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Fr. Russ Piedra, director of the San Juan Neumann Immigration Center at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Brooklyn, NY, recently returned from his annual mission trip to a rural area of Cuba. View a slideshow of photos from his trip below, and click the link to read more about the Redemptorists’ permanent mission to that country.

We celebrated Christmas a little early in the Bronx since most of the students headed home after their exams were finished, but we made sure to celebrate as a community with Mass in the house chapel.

From a recent edition of Scala, the monthly newsletter of the Redemptorist General Government: Click here to read the entire story . The Interprovincial Mission in the city of Itabuna is located in the geographic territory of the Vice-Province of Bahia, with some 250,000 habitants.

We wish you and your loved ones a very blessed and Merry Christmas, and a happy New Year. As we renew our thanks to God for the gift of "God-with-us," we are also grateful for the gift of our friends, online visitors, benefactors, and all those who make our mission and ministries possible.

Click here to download a complete brochure (PDF) . For more information, or to book  your space, please call Lorri Hawkins with Passages by Peter’s Way at 800-225-7662, ext. 16 or email [email protected] .

Fr. Vincent Crotty, who spent almost 15 years in the missions in Brazil before returning to the States to continue his ministry in several parishes, died December 16 at the St. John Neumann Residence at Stella Maris in Timonium, MD.

In a few weeks, the Redemptorists will mark the end of an era as our ministry at Mount St. Alphonsus in Esopus, NY, comes to a close. Saying "good-bye" is never easy, but we’re reminded of the many thousands of souls who shared the Mount with us over the years.

Redemptorist Missionary, Superior, Parochial Administrator and Hospital Chaplain, Father Vincent Paul Crotty, remembered by many as a gentleman and as a “gentle” man, died on December 16, 2011 surrounded by his confreres in St. John Neumann Residence at Stella Maris in Timonium, MD.

Earlier this week, thousands of people crowded into several Redemptorist parishes throughout the U.S. Northeast to celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas. Here are a few photos and videos from the celebrations.

Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Advent Behold the unimaginable depths of God’s love for us! The encounter between the Angel Gabriel and the humble handmaid of the Lord provides us with an insight into God’s tenderness toward us.

Sorting donations at a foodbank. The latest cell phone has some great applications, but do you really need it? The sandals that all your friends are wearing would look great on you, but your old sandals still have plenty of life in them.

Today, the Church honors Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception. We celebrate the great gift God gave to the Mother of God by saving her from all sin from the moment of her conception. As Redemptorists, we celebrate in a special way today.

Catholic communities throughout the country and around the world will see a lot of late-night celebrations this weekend as they mark the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12. And our Redemptorist communities are no different; celebrations are planned in several parishes from Baltimore to New York.

Readings for the Third Sunday of Advent Today the Advent readings place special emphasis on the joyous anticipation of the Lord’s coming. It is "Gaudete Sunday" or "Rejoicing Sunday; the Church is rejoicing.

Redemptorist Fathers James Wallace and Maurice Nutt (of the Denver Province) will be among the speakers at a conference on Catholic preaching being hosted by the University of Notre Dame in June 2012.