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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A street in The Bronx, New York was named to honor the late Bishop Garmendia, the first Hispanic bishop to serve The Bronx in the Archdiocese of New York. To read Betty Cleary’s remarks on June 29, 2011 To read Catholic New York coverage of this event To read Bronx Times coverage of this event…
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Catholic New York article (1991) “Rosary Procession Planned for Crotona Park May 26” Governor Pataki’s Executive Proclamation for 1996 Rosary Rally Pray the Rosary
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
Queen of the Clergy Oratory of Divine Mercy Divine Mercy Conference Draws 2,000 Recalling the Priestly Gifts of Bishop Garmendia, By Kathleen Keefe St Thomas Aquinas 2011 Rosary Rally Commemorates Life of Bishop Garmendia
[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Pages E1075-E1076] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] TRIBUTE TO THE MOST REV. FRANCISCO GARMENDIA, D.D. ______ HON. JOSE E. SERRANO of New York in the House of Representatives Tuesday, June 3, 1997 Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker,…
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