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Scholarship honors students who serve
By Mary Gorry Staff Reporter

Rockville Centre — Seven students who have placed an emphasis on service and the importance of a Catholic education in their lives received the Albert Neal Sr. Scholarship Service Award for their efforts at an event sponsored by the diocesan Ministry to Catholics of African Ancestry at St. Agnes Cathedral parish center here May 4.
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MICAH conference seeks ways to fight poverty on L.I.
By Pete Sheehan Senior Reporter

Garden City — More than 200 local leaders who convened at Adelphi University last week proposed practical steps toward eliminating poverty on Long Island, from instituting universal pre-kindergarten for low-income families to increasing money for buses in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
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Father Saloy sentenced

Father Thomas Saloy has been sentenced to 41 months in prison after having pled guilty to possession of child pornography. Father Saloy was arrested by Federal officials in November 2006.
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Junior high students try the law at OLMA tournament
By Mary Iapalucci Staff Reporter

Syosset — Briefcase-toting attorneys huddled with witnesses, while paralegals made notes and suggestions at the last-minute strategy sessions. The busy scene wasn’t a court house, but the halls of Our Lady of Mercy Academy (OLMA) here, where students from five Catholic elementary schools participated in a mock trial competition.
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Thank you, Mom, for the gift of faith
By Rachel Bonadonna

For me personally, my mom has influenced me greatly when it comes to my faith. My mom is from Puerto Rico and like most Puerto Ricans, is greatly into her faith. I remember even as a little girl, how my mom would constantly take me to church and at night we would always say a rosary with my grandmother.
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My Catholic School Experience
Lois Mills-Lannigan

My father died of liver cancer in October of 1974, leaving my mother a widow with 10 children. At that time, six children were enrolled in St. Mary School in East Islip with the older four already graduated.
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‘Growing Up’ for moms, girls
By Pete Sheehan Senior Reporter

“God’s Plan for Growing Up,” a program for mothers and daughters to discuss female physical development and related issues, will be offered to preteen girls and their mothers May 17 at the Academy of St. Joseph in Brentwood.
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Friends of the Seminary

The Friends of the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception celebrated its 20th anniversary on Ascension Thursday with a Mass and luncheon at the Huntington house of formation.
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CYO scholarships awarded
By Mary Gorry Staff Reporter

Catholic Youth Organization of Nassau and Suffolk Counties (CYO) has awarded scholarships this year to help 10 young athletes attend college or a Catholic high school.
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Diocesan teachers honored at dinner

On April 17, 2008, the Diocese of Rockville Centre hosted a dinner at the Riverview Restaurant, Oakdale, to honor and recognize diocesan teachers with 25 and 40 years of service.
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St. Patrick’s celebrates anniversary and new pastor
TLIC photos/Gregory A. Shemitz

St. Patrick Church in Bay Shore kicked off its yearlong 125th anniversary celebration with a special Mass May 4 in the parish’s Msgr. Purick Hall. Retired Auxiliary Bishop Emil Wcela was the presider and homilist at the service.
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Girl Scouts and leaders honored at annual diocesan convocation

Rockville Centre — The annual diocesan Girl Scout Convocation was held on Sunday, May 4 at St. Agnes Cathedral here. Auxiliary Bishop John Dunne presided over the ceremony, and Msgr. Robert Guglielmone was the speaker.
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50 Years as a Diocese

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Beginning after the new year, Msgr. Francis Maniscalco will offer a monthly Question and Answer column in TLIC designed to respond to inquiries from readers about Church teachings, practices and various aspects of the Catholic faith. Currently director of the diocesan Respect Life Office, Msgr. Maniscalco is a former editor of The Long Island Catholic and former director of communications for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

We invite readers to submit your questions to Msgr. Maniscalco c/o The Long Island Catholic, P.O. Box 9000, Roosevelt, NY 11575. You may also fax them to us at 516-594-1092. Or you may e-mail your questions to editor@licatholic.org.