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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New York State Governor George Pataki issued the following Executive Proclamation in honor of Bishop Francisco Garmendia’s Rosary Rally that was held in 1996 at Indian Lake in Crotona Park in the Bronx.
The colors on the shield represent the flag of the Basque Province of Spain. The shield is horizontally divided into three parts. The upper section red, the center white, and the lower green. Since the Bishop’s family both maternal and paternal parents are from this area of Spain, it is important on his coat of…
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FEAST OF SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL June 29, 1977 Homily for the Ordination of Three Bishops The Most Rev. Francisco Garmendia, D.D. The Most Rev. Theodore E. McCarrick, Ph.D., D.D. The Most Rev. Austin B. Vaughan, S.T.D., D.D. HOMILY – FEAST OF STS. PETER AND PAUL – ORDINATION OF BISHOPS – JUNE 29, 1977…
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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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This news clip and photo from the Catholic New York celebrate the prayerful life Bishop Garmendia led.