Pastoral Planning Organization

RESEARCH & PASTORAL PLANNING

Coordinator:
Fr. Peter Gavigan

Members:
Fr. Donald Johnson, St. Lucy, Manhattan
Fr. Gerard Waldorf, SJ, St. Rita, Bronx
Mr. Enrique Romero, Catholic Big Brothers
Fr. Edmund Tobin, Our Lady of Angels, Bronx
Mrs. Judy Feliciano, St. Agatha Home, Bronx office
Fr. Thomas McDonald, St. Stephen, Manhattan
Sr. Catherine Meany, Cardinal McCloskey Home
Fr. Valeriano Alonso, SJ, St. Anne, Manhattan
Mr. George Trejos, St. Joseph’s Seminary
Fr. Willard Keane, St. Patrick, Newburgh
Fr. Michael Quinn, OFM Cap., St. John, Manhattan
Fr. William Toohy

Advisors:
Msgr. James Mahoney, Personnel Board Director
Fr. Philip Murnion, St. Gregory, Manhattan
Sr. Mary O’Brien, OP, Dominican College, Blauvelt
Fr. Joseph Fitzpatrick, SJ, Fordham University, Bronx
Mr. Robert Paul, Housing & Urban Renewal
Msgr. William McCormack, Propagation of the Faith
Msgr. James Murray, Secretary to Cardinal Cooke
Msgr. Joseph O’Keefe

NATIONAL PARISHES (Subsection)

Members:
Fr. Thomas Oldfield, OAR, Most Holy Crucifix
Fr. José Valcarcel, CM, Holy Agony
Fr. William DuBois, AA, Our Lady of Esperanza
Fr. Arturo Lerga, CM, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Fr. Charles F. Lavoie, AA, Our Lady of Guadalupe
Fr. George Coll, TOR, St. Benedict the Moor

EXPERIMENTAL PARISHES (Subsection)

Members:
Fr. John Drew, St. Rita
Fr. Matthew Thompson, St. Brigid

Advisor (Subsections):
Msgr. Thomas Heneghan, Chancellor

LANGUAGE & CULTURAL FORMATION

Coordinator:
Fr. Peter Ensenat

Members:
Br. Bernard Sheridan, FMS, Institute of Inter. Comm.
Mr. Juan Áviles
Mr. Odo Betanzos, Ascension, Manhattan
Fr. Michael Noonan, St. Catherine of Genoa
Mrs. Margarita Morales, Movimiento Familiar Cristiano
Mr. José Morales, St. Joseph’s Seminary
Sr. Kathleen Dempsey, OP, St. Helena, Bronx
Sr. Anne Corrigan, OP
Mr. Miguel Martínez, Institute
Miss Sonia Rivera, Institute
Mr. Patrick Hennessy, St. Joseph’s Seminary
Mrs. Ruby Hernández, Institute
Fr. Anthony Stevens, CP
Mr. Americo Badillo, Fordham University

Advisors:
Bishop James McManus, Port Ewen
Fr. Thomas Leonard, St. Joseph’s Seminary

INSTITUTE OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS (Subsection)

Members:
Archbishop John Maguire, President
Msgr. Joseph O’Brien, President
Msgr. Robert Fox, Vice President
Fr. Matthew Thompson, Secretary

Advisors (Subsection):
Msgr. Theodore McCarrick, Secretary for Education
Msgr. Raymond Smith, Cathedral Preparatory Seminary
Fr. Jerome Maron, Diocese of Brooklyn

APOSTOLATE OF PRIESTS

Coordinator:
Fr. John Drew

DIOCESAN PRIESTS (Subsection)

Members:
Fr. Neil Graham, St. Emeric, Manhattan
Fr. Ray Byrne, St. Paul, Manhattan
Fr. John Sullivan, St. Mary, Newburgh
Fr. Edward Finn, Holy Family, Manhattan
Fr. Thomas Neilson, Our Lady of Good Counsel
Fr. Terence Attridge, St. Barnabas, Bronx
Fr. John Manning, St. Gregory, Manhattan
Fr. John Flynn, St Raymond, Bronx
Fr. Peter O’Donnell, St. Jude, Manhattan
Fr. Neil Connolly, St. Athanasius, Bronx
Fr. Thomas Fenlon, St. Thomas, Staten Island
Fr. Edward O’Donnell, St. Mary, Yonkers
Fr. Hugh Corrigan, St. Charles Borromeo, Manhattan
Fr. George Hommel, Blessed Sacrament, New Rochelle
Fr. Joseph Martin, St. Patrick, Yorktown
Fr. James McCarthy, St. Denis, Sylvan Lake
Fr. James Borstelmann, St. Catherine, Blauvelt
Fr. Daniel Croston, St. Peter, Kingston
Fr. Donald Gollinge, Sacred Heart, Bronx

