June
22, 2008
Welcome
Father Jaime
Autism
Info Night
If you know of anyone who has a child with autism
or Asperger’s Syndrome, please invite them to an information night
this Tuesday, June 24th at 7:30pm in our school on Maple Ave. All are
welcomed.
The program developers for Westbrook Preparatory School will be making
a presentation on the services they seek to provide starting in September
2009. During the upcoming year, they propose to renovate our Convent
Building to become a small residential school for children with high-functioning
autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. This is an answer to our prayers
for a suitable tenant for our convent building which has remained empty
for over a year. The school will be seeking a hearing with the Westbury
Village Zoning Board in July to get approval for this use and then they
can make final application to New York State for funding.
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Past
Columns:
June 15: Father
Gonzalo Lopez
June 8: What happened
on Sunday
June 1: Where
do you belong?
May 25: We are
the Body of Christ
May 18: Trinity,
It's About Unity
May 11: We are
One in the Spirit
May 4: Who's in
Your Top Twelve?
April 27: Now
that he's gone...
April 20: Yay
Deacons!
April 13: Here
comes the Pope
April 6: Fresh Oil
March 30: What are your
doing for Easter?
March 23: Can Easter come
too early?
March 16: Which crowd is
yours?
March 9: We believe, yet...
March 2: Oil or Mud
February 24: What are you
thirsting for?
February 17: Who are You
Wearing?
February 10: Just Say No
February 3: The Power of
the Cross
January 27: How I Turned
Out
January 20: Being Safer
January 13: Conversations
in 2008
January 6: Matthew's Magi
December 30: Matthew's
Magi
Christmas 2007
Homily
Columns from 2007
Columns
from 2005
Columns
from 2004
Columns
from 2003
Columns from 2002
I
was very happy to receive a call last week from Bishop Murphy that Father
Jaime Calderon will be assigned as an Associate Pastor of Saint Brigid’s
Parish starting the 25th of June.
Father Jaime (pronounced “high-mee”) -- his full name is Jaime
Adolfo Calderon Hernández -- is originally from Columbia and was
ordained by Bishop Murphy for the Diocese of Rockville Centre a few years
ago. (While this year’s ordination class was nine in number, the
year Father Jaime was ordained, he was the only one in his class!) Father
Jaime has served the Cathedral Parish of Saint Agnes since his ordination
and comes to us to serve the whole parish community, with special emphasis
on ministry to those who speak Spanish.
It’s wonderful how God works.
A few weeks ago my Uncle Joe died and I went to the Cathedral to celebrate
his funeral mass. Father Jaime was there to welcome me and he concelebrated
the mass -- which brought extra comfort to my Aunt. Little did we know
that we would be assigned together shortly thereafter. Father Jaime, upon
hearing about his assignment, stopped over to visit St. Brigid’s
and I met him walking to the church. When we met I told him that it was
my birthday and I couldn’t have thought of a better gift to receive.
He told me that it was his birthday too! So he got Saint Brigid’s
as his birthday gift!
Over the next few months, in between
vacations, we’ll all get to know Father Jaime and welcome him into
our parish family community.
