Aaron Hollander, for Ecumenical Trends - On the Far Side of Revenge: Social Division and the Hope of Ecumenics in Northern Ireland and the United States
Servant of God Father Paul Wattson, SA loved Christmas, not in the tinsel-and-lights kind of way – although his heart certainly glowed with joy during the celebration of the birth of Jesus.
In 2017, more than 72,000 people in the United States, nearly 200 a day, died of drug overdoses. This death toll is higher than the US military casualties in Vietnam and Iraq wars combined.
The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement herald the release of Pope Francis’s new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, “On Fraternity and Social Friendship,” signed at the tomb of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, on October 3, 2020, and released to all of humanity on the Saint’s feast day, October 4.
Deacon Tom Rich has had a spiritual and physical connection with Graymoor since he was a child. He fondly remembers visiting the Holy Mountain with his family.