

TLIC Photos by Peter Accardi
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.
Top photo: Assistant superintendent Joanne O’Brien (seated far left) and Bishop Emil A. Wcela (standing sixth from left) congratulate teachers on 25 years of service: (seated second from left) Liana Strzepek (Our Lady of Victory, Floral Park), Lorraine Bouklas (St. John the Baptist DHS, West Islip), Darci Ramsdell (St. Dominic, Oyster Bay), Annette O’Grady (Trinity Region-al, East Northport). Standing, (from left to right), Susan Vacccaro (Blessed Sacrament, Valley Stream), Grace Vita (Blessed Sacrament, Valley Stream), Suzanne Minutoli (Our Lady of Victory, Floral Park), Pat Malek (Blessed Sacrament, Valley Stream), Donna Harrison (St. Mary, East Islip); Gail Audiino (Sacred Heart, North Merrick), Michele Picardi (St. Mary, East Islip), Elizabeth Begley (St. Joseph, Ronkonkoma), Patricia Ann LoFaso (Notre Dame, New Hyde Park), and Pat Swedenberg (Notre Dame, New Hyde Park). Not pictured: Patricia Castell (Our Lady of Lourdes, Malverne), Jeanne Herr (St. Joseph, Ronkon-koma), Maureen Kennedy (St. Peter of Alcantara, Port Washing-ton), Jaki Lawrence (St. Ray-mond, East Rockaway), Regina McGowan (St. Anne, Garden City),
Bottom photo: Walter D. Lace (far left, St. John the Baptist DHS, West Islip), Sister Marie Patrick McDermott, SSND (third from left, St. Brigid/Our Lady of Hope, Westbury), and Sister Eileen Marie Corrigan, RSM (fourth from left, St. Mary, East Islip) receive congratulations on 40 years of service from Assistant Superintendent Joanne O’Brien (second from left) and Bishop Emil A. Wcela (far right). Not pictured: Helen Crume (St. Catherine of Sienna, Franklin Square), Patricia Fisher (St. Aidan, Williston Park), Constance Mahon (St. Dominic, Oyster Bay), Rosemary McGoey (Our Lady of Mercy Regional, Cutchogue) and Sister Mary Helen Slavinskas, IHM (St. Dominic, Oyster Bay). |