Bishop Josu Iriondo New York Daily News/March 23, 2011 It has been five years since the passing of my friend Bishop Francisco Garmendia. The Basque bishop came to New York as a young priest in 1964. He told those at his first homily in New York: “Your joys will be my joys, and your sorrows…
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History of the Hope Line Origins of the Hope Line Los inicios de la Línea de la Esperanza Link to The Hope Line Bishop Garmendia’s Homily on Happy Land
JOSU IRIONDO El Diario la Prensa/31 mar 2011 JOSU IRIONDO Obispo Auxiliar de la Arquidiócesis de Nueva York. Han pasado ya cinco años desde la muerte de mi amigo, el Obispo Francisco Garmendia. El Obispo llegó a Nueva York siendo un sacerdote en 1964. En su primera homilía dijo a sus feligreses: “Sus alegrías serán…
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HAPPY-LAND WAS THE NAME. IT WAS A LAND OF FEASTS, PARTIES, AND THE CELEBRATION OF THE JOYS AND PLEASURES OF THIS WORLD. IT WAS A LAND WHERE THE BONDS AMONG FRIENDS WERE REAFFIRMED. THE FRIENDS CAME FROM OTHER LANDS WHICH WERE SEEMINGLY LESS HAPPY TO THIS COUNTRY OF OPPORTUNITIES IN PURSUIT OF FREEDOM AND, YES,…
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