Servant of God William Atkinson/Footprints

Footprints for Servant of God William Atkinson are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 5 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

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• Villanova University – Augustinian campus & ministry (Religious life & campus ministry) [Public] School – 800 East Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Year: 1960
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  • Augustinian university where Fr. William “Bill” Atkinson lived, studied, and ministered after a diving accident left him quadriplegic — first US priest ordained with that disability. Public campus (respect university rules).
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Atkinson_(priest); https://www1.villanova.edu/

• St. Thomas of Villanova Church (campus church) (Priesthood) [Public] Church – Villanova University campus church, Villanova, PA, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Year: 1974
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  • Campus church landscape of Atkinson’s sacramental ministry. Public when open for Mass/prayer.
  • Sources: https://www1.villanova.edu/

• Calvary Cemetery association (West Conshohocken burial memory) (Death & burial) [Public] Cemetery – West Conshohocken / Philadelphia-area Catholic cemetery landscape, PA, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Year: 2006
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  • Burial landscape after death in 2006. Public cemetery — confirm exact plot with Augustinians / cause.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Atkinson_(priest)

• Upper Darby / Philadelphia childhood association (Childhood) [Public] Outdoor – Philadelphia suburbs, PA, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Year: 1946
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia-area childhood before Augustinian life and the accident. Public suburban landscape.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Atkinson_(priest)

• Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Philadelphia) (Archdiocesan context) [Public] Church – 1723 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Year: 1974
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Philadelphia
  • Public Philadelphia cathedral as archdiocesan walk-up pairing with Villanova and Drexel/Neumann trails.
  • Sources: https://cathedralphila.org/