News from the Baltimore Province
On Sunday, November 8, Father Anthony Russo, a member of the Visitation BVM community, celebrated his 50th jubilee as a Redemptorist priest. Father Russo has ministered to the deaf community in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for more than 48 years. There was a concelebrated Mass at Our Lady of Ransom, a site for sign-language-interpreted Masses. Father Thomas Nasta, the pastor, […]
» Read moreThe Scala newsletter recently reported that a layman named Sérgio AJ Volkmer had created an online Google map of all Redemptorist locations in the world. The map isn’t complete (when we checked, not all locations in the Baltimore Province were up to date), but it’s a work in progress. Read the article here. View the map here.
» Read moreBy Father Raymond Collins | The long-awaited week had finally arrived. Pilgrims from all over the world were descending on Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families and the visit of Pope Francis. At the St. John Neumann Shrine, we hosted thousands of pilgrims during the week, and on one of the days there was a pretty firm estimate of […]
» Read moreCatholic Philly recently reported on new housing to be constructed for seniors in the neighborhood of Visitation BVM. Click to read and view photos.
» Read morePHL17 TV in Philadelphia has run a story about the renovations to the St. John Neumann Shrine. Take a look at the story on the station’s website, which includes video.
» 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 […]
» Read moreThe January 2015 issue of Liguorian magazine includes a substantial article about the National Shrine of St. John Neumann based on a Q&A interview with Father Matthew Allman. Read the Q&A here.
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