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"Living the Word: Scripture Reflections and Commentaries for Sundays and Holy Days" recently won third place in the Resources for Ministry category at the 2012 Excellence in Publishing Awards given out by the Association of Catholic Publishers.

On July 14, Redemptorists and friends will gather to celebrate significant jubilee anniversaries of profession and ordination of several confreres. A special Mass will be celebrated in the main chapel at Stella Maris in Timonium, MD, also home to our St. John Neumann Residence for Redemptorists in need of skilled nursing care.

Redemptorist missionary, Fr. Pierce John Kenny, remembered as a dignified priest who never lost the common touch, died June 25 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Towson, MD under the care of his religious confreres at St. John Neumann Residence, Stella Maris in Timonium.

Four Redemptorists participated in a special three-day celebration in honor of Our Mother of Perpetual Help at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, June 25-27. We have shared the homilies from each day’s Mass on redemptorists.net.

Four Redemptorists are participating in a special three-day celebration in honor of Our Mother of Perpetual Help at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. We will share the homilies from each day’s Mass on redemptorists.net.

Four Redemptorists are participating in a special three-day celebration in honor of Our Mother of Perpetual Help at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. We will share the homilies from each day’s Mass on redemptorists.net.

Four Redemptorists are participating in a special three-day celebration in honor of Our Mother of Perpetual Help at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. We will share the homilies from each day’s Mass on redemptorists.net.

Redemptorist missionary, Father Pierce John Kenny, remembered as a dignified priest who never lost the common touch, died on June 25, 2012 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Towson, MD under the care of his religious confreres at St. John Neumann Residence, Stella Maris in Timonium.

From the summer edition of Plentiful Redemption, the Redemptorists’ quarterly newsletter. Click here to read the newsletter online (PDF). By Rev. Richard Bennett, C.Ss.R. Like many people, I can be a nervous fidget.

From the summer edition of Plentiful Redemption, the Redemptorists’ quarterly newsletter. Click here to read the newsletter online (PDF). B y Stephanie K. Tracy She’s peered down from mantelpieces, peeked over the edge of dressers, and popped up around hallway corners for generations.

A mere 100 years since the founding of the Congregation, and 45 years after the sons of St. Alphonsus established their first community outside their native Italy, six Redemptorist pioneers set foot in New York City on this date in 1832.

Deacon Kevin Bellot, who was scheduled to be ordained to the priesthood in August in his native Dominica, died suddenly June 10 while serving with the Redemptorists in St. Lucia, West Indies. He was 29.

Our annual online novena in preparation for the Feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help begins June 18 . We invite you to join us as we pray for the needs of ourselves and our world. Each day during the novena you’ll find on redemptorists.net a short explanation of part of this famous Byzantine icon, along with a short prayer.

“My soul magnifies the Lord.” These first words of one of the most praised and prayed songs in the Scriptures, Mary’s Magnificat , serve as the theme for a special three-day celebration June 25-27, 2012, in honor of Our Mother of Perpetual Help at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.

Though St. John Neumann was known to be a “man of the people,” he might have found himself a little embarrassed by all the attention he received during the Neumann Year, an 18-month celebration of his life, legacy and example of holiness.