News briefs
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 Edward Douglas, a Scot in Rome.”
A Scottish convert, Father Douglas inherited a great deal of wealth from his ancestors and “distributed it liberally on congregational projects,” according to an article published July 7 on Scala News. Read the article here.
Boston bids farewell to theology students
On Sunday, May 28, Mission Church in Boston held a farewell celebration for Father Denis Sweeney—moving to St. Martin of Tours Church in Bethpage, N.Y.—and the theology students who are moving to the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas, this fall. View all the photos here.
Two from Baltimore Province take course in Rome
On June 26 more than two dozen Redemptorists from Africa, Asia-Oceania, and North America met in Rome to began a three-week course in Redemptorist spirituality. Father Dennis Billy and Father Bob Wojtek are among them.
In his article on the course for Scala News, Father Billy said participating confreres would study key insights in Redemptorist spirituality and visit Alphonsian locations in Italy, including Frosinone, Scifelli, Scala, Ciorani, St. Agatha of the Goths, Naples, Mater Domini, Pagani, and Marianella.
The English-language course is being led by Father Piotr Chyla, C.Ss.R., and George Puthenpura, C.Ss.R., the director and assistant director, respectively, of the Redemptorist Spirituality Center in Rome.
Father Billy writes that participants’ experience “will be enriched by the daily celebration of the Eucharist, a visit to the Catacombs of St. Callistus, and the opportunity to attend a papal audience.” Read the article here.
Feast day of Our Mother of Perpetual Help celebrated in Rome
Hundreds of the faithful celebrated Our Mother of Perpetual Help on June 25 in a Mass at St. Alphonsus Church in Rome and a procession through the nearby streets. Redemptorist Superior Father Michael Brehl was the presider. Read the article here.