A GLENMARY MISSION RESPONDS TO A LOCAL DISASTER
On any given day, Father Tom Charters, associate pastor of St. Michael the Archangel mission in Erwin, Tennessee, might be serving a basic needs request for food, utility, or rent assistance. A phone call from a parishioner on Sept. 27, 2024, however, took the need to respond in a totally different direction. “A woman was […]
MISSION TO FUTURE MISSIONERS
What motivates men to join Glenmary to become a priest or Brother? Brother David Henley has thought and prayed a lot about that. In late summer 2024, he finished 14 years as Director of Glenmary Vocations. “Meeting with the guys in the discernment program and sharing the Glenmary ministry has been very fulfilling. It truly […]
LIVING WITNESS OF SACRED SILENCE
Since entering the Glenmary Missioners as a postulant in 1964, Brother Curt Kedley has served in a variety of ministries in social work and outreach. His assignments have taken him to North Carolina, Ohio, Georgia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and now back to North Carolina, where he resides in the Windsor, seat of rural Bertie County. “I […]
CHRISTMAS IN A NEW MISSION: OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESENCE
In the three-and-a-half years since a town hall meeting was convened to explore the possibility of establishing a Catholic church in Smith County, Tennessee, much has changed. With no Catholic church in Smith County ever, since its 1799 founding, local Catholics had more recently been advocating for a worship site. The initial group of 32 […]
RESPECT LIFE AT ALL TIMES AND PLACES
For many years under the legal precedent of Roe vs. Wade, Catholics have been a powerful witness for the Right to Life cause. While Roe has been overturned, the cause of changing hearts and minds in the general population remains. Glenmary Home Missioners support these efforts, as well as efforts to broaden the way people […]
EUCHARIST: GLENMARY BRINGS THE FULLNESS OF FAITH
When Glenmarians come to a new town or county, they bring Jesus with them in a way that part of the country has likely never known. They bring him in the Eucharist. It’s important to remember that God is already present in the areas where Glenmary ministers. God is acting in the lives of each […]
A LAYWOMAN STEPS OUT IN FRONT FOR GLENMARY
After 18 years in the finance industry Linda Crisostomo took a leap of faith. She was succeeding in her career, making good money and earning the respect of her peers. She traveled, played golf, even went to Las Vegas, but she felt restless and empty. She made several big changes, one of which was signing […]
FRESH WAGON FEEDS ‘THE LOST AND FORGOTTEN’ IN TENNESSEE
Glenmary Father Neil Pezzulo gets excited when he talks about Fresh Wagon. It’s a mobile food pantry, partnership in Union County among St. Teresa of Kolkata Catholic parish, Union County Health Department, University of Tennessee Extension Office, American Cancer Society, the Union County government and Union County school system. Father Neil says there are six […]
