Province Meeting...

This week a number of Redemptorists are at Hawkstone Hall for the Province Assembly. They have as their speaker, Fr Anthony J. Gittins C.S.Sp., who is talking about the theology and the priorities for "Mission". 

More stories will follow...

Collecting and Praying for Zimbabwe...

This is the smiling face of one of our confreres, Fr James Smale C.Ss.R., who preaches and gives appeals to help our mission in Zimbabwe as part of his ministry.

Fr. Jimmy travels around the country, visiting parishes, telling them about the work of our men in Zimbabwe. He has raised tens of thousands of pounds for the mission in Zimbabwe, and he can assure the people in their parishes that every penny will go directly to Africa.

The internet is a wonderful place for Fr. Jimmy to say a huge "THANK YOU" to all who have given so generously in the past.

It also gives the Redemptorist Province a chance to say another huge "THANK YOU" this time to Fr. Jimmy for his commitment and dedication to this work and the confreres in Zimbabwe.

Vocations - A word from the Pope!...

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Redemptorist Vocations Director?

Message from Fr General C.Ss.R...

Rome, Italy
January 16, 2012

MESSAGE FROM SUPERIOR GENERAL MICHAEL BREHL, C.SS.R.

Dear Confreres, Sisters, Associates and friends,

I would like to wish you a blessed New Year filled with the hope, peace and joy which are signs of the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives and ministry!

In the first two weeks of January, we celebrated the feasts of two great Redemptorist missionaries – St. John Neumann and Blessed Peter Donders. Their lives and their example continue to inspire us in our mission to preach the Gospel ever anew. Through their prayerful intercession, they continue to accompany us as we live our missionary vocation today.

Blessed Peter Donders C.Ss.R.... 

On the 14th of January we celebrate his memory. 

The homily below was written by one of our confreres, Fr. Jim Casey C.Ss.R., who offers it to us in the hope that it will help us grow in our appreciation of this holy and saintly confrere.

HOMILY

BLESSED PETER DONDERS C.Ss.R.,

1809 - 1887

Peter Donders was a loser – all his life he was a loser. He was born in 1809 in the town of Tilburg in Holland, the son of poor weavers, who lived in a one-roomed house with an earthen floor on which sat the family loom. Peter had to leave school at the age of twelve – his parents needed the money. He was a devout boy who wanted to be a priest, but everything was against him: poverty, delicate health and, to tell the truth, he was not that clever. Peter’s was the original impossible dream. As a weaver, he was not a great success. You see, he prayed while he weaved which did nothing at all for the quality of the cloth.

Some news...

The Visitation of the Province is under way by the OPC...

...and a new postulant begins the formation programme in Liverpool...

New Seelos Miracle...

At the weekend the "Catholic Herald" newspaper ran a front-page story telling the remarkable tale of a crippled Redemptorist priest being now able to walk - and all through the intercession of Blessed Francis Seelos C.Ss.R.

Read the incredible story for yourself!

Free gift Redemptorist Publications - South Africa...

Here is something that Redemptorist Pastoral Publications are offering those of you with Kindle from South Africa! Enjoy

To find out more - press here!

January's Virtue and Patron...

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Fr. Provincial's Letter - 31st Dec 2011

31^st December, 2011

Dear Confreres and friends,

As this year draws to a close, I have been giving thanks for the many good things that have occurred in our Province over the past year. It seems to me that all too often we can focus on that which is deficient or lacking, and forget the positive aspects. I give thanks for the Professions and Ordinations which have taken place in the Province and the Region, for the confreres who have gone to God in sure hope and in faith, and above all for the terrific work being carried out by our brethren in all of our communities.