Servant of God

Bill Atkinson

Priest

Type of Cause

Heroic Virtues

birtH – Death

01/04/1946 - 09/15/2006

Birth Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Region of Country

Mid-Atlantic

State or territory

Pennsylvania

“Day after day, help of others along the way, valued friends, sisters, brothers, I simply borrowed the strength of others.”

- Servant of God Bill Atkinson

Name of Guild or Sponsoring Organization

Guild

The Father Bill Atkinson Guild

Diocese leading cause

Philadelphia

Location of Shrine or Burial

Villanova, Pennsylvania

Feast day

N/A

Email info for cause or shrine

Unknown

Address for cause or shrine

Fr. Bill’s Cause Augustinian Provincial Offices P.O. Box 340 Villanova, PA 19085

Date Declared
Servant of God

04/24/2017

Date positio
Approved

Date Declared
VEnerable

1st set of miracles approveD
^or Decree of Martyrom
^or Offer of Life

DatE
Beatified

2nd set of miracles
Approved

DatE
Canonized

Biography

Coming soon!

Prayer for Beatification or Canonization or intercession

Blessed are you, Father of life, source of goodness and peace, in whom all creation has its origin and by whom every person is loved.

In Father Bill Atkinson your mercy and compassion were made manifest as he brought solace to the suffering and hope to the needy. By carrying the cross of life faithfully he proclaimed confidence in your love and conformity to your will, and so drew others to you and to the generous gift of your grace.

Hear our prayers which we offer through his intercession so that as your work continues to unfold among us it may bring honor to you, comfort to your people and, according to your will, glory to your servant.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Imprimatur: Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia, October 26, 2015

Books

GREEN BANANAS, THE WISDOM OF FATHER BILL ATKINSON