Cause for Fr. Bill Atkinson, O.S.A. News
On the twentieth anniversary of the passing of Servant of God Fr. Bill Atkinson, O.S.A., EWTN premiered an episode of their popular series They Might Be Saints focused on Fr....
Story by Sarah Reisert for the fall 2024 issue of The Augustinian magazine. Read the full issue of the magazine and see more photos for this article here. Early in...
June 26, 2024 Dear Friends in Christ, Our Augustinian brother, and Servant of God, Fr. Bill Atkinson, O.S.A. has returned home. On June 14, in a private ceremony, Fr. Bill’s...
“There’s something very ordinary about Father Bill in terms of how he did his work,” Father Michael said. “The extraordinary part was that he did his work, his ministry, exercised...
From CatholicPhilly.com: Archbishop Nelson Perez and officials working on the cause for sainthood of Father Bill Atkinson, the Augustinian who was the first quadriplegic priest in the world to be...
The Diocesan Cause for the beatification and canonization of Augustinian Servant of God, Father Bill Atkinson, O.S.A., was officially opened the evening of April 24, 2017. Charles Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.,...
Fr. Bill Special Events
November 1, 2023 Dear friend of the Augustinians, On Tuesday, October 3, over 150 people joined the Augustinian Friars, special lecturers, and friends and family of Servant of God Fr....
Story by Karen Knight of the Cape May County Herald. Read the full story and see more photos on their website. Family and friends gathered in Ocean City, NJ on...
Father Bill Atkinson’s 10th Anniversary Mass was celebrated by Prior Provincial Michael Di Gregorio, O.S.A., at Saint Thomas of Villanova church on the evening of Thursday, September 15, 2016. Father...
From CatholicPhilly.com: The assembly students of Msgr. Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast Catholic High School in Drexel Hill attended Friday, May 20 probably held the same appeal as any other: It...
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Father Bill Atkinson canonization cause completes first phase, moves onto Rome.
“There’s something very ordinary about Father Bill in terms of how he did his work,” Father Michael said. “The extraordinary part was that he did

Photos: Documents in Father Atkinson’s cause presented in ceremony
From CatholicPhilly.com: Archbishop Nelson Perez and officials working on the cause for sainthood of Father Bill Atkinson, the Augustinian who was the first quadriplegic priest

‘ExtraOrdinary’: WHYY to air film about former Monsignor Bonner teacher who could someday be named a saint
From The Philadelphia Inquirer: Plenty of people had a high school teacher they admired, but few make a movie about that teacher. Fewer still think
Nationwide Premiere of extraORDINARY, The Bill Atkinson Story
The nationwide premiere of “extraORDINARY, The Bill Atkinson Story,” a powerful documentary on the life and impact of Augustinian Friar, Fr. Bill Atkison, O.S.A., the first quadriplegic priest in the
Newsbreak: Community Briefs: Documentary about Rev. Bill Atkinson to air on PBS
From NewsBreak.com: RADNOR — The world television premiere of “extraORDINARY / The Bill Atkinson Story,” the inspiring documentary film about the first quadriplegic priest to
Documentary about Rev. Bill Atkinson to air on PBS
From The Daily Times: ‘Documentary about Rev. Bill Atkinson to air on PBS’. Click image to view story. The Augustinians