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We’re grateful to report that there’s been no significant damage to our Redemptorist communities in New York or New Jersey. Our retreat house in Long Branch, NJ, has some cleaning up to do and some minor repairs to make.
Besides being without power, our communities in Bethpage NY and elsewhere in New Jersey made it through just fine. Our Provincial Residence and the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Brooklyn, NY, also fared well through Hurricane Sandy.
We continue to pray for everyone impacted by this historic storm, especially those who lost loved ones and homes. We ask for the intercession of Our Mother of Perpetual Help for all those first responders, local governments, and communities who now begin the process of recovery and rebuilding.
Our friends and benefactors who support our elderly and infirm Redemptorist Brothers and Priests are such a blessing to us, especially around the holidays. Your words of encouragement and your prayers are a reminder of our many gifts in this life.
Elton Letang, C.Ss.R., 37, will be ordained a deacon on October 24 in Trinidad. Originally from the Caribbean nation of Dominica, Elton completed his theology studies last spring at Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry, and began his pastoral assignment this fall at St. Theresa’s in Barataria, Trinidad & Tobago. He professed his final vows with the Redemptorists in August.
Congratulations to Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., who today was named Archbishop of Indianapolis, IN.
A native of Detroit, and a member of the Redemptorists’ Denver Province, he succeeds Archbishop Daniel Buechlein, OSB, who retired in 2011 for health reasons. Since then, the Archdiocese has been cared for by Auxiliary Bishop Christopher Coyne.
Archbishop-designate Tobin served for two terms as Superior General of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer from 1997-2009.
He was appointed secretary of the Vatican’s Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life in August 2010, and was ordained a bishop in Rome in October of that year. During his short tenure with the Vatican office, he oversaw the end of the Vatican’s visitation of U.S. women’s religious orders. He was also appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as one of the apostolic visitors to the church in Ireland in the wake of the abuse crises.
The Redemptorists of the former St. Louis Province served in St. Joseph’s Parish in Lebanon, IN (in the Lafayette diocese) from 1927 to 1972. Currently there are no Redemptorist foundations nor Redemptorists serving full-time in the state, although Redemptorist mission teams still evangelize the area.
Please join us in praying for Archbishop Tobin as he assumes his new ministry. Our Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for us!
Happy Feast Day of St. Gerard Majella — Redemptorist Brother, patron of mothers, miracle-worker, and friend of the poor.
Enjoy this short video about his life and miracles. To read more about St. Gerard, click here. Prayer cards, medals and other devotional items featuring St. Gerard are also available through our online Gift Shop or by calling toll-free 1-877-876-7662.
St. Gerard, pray for us!
Video courtesy of RedemptoristsTV/Canada, 2009