Documents in Father Atkinson’s cause presented in ceremony
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 ordained, affixed signatures and seals for more than 3,000 pages of documentation on the late priest to the Vatican for further review. (Photos by Sarah Webb) View Slideshow […]
Fr. Bill Atkinson, O.S.A. Symposium at Villanova | From the Desk of Fr. Rob
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. Bill Atkinson, O.S.A. for a special symposium discussing Fr. Bill’s extraordinary life and the Cause for his beatification and canonization. We Augustinians are very excited and invested […]
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 his work, his ministry, exercised his priesthood in the context of great limitation—a physical limitation, but certainly not any limitation in terms of his mental ability or his will and […]
‘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 someone who taught them might have been a saint. For Tom Farrell, executive producer of ExtraOrdinary: The Bill Atkinson Story (5 p.m. Sunday, WHYY12), the thought that the quadriplegic priest he had […]
Diocesan Cause for Father Bill Atkinson, O.S.A., Servant of God, Opened at Saint Thomas of Villanova
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., Archbishop of Philadelphia presided at the Mass, which preceded the official opening. After a prayer, the Archbishop then affirmed his oath with his hand on […]
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 history of the Catholic Church will be aired on PBS station WHYY in Philadelphia on All Saints Day, Sunday, November 1st at 5 p.m. In 1965, a tobogganing accident left 19-year-old Bill Atkinson paralyzed […]
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 be ordained in the Catholic Church’s history, will be aired on PBS station WHYY/Philadelphia on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 5 p.m. in celebration of All Saints Day.
Documentary about Rev. Bill Atkinson to air on PBS
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Community Briefs: Documentary about Rev. Bill Atkinson to air on PBS
From DelcoTimes.com: RADNOR — The world television premiere of “extraORDINARY / The Bill Atkinson Story,” the inspiring documentary film about the first quadriplegic priest to be ordained in the Catholic Church’s history, will be aired on PBS station WHYY/Philadelphia on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 5 p.m. in celebration of All Saints Day. “extraORDINARY/The Bill Atkinson Story” chronicles one Philadelphia man’s inspiring […]
The Solemn Opening of the diocesan process of The Cause of Beatification and Canonization
The Order of Saint Augustine and the Province of Saint Thomas of Villanova are happy to announce The Solemn Opening of the diocesan process of The Cause of Beatification and Canonization of our confrere THE SERVANT OF GOD WILLIAM ATKINSON, O.S.A. to be held Monday, April 24, 2017 Feast of the Conversion of Saint Augustine […]