News from the Baltimore Province
Rev. John Connor, C.Ss.R., was born July 5, 1939, in Boston to Michael and Hannah (Sweeney) Connor. He entered North East in 1953 and professed his first vows on August 2, 1960. Father John left the Redemptorists for a time and took vows again on November 3, 1983. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 20, 1965 at Mount […]
» Read moreClick to download a copy of the homily given at Father Francis “Bif” O’Rourke’s funeral Mass. Father John McGowan was the homilist. Father Bif died December 31, 2015, at age 80.
» Read moreFrom the Scala newsletter: Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.Ss.R., archbishop emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, died on December 9, 2015, at age 79. He was born on March 7, 1936, in Vallegrande, Bolivia, and ordained July 29, 1962. Read the rest of the article here.
» Read moreBy Father Bob Pagliari, C.Ss.R. | Redemptorist missionary Father Thomas Brendan Loftus died on May 31, 2015, at St. John Neumann Residence, located at Stella Maris in Timonium, Md. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer and spent the final days of his life under the medical care of hospice nursing and the spiritual care of the prayers of his […]
» Read moreBy Father Bob Pagliari, C.Ss.R. | Redemptorist Brother Thomas Robert Rochacewicz was born on June 17, 1944 in Montclair, New Jersey. He professed his first vows on August 2, 1964, and made his final profession on August 2, 1968, in Ilchester, Maryland. He died peacefully amidst the prayers of his confreres on May 10, 2015, at St. John Neumann Residence/Stella […]
» Read moreRedemptorist Brother Robert Paul Skinner was born on May 23, 1938, in Binghamton, N.Y. He professed his first vows on August 29, 1981, and made his final profession on September 7, 1985, at the Bishop Neumann Shrine/St. Peter’s Church in Philadelphia. He died peacefully, surrounded by the comforting prayers of his confreres, on April 13, 2015, in Ephrata, Pa., just […]
» Read moreRedemptorist missionary Rev. Jerome Andrew Murphy died on April 17, 2015, in the St. John Neumann Residence at Stella Maris in Timonium, Md., amidst the prayers of his confreres. He was three days short of his 94th birthday. Read or download Father Murphy’s full obit, written by Father Bob Pagliari, C.Ss.R., here.
» Read moreRedemptorist missionary Rev. Thomas William Lacey died on February 22, 2015, at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Towson, Maryland, comforted by the prayers of his family and confreres. Read or download Father Lacey’s full obit, written by Father Bob Pagliari, C.Ss.R., here.
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