Date: 10/10/2008 Time: 07:00 pm - No Info
Each year the friars honor those who have shown a commitment to helping others and inspiring hope. This year the Graymoor Award will be presented to Anthony J. Cernera, PhD and Frank Lucente, MD. Dr. Cernera is celebrating his 20th anniversary as president of Sacred Heart University. He is also the founder of the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding and president of the International Federation of Catholic Universities. Dr. Lucente is the vice dean for Graduate Medical Education and professor and chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Andrea and Renato Berzolla, of Riverside, CT, will be awarded the Graymoor Community Service Award for their outstanding years of dedicated service to their community and parish.
The evening benefits the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement-a Roman Catholic order of brothers and priests founded at Graymoor in Garrison, NY in 1898 by Father Paul Wattson. Their worldwide ministries include serving the homeless and those suffering from alcoholism, drug addictions, and HIV/AIDS; pastoral care in parishes and hospitals around the world; offering respite and hope to those in need of spiritual renewal; and Christian unity and interfaith dialogue among Christians, Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists.
Individual tickets for the Sharing Hope Celebration Dinner are $500.00. For more information, call (845) 424-3671, ext. 3126 or visit www.atonementfriars.org/sharinghope.
