[1997] IN MANY PARTS of the South Bronx, inner city residents have been left to fend for themselves. State and local budget restraints continue to cast long, dark shadows in pockets of the city where poverty abounds. To make matters worse, it has been proven that a number of residents regard certain outreach programs from…
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Mary’s Eucharistic Intercessors for Bishops and Priest Under the Banner of Mary Help of Christians Most Rev. Francisco Garmendia, D.D. New York Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Most Rev. Se’amus Hegarty Bishop Emeritus of Derry, N.Ireland Most Reverend Emilio S. Allué, SDB, DD. Retired Episcopal Vicar for the Hispanic Apostolate, Boston Mission Statement Queen of the…
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St. Thomas Aquinas 2011 Parish Rosary Rally Commemorates Life of Bishop Francisco Garmendia
History of the Hope Line On March 25, 1990, the Happy Land Social Club fire killed 87 people who were trapped in an unlicensed social club in the Bronx. The tragedy took place across the street from St. Thomas Aquinas Church where Bishop Garmendia served as pastor and Vicar of the South Bronx. A prayer…
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New York State Governor George Pataki issued an Executive Chamber Proclamation to Celebrate Bishop Garmendia’s 1996 Rosary Rally
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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Letter about the Opening of the Hispanic Charismatic Center to Bishop Francisco Garmendia from Bishop Joseph Crescent McKinney, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids, Michigan
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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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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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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