Friars Welcome New Communications Director
Jonathan Hotz joined the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement at Graymoor as the organization’s new director of communications on January 6, 2020.
True Unity In Christ: A Reflection on the Life and Death of Fr. Paul of Graymoor
Servant of God Fr. Paul Wattson, SA, had such a particular zeal for spreading the Good News, as well as pure trust in God’s plan, that he was able to reach even the most downtrodden and give them the hope that comes only through Christ.
Ecumenical Dialogue: The Legacy of 1619
Aaron Hollander, for Ecumenical Trends - Let Justice Roll: Teresa Hord Owens on the Legacy of 1619 and the Ministry of Reconciliation
Father Custos Speaks at Conference on the Sultan and the Saint
Greg Friedman, OFM On Thursday, November 7, Father Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, addressed a conference at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., entitled “The Sultan
Obituary Notice for Br. Paschal Steen, TSA
Father Peter J. Taran (nee Tarantino), SA, a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, passed from this life on Sunday, June 30, 2019 at Cabrini of Westchester Nursing Home in Dobbs Ferry, NY.
New Year’s Day Interfaith Prayer Service for World Peace
All participants in the Graymoor Spiritual Life Center’s New Year’s on the Mountain Retreat, along with all friends of the Graymoor Community, are invited on New Year’s Day to attend an interfaith New Year’s prayer service for world peace at the Chuang Yen Monastery in Kent, NY from 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon.
Interreligious Dialogue: A Dispatch on Gratitude
Aaron Hollander, for Ecumenical Trends: Professor Siddiqui, I’m so glad to have the chance to sit down with you, in the midst of an interreligious workshop that you’ve organized on gratitude.
Covenant Day and the Beginning of the “At-One-Ment” Charism
One hundred and twenty-one years ago, in 1898, Servant of God Fr. Paul Wattson, SA, and Mother Lurana White formed a spiritual covenant, the foundation of the Society of the Atonement - today the Franciscan Friars and Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement.
Father James Gardiner, SA, Featured In Crux Now
Recently, Fr. James Gardiner, SA, was featured in Crux Now, a Catholic News publication, for his work facilitating pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and the powerful impact that the experience has on one’s faith journey.
Ecumenical Trends Commemorates St. Francis’ Meeting With Sultan Malik al-Kamil
The September 2019 issue of Ecumenical Trends, a publication of the Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute focusing on ecumenical and interfaith consultations, conversations, dialogues and cooperation around the world, is the first half of a two-month commemoration of the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ visit to Sultan Malik al-Kamil in Egypt, during the Fifth Crusade.