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THE RECTOR REMEMBERS FR TERRENCE CREECH CSsR. RIP

Dear Friends,

The Redemptorists of the London Province have lost a dear confrère in Fr Terry Creech who died on Tuesday November 19 2019. He will be buried from St Mary’s Clapham on December 9^th following the 12:30 Mass. May he rest in peace. I would love to share a few thoughts.

I had the privilege of living with Fr Terry Creech, a fellow Redemptorist, for seven years here at St Clement’s in Chawton, the house of the Redemptorist community attached to our publications. After a busy and dedicated career as a parish missioner, Fr Terry ministered in Lourdes for 18 years, first as director of HCPT and then as an English-speaking confessor for six months each year. It was his joy and special ministry. He spent hours in the confessional at the Lourdes shrine every day, listening to secret stories and whispered regrets and wretched mistakes, and was regarded as a wonderful confessor by so many pilgrims. Fr Terry had time for everyone. He was an attentive ear and a gentle voice, responding to everything he heard with sympathy and understanding. He enshrined in his listening and his response the mercy of an all-loving Redeemer.

Servant of God Ján Mastiliak CSsR

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Important step toward the future beatification of

Servant of God Ján Mastiliak CSsR

(Michalovce, Slovakia) The diocesan phase of the beatification process of the Redemptorist Ján Ivan Mastiliak officially began January 31, 2015. Fr. Ján Ivan Mastiliak was the first Slovak who entered the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. During the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, he spent more than 15 years in prison for reasons of faith and his religious vocation. After he had regained his freedom, he was ministering in clandestine and for 13 years he was the superior of the Viceprovince of Michalovce.

We will remember them...

St Mary's Redemptorist Church, Clapham, London.These Navy men were our guests in the monastery for the Remembrance Weekend.

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These lines were found in the possession of numerous boys who fell on the battlefields of WWII.

This hunger for the eternal, this hunger and this hope that we long for, is expressed by Frances Angermayer,

who wrote these words in Kansas City, June 3rd, 1943;

Look, God, I have never spoken to You.
But now -- I want to say, "how do you do."
You see, God, they told me You didn't exist.
And like a fool -- I believed all of this.

Cardinal Tobin CSsR - Pontifical Council for Culture...

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(Rome) Cardinal Joseph William Tobin CSsR, Archbishop of Newark in the United States is among the members of the Pontifical Council for Culture who were appointed by the Holy Father on 11 November 2019.

Ace of Clubs - Our Centre for those who struggle...

Running for nearly 25 years now, the work is always going on to fund it.

Our Centre for the Homeless - Ace of Clubs
A massive THANK YOU to Jackson's Estate Agents, Clapham,

for their yearly Halloween fundraising event for Ace of Clubs (nearly £700).

Pictured is Phil Agius, Director, presenting the cheque to

Bro. Mike CSsR (Company Secretary) & Anna Long (Trustee).

God bless the work!

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Blessed Spanish CSsR Martyrs of Cuenca...

Holy CSsR Martyrs of Cuenca

Pray for us.

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Michalovce: Bl. Dominik Trčka announced as a citizen of the century

(Michalovce, Slovakia) The city of Michalovce commemorates the 100 years since the founding of the Czechoslovakian county of Zemplín. On this occasion in the last month, the city authorities ran the survey to choose top personalities in the town’s history. The redemptorist blessed Metod Dominik Trčka was among ten finalists, selected by the historians and the common public as well.

Cardinal Secretary of State and St Alphonsus...

Cardinal Parolin,

the Vatican's Secretary of State,

visits the tomb of

St Dr Alphonsus Liguori

October 2019

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Called to be saints...

What does it mean to be holy?

Do you hear the call to sanctity in your life?

On the All Saints Feast, the Church celebrates all the saints: canonized or beatified, and the multitude of those who are in heaven enjoying the beatific vision that are only known to God. The saint is not a superhero, but one who takes seriously the words of Jesus and lives it with fidelity and creativity. This feast invites us to reflect on how we realize our baptismal vocation.

City mission in Kaunas...

(Kaunas, Lithuania) The Archdiocese of Kaunas is the second largest diocese in Lithuania. Just over a year ago two Redemptorists from Slovakia, Frs. Rastislav Dluhý and Peter Hertel began a new missionary initiative at the request of the Archbishop.

What they have been able to achieve is utterly amazing. And this includes the organisation of a citywide Mission which took place in the second week of October (10-13) in the cathedral. The mission involved many local groups of committed Catholics, lay missionaries from Portugal, non-Catholic musicians from England, a group of talented lay missionaries from Slovakia, and Fr. Ronnie McAinsh a Redemptorist from Scotland.

International meeting of the Redemptorist Brothers in Slovakia...

October 30, 2019

(Michalovce, Slovakia) The second meeting of the Secretariat of the Conference of the Brothers of Europe took place in Michalovce in Slovakia on October 25-27. Apart from the members of the Secretariat, Bro. Jeffrey Rolle C.Ss.R., General Consultor and, Fr. Johannes Römelt C.Ss.R., Coordinator of the Conference of Redemptorists in Europa (CRE), were also present.