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We’re so grateful for everyone who has given to help the Redemptorists serve the poor, preach the Gospel, and promote devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help. Your goodness makes a difference! The following friends gave June 18 through 24: Agnes Pohlner, Andre Silva, Andrea J. Reyos, Andrew Canepa, Aniceta Castillo, Anita Garcia, Ann M. Furgiuele, Anna Bogaczyk, Anna C. Hulak, Anne A. Barretto, Anne Reimel, Anonymous, Anthony Alleva, Anthony Maltese, Avelino A. Macasaet, B.

Happy feast day of Our Mother of Perpetual Help! We’ve just learned that a documentary about OMPH, Icon of Love, is airing in several languages tonight, June 27, at 8 p.m. Eastern. Here’s how you can watch the English version: Shalom World TV, USA Icon of Love 8:00PM ET/BST.

We’re so grateful for everyone who has given to help the Redemptorists serve the poor, preach the Gospel, and promote devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help. Your goodness makes a difference! The following friends gave June 11 through 17: Nienhaus, Adela Rivera, Adriana R. Wharton, Aida Dominguez, Aida M. Morales, Alfred C. Pinchak, Alphonse Bastone, Andre Rocha, Angela M. Barry, Angelina Reyes-Fidel, Ann M. Furgiuele, Anne McClaren, Anthony Buscemi, Anthony Resop, Araceli C. Jarme, Barbara A. Bloemker, Barbara Heffernan, Baudelio Curiel, Benjamin del Rosario, Benjamin Diaz, Bernadette M. Bremer, Beverly L. Spencer, Bruce Stanley, Carole Deignan, Carolyn McNamara, Carolyn S. Bruder, Cecile Harrity, Cecilia T. Matejka, Charles Legg, Charles Plishka, Claudine Roman, Claudius Budde, Clementina Garcia, Consolacion R. Velante, Constance Winter, Cresenciana Uy, Cristina Ingelmo, Curtis T. Alexander, Cyril Slovak, Dan A. Darnell, Daniel Bauer, Daniel Finer, Daphne Lewis, Debra Riley, Delia Jara, Denise Danihel, Denise Ray, dePaul Juliano, Diana Bohm, Diana R. Butler, Diane Miller, Dionesia Nemenzo, Dolores C. Novelli, Dolores Dillingham, Dolores M. Hayden, Donna M. Di Casimirro, Dorothy De Pasquale, Dorothy M. Conflenti, Dorothy Studley, Dympna Moore, Edmund F. Onorati, Edward Abel, Edward Cvercko, Edward P. Zembal, Eileen P. Ratajczak, Elaine McGivney, Eleanore Simcic, Elissa Capuzzo, Elizabeth Hansen, Elizabeth Osterlund, Elizabeth Schreiber, Elsa Hewitt, Elsie Nicolas, Emma Merjivar, Erlinda Fernandez, Estrella O’Brien, Ethel Tricomi, Eugene A.

By Father Eric Hoog, C.Ss.R. LCDR, CHC, USN (Ret.) If you visit the Eucharistic Adoration Chapel in Bancroft Hall at the United States Naval Academy, you’ll see the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and hundreds of collar devices placed there by Midshipmen who have dedicated their military service to God through the Blessed Mother.

Our founder, St. Alphonsus Liguori, was deeply devoted to Mary, and since our congregation was founded in 1732, we Redemptorists have had a special relationship with her. This relationship became even stronger in 1866, when Pope Pius IX entrusted the ancient Byzantine icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help to us and gave us the mandate to “make her known throughout the world.” That’s why her icon appears so prominently on this website and on most of our printed materials.

This September, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Brooklyn will begin a yearlong celebration of its 125th anniversary. Festivities will include special Masses, a Jubilee Memorial Book of memories and photos, Homecoming Saturday, and a few good parties, said Father John McKenna, C.Ss.R.