On Wednesday, January 10, 1996, Lucindo Suarez was inducted as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Bishop Francisco Garmendia gave the Invocation and Opening Address, speaking about his long friendship with Justice Suarez, and stressing importance of Natural Law in the realm of Justice. Judge Lucindo Suarez by Most…
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by Juanita Berrado I am a sister of Bishop Francisco Garmendia. I attended his funeral with my husband Michael a nephew and 2 nieces. Unfortunately, due to age and illness, our other brothers and sisters were unable to make the trip from Spain. The love and affection we received from everyone. on the occasion of…
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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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By Kathleen Keefe January 2006 I did not have an appointment to see Bishop Francisco Garmendia that winter morning 13 years ago when I rang the bell at St. Thomas Aquinas. It was a “cold call,” as they say in sales. A family in desperate spiritual need asked me for the kind of help only…
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by John Burger Human Life Review, Winter 2006 When Bishop Francisco Garmendia was laid to rest last November, eulogists and obituary writers focused on the fact that he was the first Hispanic bishop in the Catholic Archdiocese of New York. They described his social concern – he had founded a social-services agency- and noted his…
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This Catholic New York article from May 16, 1991 tells about Bishop Francisco Garmendia’s Annual South Bronx Rosary Rally.
[1997] EN MUCHAS PARTES del sur del Bronx, los residentes inner city son dejados a su propia defensa. Los presupuestos estatales y locales restringen las ayudas continuas a los focos de pobreza. Para empeorar la situación, está probado que gran número de residentes consideran que ciertos programas de algunas agencias son intrusión del oficialismo, por…
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Dear Friends: Isn’t it a beautiful day and how appropriate to celebrate and honor our dear friend Bishop Francisco Garmendia who has a special place in heaven as in our hearts. A warm welcome to Bishop’s nephew and his wife representing the family members in Spain. Bishop entered so many lives in a casual way.…
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This article from Catholic New York celebrates Bishop Garmendia’s 1998 Divine Mercy Conference.