Advisor:
Msgr. Patrick Ahern, Our Lady of Angels, Bronx

RELIGIOUS ORDER PRIESTS (Subsection)

Members:
Fr. Timothy Whooley. OFM Cap., Our Lady Queen of Angels
Fr. Kevin Sheehan, CSP, St. Paul the Apostle, Manhattan
Fr. José Luis Galdos, CRL, St. Lucy, Manhattan
Fr. Edward Whalen, CSsR, St. Cecilia, Manhattan
Fr. Raymón Gaitán, OAR, Most Holy Crucifix, Manhattan
Fr. Sebastian Buccellato, OFM, St. Sebastian, Manhattan
Fr. Leopoldo Laredo, SchP, Calasanz Residence
Fr. Luis Rios, AA
Fr. Dario Casado, OSA, St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Bronx
Fr. Brennan Maiers, OSB, St. Benedict, Bronx

Advisor:
Fr. Adrian Hebert, SSS, St. Jean Batiste, Manhattan

APOSTOLATE OF RELIGIOUS

Coordinator:
Sr. Anne Corrigan, OP

SISTERS (Subsection)

Members:
Sr. Eileen Doherty, OP, Full Circle
Sr. Pauline Chirchirillo, PBVM, St. Teresa, Manhattan
Sr. Haydeé Diaz, Sisters of Charity
Sr. Roseanne, CCSsR, Spanish Center, Cornwall
Sr. Fidelia García, St. Luke, Bronx
Sr. Monica Cunningham, Sts. Peter & Paul, Bronx
Sr. Mary Lynch, OP, St. Pius V, Bronx
Sr. María, Sts. Peter & Paul, Bronx

Advisors:
Fr. John Mescall, Vicar for Religious
Sr. Eileen Ford, OP, Superintendent of Schools
Mo. Evelyn Schneider, Chair, Council of Major Superiors
Sr. Genis Meléndez, St. Jerome, Bronx

Brothers (Subsection)

Members:
Br. José Florio, Little Brothers
Br. Albert Welch, FSC, Manhattan College
Br. James Corcoran, FSC, Immaculate Conception, Bronx
Br. John Quinn, CFC, St. Cecilia
Br. Michael Deering, FSC, Ascension, Manhattan

Advisor:
Fr. John Mescall, Vicar for Religious

FORMATION FOR LAY APOSTOLATE

Coordinator:
Fr. David Arias, OAR

Members:
Fr. John Mortell, St. Rita, Bronx
Fr. Ricardo Arias, Holy Child, Staten Island
Mr. Melanio Tirado, St. Teresa, Manhattan
Mrs. Amparo Tirado, St. Teresa, Manhattan
Sr. Ida Robles, St. Theresa (Ronkonkoma)
Mr. Víctor Muñoz, Blessed Sacrament, Bronx
Mr. José Ithíer, Ascension, Manhattan
Miss Hadeé Borges, St. Martin of Tours, Bronx
Fr. Thomas Thompson, Incarnation, Manhattan
Mr. Pedro Orellana, St. Augustine, Bronx
Mr. Luis Fontánez

Advisor:
Mr. José Jiménez, St. Elizabeth, Manhattan

CURSILLO (Subsection)

