News from the Baltimore Province
Provincial 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 moreOur Lady of Perpetual Help in Brooklyn now has a Facebook page devoted to its 125th-anniversary celebration. Click to visit, and give the page a “like” while you’re there. Jubilee events begin in September, Father John McKenna says.
» Read moreFather Dennis Billy gave a lecture entitled “The Silent Reader: Prayer as the Source of the Moral Life” at St. Francis de Sales Seminary in Milwaukee on Thursday, March 30. He is also scheduled to speak on “The Contemporary Christian and Daily Life” at the Newman Foundation of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., at 7 p.m. next Wednesday, April […]
» Read moreRev. 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 more“Don Gennaro wants to convert the whole world in one fell swoop.” —Dominican Father Gregorio Rocco | The North American Commission on Redemptorist Spirituality is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 6 in the Readings in Redemptorist Spirituality series: Blessed Gennaro Maria Sarnelli: The Conscience of a Nation: His Life and Letters, edited by J. Robert Fenili, C.Ss.R. In […]
» 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 moreFrom the Scala newsletter: The Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis has resettled a family of four Syrian refugees despite protests from the governor. Archbishop Joseph Tobin, C.Ss.R., met with Governor Mike Pence to explain to him the role of the archdiocese in the Refugee and Immigrant Services program. The archdiocese said helping people escape violence is an “essential part of our identity as […]
» Read moreThe former Redemptorist infirmary in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., has become an upscale senior housing complex, The Grove at Neumann. Click to read the full story.
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