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

December Boost-a-Month Newsletter
'Little Christmas' Celebrated in Big Way
The adoption relationship between Glenmary's Bruce, Miss., mission and a Honesdale, Penn., parish continues to yield an ever-deepening connection—especially during the Christmas season.

Advent 2006
'New Light: Caring for God's Creation During Advent'
The Glenmary Justice Commission is distributing this nine-page resource to challenge individuals, families and small groups to conserve evergy by changing a light bulb (to a CFL or a lower watt bulb) each time a new candle is lit on the Advent wreath.

November 2006
Giving Voice to Hispanic Inmates
Twice a week Father Fid Levri ministers to all the inmates at the Daviess County (Ky.) jail, including the Spanish-speaking inmates. He is teaching them to read and write English so they can fuction better while in prison and more importantly, so they can communicate better when they are released.

November 2006
Fiscal Year 2005-06 Reports Now Available
Besides a posted Statement of Account, a four-page Report to Donors can be downloaded and a 20-page Stewardship Report can be requested.

Thanksgiving 2006
Sweet Potato Workers Challenge Us to Share What We Have
Vardaman, Miss., is the 'sweet potato capital of the world.' Father Bob Dalton counts two of the sweet potato workers in this mission area as a blessing he is especially thankful for this year.

And Father Steve Pawelk espresses thanks both for donors and for men in discernment

November Boost-a-Month Club Newsletter
U.S. Poverty: An Abuse of Human Rights
As Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, approaches, Father John Rausch says he hopes a column he wrote about the December 2005 tour he led through Appalachia for a U.N. delegration traveling the United States to study poverty can encourage readers to open their eyes and look at poverty from the stance of human rights.

October 2006
Former Researcher Dies in Car Crash
Father Bernie Quinn, founder of the Glenmary Research Center and the person who headed the early Church Membership Studies, died Oct. 7 in a car crash in Ternie, Italy, where he was vacationing with Baltimore Cardinal William Keeler. Father Quinn was a Glenmary priest for many years before transferring to the Harrisburg (Penn.) diocese in 1990 where is served in several parishes before his retirement in 2001.

September 2006
Immigration Raids Put Stillmore, Ga., in National Spotlight
Immigration raids in Stillmore, Ga., have turned this Glenmary mission area into a ghost town—and placed this rural town in the national spotlight. To read a story about Stillmore before the raids.

September Boost-a-Month Club Newsletter
Moving in the Spirit: Mission to Heavener
Nine confirmation candidates from Glenmary’s mission in Waldron, Ark., lead a summer Bible school for the children of Heavener, Okla.. According to pastoral associate Kathy O'Brien, the candidates—and the Bible School attendees—were moved by the Spirit during the week-long event.

August 2006
New Mission Ed Materials Now Available!
Samples of age-appropriate posters and prayers cards were sent in August to every U.S. parish and Catholic elementary school. These are the first in a new series of home mission education materials developed by the Glenmary Home Missioners and the Glenmary Sisters. To view Educate & Inspire materials and order.

August 2006
New Pastoral Coordinator Hired For Kentucky Mission
Michele Bertot has been hired as the new pastoral coordinator for the Glenmary mission in Vanceburg, Ky. She and her husband Ted, natives of New York, are settling in to Lewis County, one of the poorest counties in the state.

August Boost-a-Month Club Newsletter
Kentucky, Tennessee Missions 'Bustling'
Father Dennis Holly, pastor of Glenmary's missions in Lafayette, Tenn., and Scottsville, Ky., says despite the limited resources in both his missions, they are always looking for ways to reach out to the larger community. "We're letting is be known that the Catholic Church is alive and present in these counties," he says.

August 23, 2006
Brother David Henley Takes Final Oath
Brother David Henley, looking forward to a lifetime of home mission service, took his Final Oath as a Glenmary Home Missioner on Aug. 21.
For a slide show of this event
Read more about Brother David

August 2006
Retired Priest Volunteers for Home Mission Service
Father Vince Burns, a retired Army Chaplain and priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, has volunteered for a three-year stint working with Glenmary. He begins his home mission service at Glenmary's mission in Louisville, Ga., filling in for two months for Father Bruce Brylinski, who is completing a Spanish immersion program in Mexico.

August 2006 Home Mission News Newsletter
Volunteers Have 'Real Missionary Spirit'
The July summer Bible school hosted by the Glenmary mission in Houston, Miss., was staffed by volunteers from St. John the Baptist Church in Savage, Minn., an adopting parish to the Houston mission.

