Brooklyn priest to pray at inauguration after ‘unlikely’ friendship

Brooklyn priest to pray at inauguration after ‘unlikely’ friendship with President Trump

Father Frank Mann, who will deliver the closing benediction at President Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, 2025, became friendly with the president after he started caring for the Trump family’s gravesite in Queens. / Credit: The ... [...]

Brooklyn priest to pray at inauguration after ‘unlikely’ friendship

Father Frank Mann is seen with President Donald Trump in an undated photograph. / Credit: The Tablet CNA Staff, Jan 16, 2025 / 11:40 am (CNA). A priest in the Diocese of Brooklyn who has been asked to pray at the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump is describing the experience — which includes a personal friendship with the president — as “mind-boggling.” Father Francis Mann is scheduled to deliver the closing benediction at Trump’s sec…

Going From Cemetery Visits to Inauguration Blessings: Priest Forms Bond With President - The Tablet

Father Frank Mann, who will deliver the closing benediction at President Trump’s inauguration ceremony, became friendly with the president after he started caring for the Trump family’s gravesite in Queens. BAY RIDGE — It’s one of the most unlikely friendships you can imagine, and the way it came about is just as surreal. A retired Brooklyn priest and a president of the United States struck up a relationship because the clergyman took an interes…

Brooklyn priest to deliver closing prayer at Trump inauguration

This makes the second New York Catholic clergyman tapped to speak — following the news that the Archdiocese of New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan will also lead a prayer at the event.  Details from The Tablet:  It’s one of the most unlikely friendships you can imagine, and the way it came about is just as surreal. A retired Brooklyn priest and a president of the United States struck up a relationship because the clergyman took an interest in the …

Praying for The President

CLAY CENTER – George Washington, the first President of the United States, was a man of prayer. This spiritual discipline came about long before he was sworn in as President. When he was General of the Continental Army, he drafted a prayer for the new nation and had copies of it sent across the country to all the states and their governors.

Brooklyn priest to pray at inauguration after ‘unlikely’ friendship with President Trump - Catholic Canada

Father Frank Mann is seen with President Donald Trump in an undated photograph. / Credit: The Tablet CNA Staff, Jan 16, 2025 / 11:40 am (CNA). Read the Whole Article at http://feeds.feedburner.com/catholicnewsagency/dailynewsThe post Brooklyn priest to pray at inauguration after ‘unlikely’ friendship with President Trump first appeared on Catholic Canada.The post Brooklyn priest to pray at inauguration after ‘unlikely’ friendship with President …