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The Friars’ founder, Servant of God, Fr. Paul Wattson, SA, said Graymoor was “God-given” and “God-built” and he loved to share its beauty with pilgrims.

In the daily sadness and horror of our streets burning with visible unrest and destruction, we call the world to conversion of heart and action in peace for justice.

This year has seen many changes in how the world celebrates special occasions. The same is true at Graymoor. Sadly, St. Anthony Weekend at Graymoor has been cancelled.

Fr. Dennis Polanco, President & Spiritual Director of the Friar’s ministry at St. Christopher’s Inn, talks about recovery from addiction during the pandemic in a new video message.

The theme for the 2021 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is “Abide in My Love…You Shall Bear Much Fruit.” It was discerned by the Monastic Community of Grandchamp in Switzerland and finds its origins in the Gospel of John (cf. John 15:5-9).

Brother Theodore W. Novak, SA, a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, passed from this life on Wednesday, April 22, 2020.

Father Charles D. Angell, SA, a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, passed from this life on Monday, April 6, 2020.

The Friars are excited to announce that through a donor provided grant given last fall they were able to purchase additional lumber and planting materials to expand San Damiano Farm’s planting area.

With the world under quarantine and Graymoor closed to the public, the Friars of the Atonement are sharing messages of At-One-Ment and celebrating Mass live on Facebook.

Though they align with the mission of the Franciscan Friars, these words, surprisingly, were not written by one of the Friars. These are the words of seventeen-year-old Evelia Raphael...