News from the Baltimore Province
By 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 moreView our slideshow from Father Jacky Merilan’s priestly ordination and first Mass, May 31-June 1, 2015, at St. Gerard Church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Additional photos from the ordination and first Mass are available for free download here. Please share the photo link with anyone who might like copies.
» Read moreView our slideshow from Father Calvin Auguiste’s priestly ordination and first Mass, May 26-27, 2015, at St. Gerard Majella Church in Roseau, Dominica. Additional photos from the ordination and first Mass are available for free download here. Please share the photo link with anyone who might like copies.
» 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 Gene Grohe, C.Ss.R. | After much searching in places near the Mount, thanks mainly to the efforts of Tom Travers and a friendly real estate agent, Bill Fitzgerald, who was a student at St. Mary’s in North East and Suffield, we found a beautiful, well-built modular home on Peters Lane, directly across from the north entrance to the […]
» Read moreBy Father George Blasick | To get onto the Delmarva Peninsula, you have several choices: two bridges crossing the Chesapeake Bay, the ferry from southern New Jersey, or five routes crossing the canal from the north. (That’s it, unless you’re flying in.) So the Delmarva is almost a kingdom unto itself, and smack in the middle of it is the […]
» 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 moreIn June several confreres celebrated jubilees. The two photos below, shot by Patrick Hayes, feature Father Francis Skelly, who
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