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Franciscan Friars of the Atonement to Celebrate National Wildflower Week May 7-13
Fr. James Gardiner, SA, Director of the Graymoor Spiritual Life Center blessing seeds during last year's National Wildflower Week.
The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement will inaugurate National Wildflower Week on Sunday, May 6th by blessing and planting wildflower seeds immediately after the 11am Mass in Pilgrim Hall. In addition, packets of seeds will be distributed for planting at home along with a blessing prayer.
Initiated by the Charles Spencer and the Secular Franciscan Order in 1987, National Wildflower Week (May 7-13) is now promoted by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX and designed to "educate people about the environmental necessity, economic value, and natural beauty of native plants." In this spirit, the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement encourage the observation, cultivation, and study of native wildflowers as a means of deepening humankind's relationship and responsibility to creation and the Creator.
The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement are a religious order of brothers and priests founded in 1898 by Father Paul Wattson. Their worldwide ministries include Christian unity; interfaith dialogue among Christians, Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists; serving the homeless and those suffering from alcoholism, drug addictions, and HIV/AIDS; preaching the gospel in parishes around the world, and offering respite and hope at their Spiritual Life Center to those in need of spiritual renewal.
For more information, please call 424-2111
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