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Going away to Albany – Time to Grow Up!
Read more: Going away to Albany – Time to Grow Up!Seminary of Our Lady of Angels, Albany, NY – an interdiocesan major seminary conducted by the Vincentian Fathers, established at Niagara Falls in 1856 and relocated in 1961 and closed in 1972 After finishing six years as a student of Cathedral Prep Seminary in Brooklyn, NY (traveling by train from Astoria, NY), I was awaiting […]
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Sisters of Saint Joseph – A Legacy of Education!
Read more: Sisters of Saint Joseph – A Legacy of Education!From Left to Right: Sister Anna Desiderio (RIP), Bishop Ray Chappetto, Sister Letitia Lake, Sister Francis Claire Gowen (RIP) on June 30, 2012 Growing up in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish (Astoria), we were blessed to have a parochial school that had two buildings: grades 1-4 in the “old school,” built in 1891, […]
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Mom & Dad – My first teachers and my best teachers!
Read more: Mom & Dad – My first teachers and my best teachers!Ordination Day, Saint James Pro Cathedral, May 29, 1971 The expression goes, “Memories are stories waiting to be told.” Allow me to share with you my extremely fond memories of Vera and Louis Chappetto, my dear parents. Mom was born in Musellaro (Pescara), Italy, in 1909 and came to the United States in 1912, settling […]
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Uncle Pete’s Park – A lasting tribute to a fallen soldier!
Read more: Uncle Pete’s Park – A lasting tribute to a fallen soldier!Peter Chappetto Park, Astoria, Queens Our family and friends recently gathered to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the death of my uncle, 2nd Lieutenant Peter Chappetto, and we anticipated the 75th Anniversary of the dedication of the park named in his memory in Astoria, Queens. Five years after his death, his loyal friends petitioned the […]
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