Learn more about Glenmary's Adopt-A-Mission Program

July 2006
Two Men Profess First Oath to Glenmary
Austine Duru and Dennis Makokha became temporary members of Glenmary as they professed their First Oath on June 30 during a Profession Mass celebrated in Cincinnati. Glenmary president Father Dan Dorsey called them "leaven" for Glenmary and said their presence is "a gift to all of us, to the Church and to the missions here in America."

July 2006
Arkansas Bible School Welcomes All God's Children
Over 100 children took part in the summer Bible school held last month at the Glenmary mission in Waldron, Ark. Pastoral associate Kathy O'Brien, in her reflection on the week-long event, called it "an experience of evangelization at its best."

July 2006
New Assignments Begin
Fathers Chet Artysiewicz and Don Tranel will begin new assignments effective July 1.

Father Chet Artysiewicz arrives in Oklahoma
Father Don Tranel arrives in Arkansas

June 2006
Brother's Ministry of Presence Spans 40 Years
Reflecting on his 40 years of ministry with Glenmary, Brother Dennis Craig simply says he has"liked everything I've done over the years!" His ministry has taken him from the Brothers' Building Crew to being a parish brother to being the House Director at Glenmary Headquarters in Cincinnati and helping care for the senior members living there.

May 2006
Glenmary Challenge Wins Four Catholic Press Awards
Glenmary Challenge won four Catholic Press Association awards at this year's Catholic Media Convention in Nashville, Tenn., May 26. Two were individual awards for Father John Rausch's remembrance of Brother Vince Wilmes ("The Kindest Man I Ever Met") in the Winter 2005 issue and for Father Vic Subb's article in Autumn 2005 ("Building Church in South Georgia's Onion Fields").

May 2006 Boost-a-Month Club Newsletter
Arkansas Missions Help 'Welcome the Stranger'
The welcome bag of groceries presented by St. Luke and St Mark to workers in the tomato fields has grown into a collaborative project with the Diocese of Little Rock and the Vincentians.

May 2006
Meet a Missioner in Your Neighborhood
Glenmary's Mission Office has announced the 2006 schedule for mission appeals in parishes across the country. Glenmary supporters are urged to visit and introduce themselves when an appeal is being made in a parish near them so the missioner can thank them them personally for their support for the home missions.

Spring 2006 Home Mission News
Glenmary Spearheading New Effort to Train Lay Leaders for U.S. Mission Dioceses
Glenmary and seven other religious institutes have joined with the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat on Home Missions and the Catholic Church Extension Society to form a new Home Mission Leadership Conference (HMLC).

April 21, 2006
Meet the 11 Men in Formation for Glenmary Priesthood and Brotherhood
For the first time in many years, Glenmary has men at every stage of formation. They range in age from 23–47 and come from four countries.

April 19, 2006
Home Mission Essay Contest Winners Announced
Glenmary awarded cash prizes to 13 high school seniors who submitted winning essays in this year's Home Mission Essay Contest.

March 31, 2006
Father Jack McNearney Dead at 81
In his almost 50 years of ministry, Father Jack McNearney worked to unite science, philosophy and faith. Father McNearney died on March 27 at his home in Kingsport, Tenn.

March 21, 2006
Father Bob Healy Dead at 83
Described as a "true priest, Glenmary Father Bob Healy died on March 18 at the age of 83 after over 60 years of home mission ministry.

Spring 2006 Glenmary Challenge
Bringing Home the Way of the Cross
Stations created in the 1980s for Glenmary's Vanceburg, Ky., mission are challenging a new generation to think about the meaning of Christ's passion, death and resurrection.

Spring 2006 Glenmary Challenge
Church in Danville, Ark.,Dedicated
On Jan. 15 a dream was realized as the predominately Spanish-speaking Glenmary mission community in Danville, Ark., celebrated the dedication of San Andres (St. Andrew), the first Catholic church in Danville.

February 2006 Boost-A-Month newsletter
Senior Members Share Gifts and Talents
Glenmary's senior members, relieved from assigned ministry, find unique ways to continue to play important and vital roles in home mission ministry.

January 2006 Boost-A-Month newsletter
Commission on Justice Serves Gospel Mandate
Glenmary's Commission on Justice, established in 1978, works to change systems of injustice and takes on the "big shots."