FATHER VIC HELPS STRAINED MIGRANT WORKERS
When the bad weather ruined watermelon fields in eastern North Carolina, migrant farmworkers lost their jobs and didn’t get a salary for over a month. With their families back in Mexico waiting for economic support and without any savings in the United States, these laborers struggled to get food. “The watermelons rotted and there was […]
PEOPLE ARE NOTICING
On November 3, Brother David Henley received an Outstanding Recognition Award from the National Religious Vocation Conference (NRVC). The award is given to members who provide leadership, innovation, and example to vocation directors of all religious communities. He was nominated for his broad reach via social media and his practice of traveling widely to recruit […]
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Join Glenmary in celebrating the holiday season at our annual Christmas concert, 2 p.m. Sunday, December 8, 2024, at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 2014 Springdale Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45231. Enjoy the sounds of the Cincinnati Brass Band while learning more about Glenmary’s work as a Catholic society of missionary priests and brothers serving in Appalachia and […]
GLENMARY FATHER JOHN BROWN DIES AT 70
CINCINNATI: October 3, 2024 — Father John Thomas Brown, 70, a Glenmary Home Missioner for 46 years, died October 3 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He spent most of his life serving missions in Ohio, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Georgia and North Carolina. Father Brown, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, is survived by his brothers Christopher (Lynn) and Gregory […]
THE GIFT OF BEING CHRISTIAN TOGETHER
A group of Catholics and Evangelicals is releasing the fruit of a new ecumenical dialogue on August 28, the Feast of St. Augustine. “The Gift of Being Christian Together: An Ecumenical Statement of Fidelity and Recognition” is a one-page document that identifies areas of common ground among the two largest Christian groups in the world. […]
GLENMARIANS FACE IMMIGRATION OBSTACLES
“It’s frustrating” can sum up the current situation for religious workers on visas in the United States. In April 2023, the State Department changed its policies on the process of approving requests for permanent residency. This change was in response to a backlog; applications from 2019 are just now being reviewed, creating a timing glitch […]
SIX CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS COME TOGETHER
Drawn by Christ’s prayer that His Church would be one, representatives of six Christian traditions gathered at an ecumenical retreat organized by Glenmary Home Missioners. The retreat brought together: Anglicans, Catholics, Evangelicals (including Southern Baptists), Lutherans, Methodists and Pentecostals. They met on May 28-30 at a Catholic center in Saint Meinrad, in southwest Indiana. “In the […]
GATHERING THE PEOPLE OF GOD
Things are busy for Glenmary’s Director of Ecumenism Nathan Smith. Among Nathan’s many projects, two in recent months point out the scope of his work. He led a dialogue on Eucharist at a Glenmary mission, then flew to Africa for an international gathering. The workshop Eucharist and Mission was at Glenmary’s Holy Family Parish in […]
SISTERS FROM KENYA JOIN MISSIONS
Singing at church choir, visiting nursing homes, and helping the poor: These are some of the works that two Kenyan sisters are doing in the Glenmary missions in Southwest Georgia. Sisters Ancilla Abonyo and Imelda Ngwitu came from Kenya in December 2023 to serve in Early and Randolph counties. “The community here is just amazing. They […]
THE EUCHARIST AND CHRISTIAN UNITY
Join Glenmary Home Missioners at our mission parish Holy Family Catholic Church in Lafayette, Tennessee, for a Lenten reflection on the Eucharist and Christian Unity. The reflection will include a talk on the ways in which the Eucharist exemplifies God’s communing with humanity, which call us then, in mission, to unity with others. The talk […]
