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On a very hot June 22, 2024, three Friars celebrated their Diamond anniversary. Father Kenneth Cienik, SA, Father Patrick Cogan, SA and Father James Puglisi, SA will have been Friars for 60 years! They have served countless communities, dedicated to serving in ministry and education. We couldn’t let this milestone pass by without expressing our gratitude and love for them.

The beginning of June marked the start of our Summer Concert Series, which runs until September at St. Anthony Shrine. As part of our 125th anniversary celebration, this series is a wonderful way to connect with our Friars, Sisters, staff, and attendees on beautiful summer evenings!

More than 75 people visited the Holy Mountain on June 6 to celebrate Heritage and Benefactor Day at Graymoor. The joyous celebration began with Mass, followed by a “blessing of the bricks” ceremony by Fr. Brian Terry, SA and Fr. James Gardiner, SA.

The Rev. Brian Terry is finishing his tenure as minister general for the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, a Catholic congregation at Graymoor in Philipstown.

In 2022, Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute piloted a new program in collaboration with the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network...

We rejoice at the official start of Charles Okorie’s postulancy in the congregation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement.

June marks the start of summer, days devoted to the outdoors, and the national celebration of fathers. On Father’s Day, we honor the men who play a paternal role in our lives. We look up to them as examples of wisdom and guidance.

St. Anthony of Padua is cherished by the Society of Atonement and people worldwide for the wondrous miracles God worked through him. To honor the life of a fellow Franscian, please join us at one of Graymoor’s most revered landmarks, St. Anthony’s Shrine, on June 9 to celebrate Mass and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Summer is here, and so is the San Damiano Farmers Market! Starting this Friday, June 7, come and check out everything that’s “growing on!”

I was shocked and saddened some time ago when I read that over 50 percent of Roman Catholics do not believe in the true presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament; that at Mass, after the words of consecration, the bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ.