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Things had been heating up at the Centro Pro Unione well before the summer solstice. The organization shows no signs of slowing through the summer as it continues to provide events to further At-One-Ment in Italy and around the world. 

Minister General Father Brian Terry, SA, was interviewed by Catholic News Agency on June 10, discussing why the Society of the Atonement holds St. Anthony in such high regard. Three days later, on the Feast of St. Anthony, Father Dan Callahan, SA, was interviewed by major Catholic television news station EWTN, speaking about St. Anthony’s life.

A dozen chaplains from the United States Military Academy at West Point representing different faith traditions visited the Holy Mountain on Thursday, June 23.

For the last 25 years, Fr. Dan as been providing witness and inspiration at triathlon races since 1997. Through his participation, the “Iron Friar,” as he is known, has raised more than $350,000 for various charities. 

30 alumni from the Friars’ former Saint John's Atonement Seminary in Montour Falls, New York, will celebrate a multi-class high school reunion at Graymoor.

On Sunday, June 12, pilgrims by the hundreds descended upon the Holy Mountain for the first full-scale, in-person celebration of the Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua at Graymoor since before the pandemic in 2019.

The Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute introduced its inaugural class of six Graymoor Scholars, who will discuss their research at the upcoming Ecclesiological Investigations conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

They gazed at and searched for memorial bricks at the shrine, and cries of “Here it is!” and “I found out!” were clear and distinct. It was the scene at Graymoor on Thursday morning, before Minister General Father Brian Terry, SA, blessed the bricks as part of Benefactor Appreciation Day.

San Damiano Farm will hold its first Farm Market of the 2022 season on Friday, June 10 at Graymoor. The market will be open each Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Among the offerings in the market’s first week are organically grown lettuce, kale, Swiss chard and garlic scapes.

During the recession at the New York Archdiocese’s annual White Mass, dedicated to healthcare workers, Cardinal Timothy Dolan paused several times to greet the faithful.