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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!

Each year Christians gather worldwide to share Fr. Paul Wattson’s vision of “At-One-Ment” from January 18 to 25 in observance and celebration of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU).

Dr. Hollander, a native New Yorker and distinguished ecumenical theologian, is the first lay director in GEII’s 58-year history. He succeeds Fr. Jim Loughran, SA, with whom he has worked with for the past several years.

Servant of God Fr. Paul Wattson, SA, had such a particular zeal for spreading the Good News, as well as pure trust in God’s plan, that he was able to reach even the most downtrodden and give them the hope that comes only through Christ.

The more unusual an event seems, the easier it is to believe that God was involved. That is often our tendency—to see God in the extraordinary. In February, we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus. The Gospel reading for this feast day introduces us to Simeon, a man who somehow overcame this tendency.

Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Father Elias D. Mallon, SA, and Father Hyacinthe Destivelle, OP, engaged in an insightful discussion on the progress of Catholic-Orthodox relations over the past two decades in the latest episode of Catholic Near East Welfare Association's (CNEWA) ONE: In Conversation. Fr. Elias is the CNEWA's U.N. representative and special assistant to the organization's president.

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