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| At St Anthony of Padua, Rocky Point, NY |
I
stayed at Holy Spirit New Hyde Park until the summer of 1991, when I was
transferred to St Anthony of Padua parish in Rocky Point, where I spent 5
glorious years, working with children, the youth and enjoying some country living,
because the parish was further out on Long Island in a rural area, even close
to a beach, where I even led some summer prayer services. I led there many
children’s Masses which were very much appreciated and looked forward to by
everyone, children as well as adults.
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| After one of the many baptisms of the Palasek family at Rocky Point. |
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| In Home Retreat Group in Rocky Point, NY |
In
1996 I moved to Holy Family parish in Hicksville, again with a large school in
more urban surroundings. In 1998, I moved to Pleasant Valley in Dutchess County
where I served for 4 years, even helping in a renovation in our church. I
remember the pastor there greeting me with ‘Nothing much happens here......’ At
which point I realized he needed a pastoral spark-plug and the parish revived
itself within a few months, with various parish choirs, children involved in
all kinds of sports and religion classes, and in a rural setting, with more
snow than I’ve ever experienced.
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| Holy Family parish in Hicksville, Long Island. |
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| At St Stanislaus Kostka parish, Pleasant Valley, NY |
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