News from the Baltimore Province
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» Read moreProvincial archivist presents paper in Rome Dr. Patrick Hayes of the Baltimore Province and another provincial archivist recently took part in a University of Notre Dame history conference in Rome. During a session focused on North Atlantic communities in Rome during the 19th and early 20th centuries, Dr. Hayes presented the paper “Footprint on the Esquiline: The Legacy of Father […]
» Read moreBy Annette C. Silva First a little history. Seaford, located in Sussex County, is often called “lower, slower Delaware” by northern folks. Our Lady of Lourdes, part of the Wilmington Diocese, was created in the 1940s as a small Catholic mission in a downtown storefront. By 1948 there were enough Catholic families to build a church. In 1970 our Hispanic […]
» Read moreOn April 4, St. James the Greater Parish in Concord, N.C., celebrated the dedication of its new Our Lady of Guadalupe Hall. Having seen a 40 percent increase in parishioners in the past three years, the community badly needed more space for faith formation, youth and young-adult programs, Bible studies, and other needs. Bishop Peter Jugis of Charlotte led the […]
» Read moreBy Father Mike Houston Hispanic ministry at St. Gerard’s in Lima, Ohio, has been growing at a slow and steady pace. For the past three years we’ve had a weekly Sunday liturgy in Spanish. Both Father Mike Sergi and I currently celebrate Mass in Spanish with the help of the officially retired but still active Deacon Elias Peña. Regular Sunday […]
» Read moreBy Father John Murray, C.Ss.R. In January 1857, three American-born Redemptorists, Isaac Hecker, Nathaniel Hewitt, and Francis Baker, preached a mission in the cathedral of St. Augustine, Fla. After closing the mission, the fathers traveled to the cathedral in Charleston, S.C., to join their confreres, Clarence Walworth and George Deshon, who had already opened a mission there. The next Redemptorist […]
» Read moreRedemptorist students from throughout North America met at Notre Dame Retreat Center in Canadaigua, N.Y., May 21 through 27, along with confreres in formation and vocation ministry. During the annual gathering, each day began with a two-hour workshop by Father Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R., on the life and times of St. Alphonsus. At the closing Mass, Father Stephen Rehrauer, provincial for […]
» Read moreFather Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R., learned July 3 that he had been awarded a grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to explore the relationship between spiritual direction and the moral life. Funding for the three-year grant
» Read moreIn late May, San Alfonso was the site of the Province Retreat on the General Chapter Documents and Theme, and on May 3 it was the scene of a welcome and birthday party for Cardinal Joseph Tobin. Here are several photos from the events, provided by Father Henry Sattler.
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