Redeemer Month: Blessed by Beauty

Sister Ellen's Announcement 

Every year, a Redeemer Month theme is chosen and incorporated in various ways throughout Redeemer Health. This year’s theme is “Blessed by Beauty.”  This theme was chosen mindful of many challenges that Redeemer Health is facing in 2023 as well as the sad realities of our city, country, and world. The beauty of God’s healing love and mercy brings us hope and light in the midst of darkness.

Each year the Redeemer Month theme is chosen and incorporated into a prayer service which is offered at many locations throughout Redeemer Health. Leaders and staff are encouraged to celebrate Redeemer Month in ways that are meaningful, enjoyable, and collaborative.

If anyone would like a Sister to visit your worksite during Redeemer Month for a prayer service or celebration, or if you have any questions, please contact Sr. Anita Bolton at abolton@holyredeemer.com or Sr. Anne Marie Haas at amhaas@holyredeemer.com.

The Redeemer Month celebration at Spark will be hosted on Thursday, Sept. 21.
Our prayer service will be held in the Chapel at 11:30 a.m., followed by a reception in the
dining room. If anyone would like a Sister to visit your worksite during Redeemer Month for a prayer service or celebration, or if you have any questions, please contact Sr. Anita Bolton at abolton@holyredeemer.com or Sr. Anne Marie Haas at amhaas@holyredeemer.com.

The following is a comprehensive list of prayer services occurring during Redeemer Month throughout Redeemer Health:

• Holy Redeemer Hospital (courtyard outside the cafeteria) - Wednesday, September 13 @ 12 p.m. (1648 Huntingdon Pike, Meadowbrook, PA 19046
• Home Care & Hospice (Mercer) - Thursday, September 14 @ 11 a.m. (2 South Gold Drive, Trenton, NJ 08691)
• Home Care & Hospice and Corporate - Tuesday, September 19 @ 9 a.m. (12265 Townsend Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154)
• Redeemer Health Corporate Office - Wednesday, September 20 @ 2:30 p.m. (667 Welsh Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006)
• Redeemer Village (café) - Monday, September 25 @ 6:30 p.m. (1551 Huntingdon Pike, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006)
• St. Joseph's Manor - Wednesday, September 27 @ 2:30 p.m. (1616 Huntingdon Pike, Meadowbrook, PA 19046)
• Home Care & Hospice (Cape May) - Thursday, September 28 @ 8:30 a.m. (1801 Route 9 North, Swainton, NJ 08210)
• Home Care & Hospice (Atlantic County) - Thursday, September 28 @ 11:30 a.m. (6550 Delilah Road, Suite 501, Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234)
• Lafayette (held in RCR) - Friday, September 29 @ 11 a.m. (8580 Verree Road, Philadelphia, PA 19111)
• Redeemer Health at Feasterville - Tuesday, October 3 @ 12:30 p.m. (23 Bustleton Pike, Feasterville, PA 19053)
• Redeemer Health at Warminster - Wednesday, October 4 @ 3 p.m. (201 Veterans Way, Warminster, PA 18974)
• Redeemer Health at Bensalem - Friday, October 6 @ 12:30 p.m. (3300 Tillman Drive, Bensalem, PA 19020)
• Little Flower Manor - Tuesday, November 28 @ 11 a.m. (1201 Springfield Road, Darby, PA 19023)

Redeemer Health’s Healthy Families program in New Jersey is requesting donations of diapers and baby wipes to support their communities in need. The Healthy Families team indicates that sizes 2 to 5 are of particular need.

View which diapers and wipes are needed, and buy directly from Amazon. 

Or you can use a retailer of your choice and have donations delivered to the Sisters of the Redeemer’s Province Center, 1600 Huntingdon Pike, Meadowbrook, PA 19046. To deliver donations yourself, visit The Province Center between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

The Sisters of the Redeemer and the Redeemer Family will celebrate our founder Blessed Alphonse Maria Eppinger’s Feast Day, on Saturday, Sept. 9. There will be the viewing of “Instrument of Mercy,” a video chronicling Blessed Alphonse Maria’s life, with time for reflection and discussion of the relevance of her charism and spirituality for today. 

Join the Sisters in Spark, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. RSVP to Eileen Troy by Wednesday, Sept. 6 at etroy@holyredeemer.com or 215-914-4101.
 

For more than 30 years, Redeemer Month, and formerly Redeemer Week, has been celebrated at Redeemer Health. Redeemer Month is a special time to be mindful of and grateful to Jesus the Redeemer, the one whose name Redeemer Health and the Sisters of the Redeemer are privileged to bear. United in our call to serve in the Catholic Health Care ministry, we are witness to the healing ministry of Jesus. We reverence the sacredness of life and the beauty of religious, ethnic, and cultural diversity.

During Redeemer Month the Sisters of the Redeemer express gratitude for the dedication and commitment of each person carrying out Redeemer Health’s mission to care, comfort, and heal. It is a time for everyone in the Redeemer Family to celebrate the collaborative efforts and experiences that support the mission and values of Redeemer Health. 

Traditionally, Redeemer Month was celebrated in May and is now being celebrated in September.  September is important to the heritage and legacy of the Sisters of the Redeemer. September 9 was selected by the Vatican as the official Feast Day of Blessed Alphonse Maria Eppinger, Founder of the Sisters of the Redeemer. This special day is recognized throughout the world as it marks the anniversary of Blessed Alphonse Maria’s birth in Niederbronn, France, in 1814.