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The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement are involved worldwide in a
variety of ecumenical and interreligious ministries, including the
following:
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Charles Angell, SA, resides at Saint Christopher's Inn,
Graymoor. A member of the Jewish-Catholic Dialogue of New York,
for many years Fr. Angell taught ecumenism at the "Angelicum"
in Rome, Italy and in London, England. |
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Father
David Fitzgerald, SA is pastor of Saint Andrew the Apostle
Church in Apex, NC. He is a member of the Ecumenical Commission
of the Diocese of Raleigh. Fr. Fitzgerald studied ecumenism
at the "Angelicum" in Rome. |
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John Keane, SA is a General Councilor and the Ecumenical
Officer of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. He has served
as Director for the Ecumenical & Interreligious Affairs
Commission of the Diocese of Sacramento and in the Archdiocese
of San Francisco and the Diocese of Monterrey. Father Keane
has interreligious experience from his many years in Japan.
He is Director of the Paul Wattson Lecture San Francisco, co-sponsored
by the Friars and the University of San Francisco. |
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Father
James Loughran, SA is director of the Graymoor Ecumenical
& Interreligious Institute, based in New York, NY at the
Interchurch Center, 475 Riverside Drive. Father Loughran is
also editor of the journal Ecumenical Trends. He served as director
of the Ecumenical & Interreligious Affairs Commission of
the Archdiocese of New York from 1994 to 2001. He serves as
a consultor to the US Catholic Bishops Conference Committee
for dialogue with the Jews. |
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Damian MacPherson, SA is director of the Commission on
Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the Archdiocese of
Toronto. He has been involved in formational work and pastoral
ministry for the Friars. |
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Father
Elias Mallon, SA is a former director of the Graymoor
Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute. He is well known
for his work and deep interest in interreligious affairs, especially
with Muslims and Jews. Fr. Mallon greets the Hindu spiritual
teacher and leader, Sri Chinmoy. |
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Malcolm Martin, SA is an ecumenical and interreligious
educator located at Chapel of Our Saviour in Brockton, MA. Father
Martin spent over twenty years serving the Church in Brazil,
first in pastoral ministry in Brazil's interior and then as
Ecumenical Director for the Archdiocese of Sao Paulo. He was
also an ecumenical consultant to the Brazilian Conference of
Catholic Bishops. |
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Brother
William Martyn, SA is a former Consultor to the Pontifical Commission
for Religious Relations with the Jews and a member of the Catholic-Jewish
International Liaison Committee. Brother Martyn served as director
of the Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute. He
was also director of the Commission on Ecumenical and Interreligious
Affairs of the Archdiocese of New York for 12 years. |
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Father
Paul Ojibway, SA is a former associate director of the
Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute, heading
its desk for Social Ecumenism, working on national public policy
issues in Washington, DC. Father Ojibway, a Native American,
has been involved in Native American ministry and concerns all
of his adult life. |
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David Poirier, SA is parochial vicar of Saint Joseph
the Worker parish in Richmond, BC and is involved in the Ecumenical
Commission of the Archdiocese of Vancouver. Formerly assigned
to parish work in Nova Scotia, he has directed the Paul Wattson
Lecture at the Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, where
he was also the director of the Commission on Ecumenical &
Interreligious Affairs for the Archdiocese of Halifax.. |
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Father
James Puglisi, SA is Minister General of the Franciscan
Friars of the Atonement, based at the Church of Sant' Onofrio
in Rome, Italy. Father Puglisi is director of the Centro Pro
Unione in Rome. He teaches courses on ecumenism and liturgy
at several institutions in Rome and other parts of Italy. Father
Puglisi addressing a gathering at the Centro Pro Unione
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Father
Michael Seed, SA is Ecumenical Consultor to the Archbishop of
Westminster, England. He resides in Westminster and is active
in the London area and throughout the United Kingdom in support
of the ecumenical movement. Father Seed is a native Briton. |
Father
Emmanual Sullivan, SA is an ecumenical scholar resident
at Saint Paul's Friary, Graymoor. Father
Sullivan is a former director of the Graymoor Ecumenical &
Interreligious Institute and has served as ecumenical officer
in two dioceses in England. Bishop Pargeter, Chairman of the
Roman Catholic Ecumenical Committee for England and Wales (on
the left) welcomes Father Sullivan to the committee
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Father
Wilfred Tyrrell, SA is an associate director of the Graymoor
Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute. He is also Catholic
chaplain and interfaith coordinator at Manhattanville College
in Purchase, NY. Father Tyrrell has served as Director of the
Commission on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the Archdiocese
of New York. |
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