Bartholomew: The Ecumenical Patriarchate in the Early Twenty-First Century – A Personal Perspective
Rev. Dr. William G. Rusch reflects on the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul in the early twenty-first century.
Exciting Changes and Exclusive Interviews in Ecumenical Trends
Beginning in 2020, Ecumenical Trends will be published bi-monthly (for a total of 6 issues per year, instead of 11 issues), with each issue made more substantial than in the past.
Pope Francis Celebrates The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
On January 25, 2020, Pope Francis ended the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, an initiative rooted in the efforts of Servant of God Fr. Paul Wattson, SA, with an ecumenical prayer service in Rome.
Mary Higgins Clark—Queen of Suspense, Queen of Philanthropy
Best-selling author Mary Higgins Clark passed on January 31st at age 92. Celebrated the world over as “The Queen of Suspense,” Clark was no less prolific in her good works.
Paul Wattson Lecture in Chicago
On October 9th, His Eminence Nathanael Symeonides presented The Ecumenical Value of Reflection on Moral Discernment at the annual Paul Wattson Lecture in Chicago.
Fr. Tim MacDonald, SA Reflects on Graymoor Spiritual Life Center, Retreat Ministry
"I was director of the retreat center from 1973-77 during which time it was known as 'The Graymoor Christian Unity Center'."
Chapel Offers Respite Amidst Commerce
In 1960, His Eminence Richard Cardinal Cushing of the Archdiocese of Boston reached out to Fr. Bonaventure Koelzer, SA, the Friars’ Minister General at the time, and requested the Friars establish a chapel and information center in the South Shore region in Massachusetts.
2020 Week of Prayer Service at the Chapel of Our Savior
Chapel of Our Savior in Brockton, MA celebrated the Week of Prayer with (from right to left) Fr. Damian MacPherson, SA; Rev. Mary Perry, Pastor of Faith Congregational Church, Stoughton,
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement Welcome Four New Tertiaries
On Saturday, January 25, the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement at Graymoor welcomed four deacons from the Diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y., as Tertiaries of the Society of the Atonement...