The rich history of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement and the beauty of Graymoor was recently featured in one of the country’s oldest and renowned Christian publications.
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is in full swing. While celebrations have occurred across the United States, many more are taking place in the Capital of Italy.
Father Bernie Palka, SA, who embodied the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement’s creed of healing the broken and those who have lost their way, passed into Eternal Life on Saturday, January 8 at the age of 77.
On Saturday, January 8, Father Martin Carter, SA, was laid to rest at the Friars’ cemetery at Graymoor, following a Mass of Christian burial at the Our Lady of the Atonement Chapel.
We are pleased to announce the opening of our South American Novitiate in Lima, Peru, with the first class of six novices inducted on January 2, and two other men expected to join soon.