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What I learned from my Parish Priests – How to help people!
Read more: What I learned from my Parish Priests – How to help people!Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Astoria, NY known as “The Mother Church of Queens County” Every young person has heroes growing up – not just the ones you buy from the deli. The kind of heroes I’m referring to are those kind of people – larger than life – to whom you […]
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Post-Ordination Studies – A need to learn more!
Read more: Post-Ordination Studies – A need to learn more!Ordination to the Priesthood in 1971 for the Diocese of Brooklyn was an extraordinarily grace-filled moment. After many years of prayer, study, and preparation – intellectual and pastoral skills would now come together in service to God’s people as one of His Priests. It was an exciting time in the Church. We were young, […]
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Going to school on Saturdays – We made it work!
Read more: Going to school on Saturdays – We made it work!Cathedral Preparatory Seminary, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn It was an unusual system of education, but we had to deal with it if we wanted to attend. Cathedral Prep Seminary in Brooklyn was the “minor seminary” as it was called since it’s inception in 1914. It was known as a “day hop” seminary. We went there […]
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Summers in Mastic Beach – An unforgettable time!
Read more: Summers in Mastic Beach – An unforgettable time!The Chappetto brothers in front of their Mastic Beach bungalow in 1960: front, Richie, left, and Tom; back, Raymond, left, Charlie and Lou. It all began on Memorial Day in the year 1950 when my parents put down a deposit of $50 on a beautiful bungalow in Mastic Beach. It seemed like an enormous […]
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