Society of The Atonement - Present-day Activities

Present-day Activities

The friars continue their focus on ecumenical work. In this many serve as resource people to dioceses throughout the world. Their motherhouse continues to be Graymoor in the United States, but they have houses in Brazil, Canada, Italy and the United Kingdom. As well as running parishes in the United States, the Friars are engaged in ministry to those in prison, in hospital and in nursing homes.

The Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement have established catechetical and daycare centers all over North America, serving rural communities throughout the western United States and Canada, as well as inner city locales, such as Harlem in New York City. Several accompanied the Japanese-American communities they served into the forced resettlement conducted during World War II. Today, the Sisters serve in the United States, Canada, Italy, Japan, and Brazil.

In England the Friars used to run the Catholic Central Library (now known as the Catholic National Library), situated in the vicinities of Westminster Cathedral London, before its move to the small town of Farnborough, Hampshire, southwest of London.