The following are press releases from the Glenmary Communications Office unless otherwise noted.

December 2004 Boost-A-Month newsletter
Celebrating Christmas in Mission Land, USA
Christmas customs and traditions abound in Mission Land, USA, and the common denominator is making sure the light brought by the Prince of Peace shines on all in the counties where missioners serve. For more information.

November 2004 Boost-A-Month newsletter
In Heavener the Word Is Out: 'We're Here!'
Father Neil Pezzulo recently spoke with a group of donors about the new missions he is pastoring in Waldron and Danville, Ark., and Heavener, Okla. He told the group that the people in Heavener, a once dying frontier town and now mecca for Mexican migrants, are just surviving. Billy and Maria Butts provide the pastoral presence in the town where the local church is struggling, but getting stronger by the day. For more information.

October 2004
New Prayer Service by Cincinnati Teacher Calls Youth to Mission
Created for use with her seventh-grade students, Sister Delouise Menges invites groups of all ages to use this prayer service as a reminder that all Catholics are called to be missionary by their baptism. For more.

October 2004
National Symposium Calls U.S. Church to Be About 'Kingdom' Business Not 'Church' Business
Father John Fuellenbach, SVD, delivered the challenging keynote address to 288 participants at the Glenmary-sponsored "God's Missionary People—A New Way of Being Church" in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 3. For more.
To download texts of conference talks
To order audio or video tapes of presenters

September 2004 Boost-A-Month newsletter
'Nun On the Run' in Georgia Mission
As a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, Glenmary pastoral associate Sister Janet Fischer has found a unique way to blend the charisms of St. Francis and Glenmary as she cares for all of God’s creatures, two- and four-legged! For more.

August 2004
Glenmary Welcomes Two New Candidates
Candidates Dennis Kisembe Makokha from Kenya and Joe Petrucci from West Virginia were welcomed by members at the annual Glenmary Congress in Nazareth, Ky. For more.

August 2004 Boost-A-Month newsletter
Brother Stands Up For Workers' Rights
Brother David Henley, who renewed his Glenmary Oath in May, spent the summer helping improve living and working conditions for poultry workers in Canton, Miss. For more.

August 2004
Choosing a Presidential Candidate
Glenmary Father John S. Rausch's essay on this topic is now a brochure distributed nationally by Pax Christi, USA. To read this essay.

July 2004
Father Pat O'Donnell, Longtime 'Challenge' Editor, Dead at 85
Father Pat died July 22 in Cincinnati. His photos and stories in Glenmary Challenge gave memorable images of the home missions to U.S. Catholics.

July 2004
The Real Meaning of Freedom: A Fourth of July Reflection
Father Steve Pawelk invites us to put our American understanding of freedom into a gospel perspective.

June 2004
Calling U.S. Church to Refocus on Mission
Glenmary, in cooperation with the United States Catholic Mission Association, is sponsoring a national symposium on mission this October in an effort to help refocus the U.S. Church on its primary mission: the proclamation of the Reign of God. To read more about this symposium.

May 2004
Glenmary Challenge Wins Catholic Press Awards
Father Bob Dalton and Father John Rausch received second and third place awards, respectively, from the Catholic Press Association at the organization's annual convention in Washington, D.C., May 28. Their Glenmary Challenge articles were honored in the Best Essay In a Mission Magazine category. Check out their award-winning stories:
"Waiting for Glenmary," by Father Bob Dalton
"He Lived In the Presence of God," by Father John Rausch

May 2004
Study Tour to Home Missions Planned for October
Glenmary Home Missioners, in cooperation with The Catholic Church Extension Society, is sponsoring a five-day immersion/study tour to the home missions in Eastern Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia. Members of the working press, students of journalism, mission office staff and anyone involved in Church ministry will find this tour beneficial. To learn more...

May 2004
New Fulltime Resident of Mission Land, USA
After serving in Glenmary administration and leadership for 13 years, Father Jerry Dorn has returned to the mission fields as a fulltime resident. He became pastor of a Glenmary mission in Eastern Kentucky in January. To read more about his first months back in the missions...

April 19, 2004
Father John Marquardt Dead at 84
Father John J. Marquardt said once that he always wanted to be a priest, "I was born with that on my mind." For 57 years, he served the home missions as a missionary priest, pastor, teacher and seminary rector. Father Marquardt died April 18 in Cincinnati.For more...

February 2004 Boost-A-Month newsletter
Mission Trip Deepens Sense of Church
Members of the Sister Parish Committee of St. Pius X Church, Loudonville, N.Y., visited their adopted Glenmary missions in Swainsboro and Metter, Ga., several months ago. The visitors share their reflection on their Mission Land, USA, experience, which included a presentation ceremony like the one pictured here. To read more about their experience...

February 27, 2004
Father Tom Field Dead at 64
Father Tom Field once received a death threat from the Klu Klux Klan because he was reaching out to help a victim of domestic violence. This "wonderfully effective missioner" ministered to all God's needy in his 29 years as a Glenmary missioner. Father Tom died Feb. 27 in Cincinnati. For more...

January 2004 Boost-A-Month newsletter
Collaboration Key in Mississippi Ministry
Father Tim Murphy pastors three Glenmary missions in northeastern Mississippi, but he doesn't do it alone. He works with pastoral associates and a pastoral coordinator. His collaborative Glenmary ministry offers a model of ministry to the U. S. Church: priest-pastors teaming with pastoral associates and pastoral coordinators to preseve local Church communities. To find out more…