News from the Baltimore Province
Here’s an update on the 2016 pilgrimage to Italy: To date we’ve registered 64 people, reaching the required minimum for two buses at the advertised price. Each bus holds a maximum of 48 passengers, so we have room for 32 more people before needing a third bus. We’ve sent another round of bulletin announcements to all our parishes, asking them […]
» Read moreFather Dennis Billy has written a book about Mary as a contribution to the year of jubilee for the OMPH icon. Mary in 3-D: Icon of Discipleship, Doctrine, and Devotion will be published by New City Press later this year. It will be available in November at newcitypress.com and on amazon.com. Here, from Father Dennis, is additional information about the […]
» Read moreBy Jim Link | Mary Weaver, the Province’s communications director, and I have been working with Fathers Allman, Dabney, Gargani, Kingsbury, and Murray to promote the icon’s 150th anniversary of being entrusted to the Congregation. Departing on Monday, June 20, 2016, and continuing for 10 days, we plan to host a pilgrimage to Italy. Our group will visit a number […]
» Read moreMary, our future hope in the work of evangelization | June–July 2015 | By Father Philip Dabney, C.Ss.R. | The Ark of the Covenant, as we know, was the box that contained the remnants of the Ten Commandments. It was the reason why the temple was built, to house the Ark of the Covenant. It was the object that was […]
» Read moreBy Jim Link | Mary Weaver, the Province’s communications director, and I have been working with Fathers Allman, Dabney, Gargani, Kingsbury, and Murray to promote the icon’s 150th anniversary of being entrusted to the Congregation. I write to ask you to put two dates on your calendar and let you know we’ll be sending you some promotional materials. Departing on […]
» Read moreBy Father John Kingsbury, C.Ss.R. | Exodus 19:3-8a; John 2:1-11 | I was asked to do a homily on the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help through the eyes of the Scripture passage about Our Lady at Cana. For this reflection I will focus specifically on the right hand of Mary that is rather central in the icon—the hand […]
» Read moreDear confreres: We in the communications office wanted to let you know that a high-quality image of the restored OMPH icon is available for your use in bulletins, posters, and other print jobs. You can download the file in two large formats: a CMYK tif, suitable for professional print jobs and an RGB jpg, suitable for copy jobs, web use, […]
» Read moreBy Father Paul Borowski, C.Ss.R. | May 1, 2015 | Journeys ended, journeys begun: to go where we have never been, to be beyond our past, moments of lifting up, transcending death, rising in transparent light to the fullness of God’s presence. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
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