street near Fifth Avenue, steps away from the parade route. “It was […]
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» Read moreBy Father Raymond Collins, C.Ss.R. | “Oh no,” was the response many in our community heard for about six weeks if we spoke to someone from another part of the country. “Boston? How is it up there?” Well, as of this writing, the snow is melting, although we have broken a record accumulation of 107+ inches. When we began these […]
» Read moreAs the season of Lent draws to a close and we enter the wonderful Easter season, please do not forget to send in your community’s donation for your Lenten sacrifice. A reminder that any monies collected will be sent to Archbishop Bashar Warda, C.Ss.R., of Erbil, Iraq. Archbishop Warda is in need of financial assistance to feed, house, provide schooling, […]
» Read moreBy Carissa Kumlander | When my mother first told me I was going on a trip to Sarnelli House in Philadelphia, I didn’t understand why she was sending me to a different state just to serve at a soup kitchen. I figured volunteering locally for a day would give me the same experience that travelling all the way to Philadelphia […]
» Read moreBy Father Jim Wallace, C.Ss.R., Father Kevin O’Neil, C.Ss.R., and Father John McGowan, C.Ss.R. | 2015 marks the 90th year that we Redemptorists have been in retreat ministry at San Alfonso. Our principal ministry here is preaching themed retreats, a new one for each year. In 2013 we spoke of Living in Faith; in 2014 of Living in Hope. This […]
» Read moreBy Father Tom Travers, C.Ss.R., and Father Tom Deely, C.Ss.R. | On Monday, March 16, we began our long-prepared regional mission for the Spanish–speaking of our area. We called it a regional mission because we invited people for the whole area where we are concentrating our apostolate: from the town of Saugerties and surrounding areas in the north to Highland/New […]
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