Garrison, New York
New Director Named for the Graymoor Spiritual Life Center
The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement are pleased to 
announce that Fr. Thomas Orians, SA has been named director of the Graymoor Spiritual Life Center in Garrison, New York.
Fr. Orians, a native of Tiffin, Ohio, in the Diocese of Toledo, entered the community in 1985 and was ordained in 1992. He is currently associate director of the Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute where he is coordinator of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In addition, he is associate campus minister of Felician College in Lodi/Rutherford, NJ. Among his previous assignments, he had been campus minister of Caldwell College in Newark, New Jersey, was on the steering committee of World Aids Day of the World Health Organization, and served in pastoral ministry in Richmond, British Columbia.
Since they opened their Spiritual Life Center at Graymoor in 1970, the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement have offered people of many different religious traditions and all walks of life an opportunity to slow down and encounter the Spirit in their lives.
The Graymoor Spiritual Life Center offers a year-round schedule of weekend, weekday, and evening retreats and programs designed for both groups and individuals, including married couples, seniors, young adults, clergy, and men and women in recovery. Others focus on specific topics that meet proven needs — e.g., spirituality of the twelve steps, what Christans can learn from the insights and practices of Buddhists, etc.
The Center also hosts meetings, conferences, and days of renewal for parish and church groups, high school and college students, and denominational and interreligious organizations. It provides chapel space, meeting rooms, dining facilities, and overnight accommodations.
The Center is also the location for weekly holy hours and Centering Prayer experiences and regular AA, NA, Alanon, and Recovery, Inc., meetings.
The Graymoor Spiritual Life Center is located at 1320 Route 9 in Garrison, NY, five miles north of Peekskill, NY, and 13 miles south of I-84. Take MetroNorth's Hudson River Line from Grand Central (or 125th Street) to Peekskill, taxi from Peekskill to Graymoor.
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For more information about the Graymoor Spiritual Life Center and its programs and availability, call (845) 424-3671 Ext. 2111, email graymoorcenter@atonementfriars.org.
