Sixty Persons Complete Lay Leadership Program

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NEWLY COMMISSIONED lay pastoral leaders who studied at Holy Rosary Center, Bedford-Stuyvesant, posed with Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano after the commissioning ceremony May 11 at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston.

Bishop Frank Caggiano presided at the Liturgy and Commissioning Ceremony May 11 for those persons who have completed the lay formation program sponsored by the diocesan Pastoral Institute. Among the 60 persons honored were men and women representing 25 parishes in the diocese.

“While all baptized persons are called to serve others, the new lay pastoral leaders have been prepared to coordinate new or existing parish programs,” explained Sister Angela Gannon, C.S.J., director of the Pastoral Institute. “The education and formation they have received has broadened their theological knowledge, deepened their spirituality, and enhanced their skills so that they will be effective in their service to others.”
Classes were held in three centers throughout the diocese. The newly commissioned leaders are:

Holy Rosary Center, Bedford- Stuyvesant
Leonard E. Best
Ina C. Brown
Marilyn Charles
Mary Ann Colon
Barbara Cormier
Louisa Frame
Sheila L. Fye
Louise R. Giddings
Maria E. Graeber
Christiana Inuwere
Maritza LaBoy
Frantz D. Malcousu
Sabine Medor
Vernie M. Reefer
Yvette Rodriguez
Patricia L. Romain
Judy Thurston-McNeil
Clare B. Watkins
Geneva Whitfield
Gilliann C. Winn

Our Lady of Miracles Center, Canarsie
Anne M. Aristilde
Jean S. Arthur
Marie Laure Casimir-Sainton
Richard J. Deppert
Yolette Desdunes
Hogla Foreste
Suze Foreste
Ann Marie E. Gabriel
Dianne K. Gabriel
Rosey Theresa Gilbert
Gregor W. Granderson
Laurence B. Gray
Michele Guerrier
Essie M. Hosch
Hezekiah D. Jackson
Vern M. Julien-Brizan
Laura K. Kidd
Josefina R. Nover
Norma M. Patterson
Nina L. Riti
Noreen Shea

St. Mary Magdalene Center, Springfield Gardens
Elizabeth M. Corr
Angela V. DePeaza
Lillian E. Douglas
Fritz Duchatellier
Ann Marie E. Hutton
Irene P. Jimenez
Carole A. Julien
Charles J. Lercara
Nancy H. Lercara
Aminta H. Maynard
Lorna McKenzie
Yvonne T. Morgan
Shelly Muniz
Mary Alanah Piderit
Louise E. Roberts
Lorraine P. Simpkins
Nancy Angelina Warren
Roma A. Webb Greene
Gail B. Williams-Robergeau

For further information about the program, contact Sister Angela at 718-229-8001, ext. 350; or at agannon@iccdob.org.

CONGRATULATIONS: Bishop Caggiano presents certificates to new lay pastoral leaders Charles and Nancy Lercara.

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