EDITOR’S COLUMN
Returning to our roots Mary C. Weaver, director of communications
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s you can see, we’ve completely redone our quarterly magazine. We have a new name, Perpetual Help, and a new look, created by graphic designer Carol Rumbolt. And although the look is new, it really reflects a return to our roots, to our devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help and our history as the Perpetual Help Center. (Many of you will remember that for decades the Redemptorists operated the Perpetual Help Center on 150th Street in Bronx, N.Y. In 2009 the program moved to Annapolis, Md.) For about a year now we’ve been working toward a renewed emphasis on Our Lady of Perpetual Help, who continually points us to her Son, Jesus. This is only fitting because since 1866 the Redemptorists have been entrusted with caring for and promoting the OLPH icon and devotion to Our Lady. You can see our new emphasis on the icon by viewing the backs of our Christmas and Easter cards, which display the icon and briefly explain the Redemptorists’ mission. You can see it on our website, whose predominant image is now Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and on the letters we mail you. Of course, these are small things in comparison with the vital work Redemptorist priests and brothers do: giving hope and help to the poor; preaching the Good News to the most
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Neumann Shrine sees updates Major improvements are taking shape in Philadelphia.
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abandoned sons and daughters of God; and educating, comforting, and healing the victims of ignorance and poverty, all in the name of Christ. But we believe small things like these can help communicate our mission and the compassionate care—like the love of Our Lady—that is part of every Redemptorist priest and brother’s work. I hope you’ll let me know your thoughts about our new look. You can reach me by phone at 410-271-7552 or by e-mail at mary@redemptorists.net. Thank you, and may God bless you for your generous support of the Redemptorists. n
Three new deacons
On their journey to the priesthood, new Redemptorist deacons are urged to show God ’s merc y through their ser vice at the altar and to the poor.
ADDRESS Perpetual Help Center 107 Duke of Gloucester Street, Annapolis, MD 21401-2526
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Perpetual Help ©2015. Perpetual Help is published for friends and supporters of the Redemptorists. Redemptorist priests and brothers follow in Jesus’ footsteps, preaching the Word and serving the poor and most abandoned, with a special devotion to the crib of Bethlehem, the Cross, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Eucharist.