- On April 19, 2007, Father Rob visited the archives of the
Passionist Nuns, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania; examined Passionist
sources in the archives of the diocese of Scranton; had a meeting
and conversation with John Dziak of the Greater Pittston Historical
Society of Pennsylvania on the topic of the Pittston walkers to the
St. Ann's Novena.
- On April 20, 2007, Father Rob presented a paper on Passionist
sources in Scranton at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives
Conference, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
- In May Father Rob and Father John O'Brien, C.P. traveled
to St. Paul of the Cross Parish, Atlanta, Georgia. There they spent
several days on-site examining the personal library and papers of
Father Joseph A. Fahy, C.P., who died on January 22, 2007.
- During the past year Passionist Fathers Malcolm Cornwall,
Timothy Fitzgerald, Donald Ware and Paul Zilonka have generously
given a large portion of their published articles, preaching
material and personal papers and memorabilia to the archives for
processing.
- On May 18 Father Rob preached the homily at the Mass of
Christian Burial for Mr. L. Denis de Cazotte at St. Paul of the
Cross Monastery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He died in Pittsburgh
after a long illness. He was the great grandson of noted Passionist
Father Fidelis Kent Stone.
- Father Rob will have an article published in the 75th birthday
festschrift to honor Father Jeroom Heyndrickx, CICM. It will be
presented in early September during the proceedings of the Ninth
Symposium of the Verbiest Institute, Leuven, Belgium. The title of
the published article is "Journalist and Priest: Father
Cormac Shanahan, C.P. and the 1944 Press Party to Yan'an,
China, His Experience with Communist Leaders and Ministry to
Yan'an Catholics."
- Father Rob attended the summer meeting of the Friends of
Maryland's Olmsted Parks & Landscapes, Inc., Baltimore,
Maryland.
- Earlier this year Father Rob wrote Healing the Contemporary
Five Wounds of St. Joseph's Monastery Parish, Irvington,
Maryland: A Parish in the Passionist Tradition. A copy of this
booklet was received by the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore,
Maryland as well as the Enoch Pratt Library, Maryland Room,
Baltimore, Maryland.
- Passionist Father Theodore Foley has been declared a
"servant of God." It is a first step towards an inquiry
into the possibility of his canonization in the Catholic Church. In
conjunction with this, the Passionists seek anyone with memories or
documents related to his life, ministry and holiness. You can learn
more about him by reading the presentation by Father Rob given at
the October 2006 symposium in Jamaica, New York. www.cpprovince.org/archives/biographical/foley-symposium.php
- On July 18 Father Rob interviewed Ms. Loretta Diehl in
Pittsburgh on her personal recollections of Father Theodore
Foley.
- On July 8 Father Rob was the celebrant for The Sunday Mass. It
is a T.V. show broadcast each week under the auspices the
Passionist Communications based in Pelham, New York.
- On July 18 Father Rob went to Pittsburgh to give an historical
perspective on Passionist history as part of the orientation for
the Passionist Volunteers International and the Passionist Domestic
Volunteers, 2007-2008. The former group has members that are going
to Jamaica, West Indies and Honduras while the latter group has
members assigned to Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York.
- On July 19 Father Rob interviewed Mr. Rusty Wilcox. In charge
of maintenance in Pittsburgh, he told how someone called the
monastery to report that they had found the original monastery
tombstones of deceased Passionists. The artifacts had been moved
from a landfill site to his home.
- During July Fr. Rob transferred the original late 19th and
early 20th century Pittsburgh archival documents to The Passionist
Historical Archives for safety and preservation.
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