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The following
are press releases from the Glenmary Communications Office
unless otherwise noted.
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Winter 2001 Glenmary Challenge
Train
Display Puts Georgia Mission in the Middle of New Christmas
Tradition
 Glenmary
parishioners Gordon and Billie Hinkle are lighting up the
faces of children and creating a new holiday tradition for
folks of all ages in Metter, Ga.
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Winter 2001 Glenmary Challenge
Do
Catholics Evangelize?
When
Glenmary parishioners took their Bible Belt experiences to
a national evangelization conference, they came back with
a new spirit and new ideas. Read
the full story.
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September 28, 2001
Glenmary Responds to National Tragedy
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September 20, 2001
Special Bulletin:
Info on Muslims in the United States
Ever since the events
of Sept. 11 in New York and Washington, D.C., the Glenmary Research
Center has been receiving numerous requests for information
about Muslins and mosques in the United Sates. Read
the special message from Research Center Director Ken Sanchagrin.
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September 2001
New
Novice and New Candidate Begin Formation
 Juan
Feliciano-Caceres, who spent last year as a Glenmary candidate
for priesthood, moves on this year to the novitiate. Dave Henley,
a former Glenmary Farm program manager, begins his year of candidacy
for Glenmary brotherhood. |
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August 2001
Missioner
Uses Puppets, Art to Evangelize
 Glenmary
Father Bruce Brylinski, having completed a master's of arts
in painting in May, is back in the home missions using his
paintings and his puppetry to forge a creative approach to
evangelization.
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July 2001
Glenmary
Brother Wins National Award
 Brother
Curt Kedley has received the 2001 Call to Brotherhood Award
from the Religious Brothers Conference for his work building
bridges between the black and white communities in one of
Georgia's poorest and most segregated counties.
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June 2001
Pastoral
Coordinator Needed for Eupora, Miss.
 Gene
and Mary Helen Grabbe, lay leaders who have "pastored"
this mission church for the past nine years, are retiring. Check
out Job
Postings for information about this and other home mission
ministry opportunities. |
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Spring 2001 President's Circle Newsletter
Grant Money Helps Support, Expand Evangelization
This
year Glenmary has received over $70,000 from the Koch Foundation,
providing an “extra boost” to the support of Glenmary
donors. Grant money supports various evangelization efforts,
and will make it possible for 20 folks from Glenmary mission
areas to attend the National Catholic Council on Evangelization
conference in Raleigh, N.C., in June.
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April 2001 Boost-A-Month
Club Newsletter
Glenmary
History Honored in North Carolina
The parishioners of St. William Church in Murphy, N.C., recently
reacquired their original church building to serve as a parish
activity center. They named it "Glenmary House"
as a tribute to Glenmary’s role planting the Catholic
Church throughout western North Carolina.
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April 2001
Who's
Paying the Price for Cheap Food?
 Glenmary Father John Rausch introduced
journalists to the faces behind the grocery store labels during
a recent Catholic Press Association Farm Study Tour. The issues
he examined echo concerns of the National Catholic Rural Life
Conference as Congress prepares to write the 2002 Farm Bill--and
of the Catholic Bishops of the South in their
new pastoral on the U.S. poultry industry. |
March 2001
Spanish-Language
Options Available on Web Site
In keeping with Glenmary's
strong emphasis on bi-lingual training for its missioners, the
Glenmary Web site offers its first Spanish-language pages just
as U.S. census data confirms that Hispanics are now the largest
minority in the U.S. -Habla
espa"ol? |
February 2001
Glenmary
Research Center Debuts on Web Site
 The Glenmary Research Center has, for decades,
been the leader in collecting
religious statistics for the nation. Busy planning for publication
of the new Religious Congregations
Membership Study 2000, the Research Center is also planning
how to use its new Web presence
to make Glenmary's famous maps more readily available.
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January 2001 Boost-A-Month Club Newsletter
Mission's 50th Anniversary: An Occasion for Ecumenical Outreach
 When
the Glenmary mission in Guthrie, Ky., celebrated the 50th anniversary
of its church building, they came up with a unique ecumenical
gift-giving that provides a model for any Catholic parish anywhere.
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