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

December 2005 Boost-A-Month newsletter
Feast Celebrations Help Build Community
Feast celebrations in Glenmary missions, especially those observed in December, help bring various cultures into single parish communitites.

Winter 2005 Glenmary Challenge
An Advent Meditation
Father Dan Dorsey, in his column in the Winter 2005 issue of Glenmary Challenge, invites us to take a few moments and ponder the mystery of the Word becoming flesh.

Winter 2005 Glenmary Challenge
Father Tom Charters Shares Catholic Faith On 'the Voice of West Virginia'
As the new pastor of Glenmary's three missions in Logan County, W.Va., Father Tom is seizing an opportunity to use radio in his home mission ministry.

November 2005 Boost-A-Month newsletter
Building Community in Bertie County, N.C.
Father Mike Langell and Brother Virgil Siefker are working to build a Catholic community in Bertie County, N.C. Prior to Glenmary's arrival last year, no Catholic church had ever been present in the county.

November 14, 2005
Father Pete Richardson Cleared of Sexual Misconduct Allegation
The Morgan County (Ky.) Attorney says no charges will be filed and there will be no further investigation of the allegation that surface in August of sexual misconduct with a minor. The prosecutors found "no evidence of criminal wrongdoing...."

November 7, 2005
Father Joe Gartner, Transplanted New Yorker, Dead at 91
Ordained for the Diocese of Brooklyn in 1940, Father Joe became a Glenmary Home Missioner in 1951 and spent time in almost every area where Glenmary has served. A canon lawyer, he spent his later years working at the Marriage Tribunal in the Diocese of Covington (Ky.). He died peacefully on Nov. 5.

October 2005
New Vocation Novena Available
Written by Glenmarians, this new novena is a way for anyone to better discern God's call in his or her life—and to pray for vocations to missionary priesthood and brotherhood. It invokes the patronage of St. Isaac Jogues and Companions, missionary saints and Glenmary's patrons.

September 2005
Glenmarian to Direct Catholic Committee of Appalachia
Father John Rausch, part of the group that formed CCA in 1970, sees its mission as serving the broken and the vulnerable by addressing regional problems that affect 26 dioceses.

September 11, 2005
Glenmary Country Raffle Winners Drawn
Winners in the 2005 Country Raffle were drawn at Glenmary headquarters Sept. 11. The top prize was won by Mariann Machera of New York. This annual Glenmary fundraiser helps support Glenmary's home mission ministry. For other winners

September 9, 2005
Missions Respond to Katrina Evacuees
Glenmary missions are responding to the needs of the hundreds of hurricane evacuees who are pouring into their home mission counties in the South.
Arkansas pastoral associate reflects on a day spent with newly arrived.
Glenmary priest puts medical skills to work on behalf of evacuees

August 17, 2005
Brother Vincent Wilmes, First Glenmary Brother, Dead at 89
Brother Vincent Wilmes, who never knew a stranger, spent his life loving and serving the poorest of the poor.

August 17, 2005
Glenmary's Statement Regarding Allegations of Sexual Misconduct by a Glenmary Priest
Priest denies allegations; Glenmary, following its Policies for Maintaining Ethical Ministry With Minors, reports allegations to civil authorities, removes priest from ministry and reaches out to accuser.

August 2005
New Assignments Begin
Fathers Bob Dalton and Tim Murphy will begin new assignments August 29 in Mississippi.

Father Bob Dalton Arrives In Mississippi
Father Tim Murphy Moves to New Mississippi County

August 2005 Boost-A-Month newsletter
Finding God's Kingdom at Summer Camp
Another batch of counselors and kids have finished another camping season at Camp Glenmary, gaining a greater appreciation of God's love and an experience of God's kingdom.

July 2005 Boost-A-Month newsletter
Arkansas Mission Is the 'Place to Be'
Father Chet Artysiewicz expects the unexpected in Glenmary's mission in Monticello, Ark.—even a Baptist-Muslim couple asking to become Catholics.

June 2005 Boost-A-Month newsletter
Research Center Has National Reputation
Read why Glenmary's Research Center is the place people across the country call to obtain Catholic population numbers and trends.

June 2005
Glenmary Missioners Begin New Assignments
Fathers John Brown, and Tom Charters, recently began their new mission assignments in Georgia and West Virginia, respectively. For more information…

Father John Brown Arrives in South Georgia
Father Tom Charters Arrives in West Virginia

May 2005
Glenmary Challenge Wins Catholic Press Award
Father Bob Dalton received a 2005 Catholic Press Association Award for his tribute to Father Tom Field. Father Bob received an honorable mention in the best essay category for "Building Church Around a Table."

May 2005
Koch Grant Jumpstarts Mission Education Materials for Youth
"This is something we have been dreaming about for a long time," says Father Steve Pawelk about this new effort to create fifth- and sixth-grade interdisciplinary curriculum units, a Bible school program, supplementary materials for Confirmation preparation and inspirational materials for all ages.

Summer 2005 Glenmary Challenge
50 Years of Catholic Presence in Houston, Miss.
The history of Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission in Houston, Miss., was celebrated in February as the mission observed its 50th anniversary. Founding member Ruth Agnes Crosthwait remembers when her family were the only Catholics in the area. Today, there are 150 families who are members of the mission!

May 2005 Boost-A-Month newsletter
Nurturing Leaders in South Georgia
As a multicultural worker in Glenmary's South Georgia missions, Sister Pat Himmer nurtured Hispanic leadership. Now that she has left the missions, she's sure those same leaders will continue the work she was a part of beginning.

April 2005
Benedict XVI's Words Encourage COE
Glenmary's Commission on Evangelization (COE), meeting on the day of the new pope's election, takes heart from his early words about Eucharist and social development as keys to evangelization.

April 15, 2005
Home Mission Essay Contest Winners Announced
Glenmary will present awards to 11 high school seniors from dioceses served by Glenmary. Entrants responded to this topic in 750 words or less: "Catholic Christians are called by their baptism to carry out the mission of Jesus. How do I respond to this call?"

April 7, 2005
John Paul II: His Gifts to Glenmary
A reflection by Glenmary president, Father Dan Dorsey, on what gifts this pope has given Glenmary and its home mission ministry.
For Father Dan Dorsey's statement
For a tribute by Glenmary's Associate Vocation Director, Kyle Brandon, 24

April 2005 Boost-A-Month newsletter
Alternative Spring Break Draws College Students to Glenmary Farm
While many take to beaches or basketball tournaments, college students from across the nation flock to the Glenmary Farm each spring for a retreat-like mission immersion blending the values of service, education, prayer, reflection and sharing in an environment of simple living.

March 2005 Boost-A-Month newsletter
Kentucky Mission 'Like a Family'
More and more people are joining the Glenmary mission in Grayson, Ky., because of its reputation as "the church that helps people," says pastoral coordinator Sister Maria Goretti Browne.

February 2005 Boost-A-Month newsletter
What a Small Parish Can Do!
When Sister Liz Brown arrived in Okolona, Miss., she had no idea how she and this little mission would bring change, through EXCEL, to the entire county.

January 2005 Boost-A-Month newsletter
Kentucky Video Project Promotes Ecumenism
An ecumenical project spearheaded by Father Frank Ruff and seed money from Glenmary has delivered a video on Jesus to every household in Todd County, Ky.