NEWS

We are in the season of Lent, which, thank God, will end at Easter with His glorious resurrection. I would like to begin by talking about Palm Sunday. We must go back to Palm Sunday and the day Jesus went up to Jerusalem. On that day, two processions entered Jerusalem at Passover and protests against the Romans were inevitable.

On the night of February 28, 2025, millions of eyes literally and figuratively will look up into the evening sky to see the hilal, or the first crescent of the new moon.

On February 12, 2025, Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute (GEII) hosted a group of leaders from the Roman Catholic Church, Episcopal Church, and Greek Orthodox Church at the Interchurch Center in New York City.

GARRISON- Catholics from around the globe will be visiting Putnam County this year after Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of the New York Archdiocese, has designated Graymoor in Garrison as a pilgrimage site for the 2025 Jubilee Year.

Our community is spreading the word… Visit Graymoor during the Jubilee Year of Hope! The Highlands Current talked to Fr. Jim Gardiner about preparing for the influx of pilgrims.

The Catholic media outlet OSV News highlighted Graymoor in its coverage of pilgrimage sites for the Jubilee Year of Hope. In this piece, Fr. Jim Gardner explains why being named a pilgrimage site is itself a sign of hope for the community.

This past Saturday on behalf of the Franciscan, Friars, Sisters, Tertiaries and Affiliates of the Society of the Atonement, Father Ken Cienik, SA, welcomed Archbishop Henning to the Chapel of Our Savior in Brockton, MA.

A group of Franciscan Novices, including our very own Br. Charles Okorie, NSA, gathered during the week of January 27-31 in Assisi to take a training course on consecrated life.

We are thrilled to introduce Franciscan Works' newest Board Member, Fr. Kenneth Cienik, SA!