Members:
Fr. José Viana, OAR, St. Joseph’s Center, Manhattan
Fr. José Arias, OAR, St. Joseph’s Center, Manhattan
Fr. Vincent Resta, Holy Rosary, Manhattan
Fr. Juan Luengo, OP, St. John Chrysostom
Fr. Juan Oleaga, CRL, St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, Manhattan
Fr. Thomas Kearney, Holy Name, Manhattan
Fr. Francisco Garmendia, CRL
Fr. Elias Isla, SchP, Sts. Peter & Paul, Bronx
Mr. Juan Baez, St. Teresa, Manhattan
Mr. Hector Comacho, St. James, Manhattan
Fr. Denis Cornelisse, AA, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Manhattan
Mr. Ángel Palmer, St. Columba, Manhattan
Mr. Eduardo Kalbflelisch, St. Paul the Apostle, Manhattan
Mr. Manuel Gandía, St. Paul the Apostle, Manhattan
Mr. Felipe Martínez, St. Paul, Manhattan
Mr. Luis Fontánez
Mr. Rafael Conner, Our Lady Queen of Angels, Manhattan
Dr. Jerónimo Domínguez, Our Lady of Esperanza, Manhattan
Mr. Alberto Torres, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Manhattan
Mr. Miguel Cordona, St. Rita, Bronx
Mr. Wilfredo Escobar, St. Jerome, Bronx
Mr. Jesús López, Holy Cross, Bronx
Mr. Justo Rivera, St. Athanasius, Bronx
Mr. Fernando Fajardo, Holy Cross, Bronx
Mr. Pedro Santiago, St. Martin of Tours, Bronx
Mrs. Maria Navarro, St. Charles Borromeo, Manhattan
Mrs. Conchita Figueroa, Our Lady of Lourdes, Manhattan
Miss Ana Maria Panting, Corpus Christi, Manhattan
Mr. Víctor Caraballo, St. Joseph, Yonkers
Mr. Luis Vega, St. Martin of Tours, Bronx
Mrs. Ramonita Rosas
Mrs. Conchita Sarnago, Holy Spirit, Bronx
Mrs. Elba Cifredo, St. Raymond, Bronx
Mrs. Juanita Colón, Holy Cross, Bronx
Fr. Edward Keehan, St. Peter, Haverstraw
Pedro Santiago ?, St. Martin of Tours, Bronx

LAY APOSTOLATE

Coordinator:
Mr. Luis Fontánez

– FAMILY (Subsection)

Members:
Fr. John Grange, St. Columba, Manhattan
Mr. Serafín Vilariño, Comité Cubano Católico
Mrs. Hilda Vilariño, Comité Cubano Católico
Fr. Richard Adams, St. Athanasius, Bronx
Mr. Félix Acosta, St. James, Manhattan
Mrs. Mercedes Acosta, St. James, Manhattan
Fr. Patrick McCabe, St. Mary, Manhattan
Mr. Conrado Torres, St. Luke, Bronx
Mrs. Victoria Torres, St. Luke, Bronx
Mr. Pedro Lousa, Holy Rosary, Manhattan
Mrs. Lucy Lousa, Holy Rosary, Manhattan
Fr. David Arias, OAR
Fr. Vincent Resta, Holy Rosary, Manhattan
Mr. Carlos Mercado, Holy Cross, Bronx,
Mrs. ? Mecado, Holy Cross, Bronx
Fr. Anthony Stevens, CP

Advisors:
Msgr. Hugh Curran, Family Life Bureau
Mr. Raul Dávila
Mrs. ? Dávila
Fr. Henry Mansell, LFM Director

YOUTH & STUDENTS (Subsection)

Members:
Fr. John McIvor, Incarnation, Manhattan
Miss Virginia Medrano, JOC
Fr. Peter Meehan, St. Teresa, Manhattan
Fr. John Duffell, Sacred Heart, Manhattan
Miss Denia Ferrer, St. Catherine of Genoa, Manhattan
Mr. Lino Acevedo, St. Lucy, Manhattan
Mr. Adolfo Ramírez, Ascension, Manhattan
Mr. José Sosa, Ascension, Manhattan
Miss Norma Rodríguez, Aspira, Bronx
Mr. Normando Mustafá
Fr. Enrique Rueda, Sts. Peter & Paul
Fr. Joaquín Beaumont, Our Lady of Lourdes, Manhattan
Mr. Antonio Ortiz, Our Lady of Lourdes, Manhattan
Mr. Yoric Piña, Ascension, Manhattan

Advisors:
Msgr. Philip Murphy, CYO
Fr. Thomas Connellan, CSP, University Apostolate
Fr. Ronald Ciaravolo, St. Patrick Old Cathedral, Manhattan
Fr. Oscar Lynch, Columbia University

SOCIETIES (Subsection)

Members:
Mr. Peter Sánchez, K of C, St. Thomas Aquinas, Bronx
Fr. John Leonard, Sacred Heart, Bronx
Msgr. Raul Del Valle, Notre Dame, Manhattan
Fr. Walter Birkle, St. Vincent de Paul Society + St. Brigid, Manhattan
Mr. Miguel Ramos, St. Luke, Bronx
Fr. Charles Genet, Big Brothers + Incarnation, Manhattan
Mrs. Jenny Raven, St. Athansius, Bronx
Mrs. Jenny Rodríguez, St. Columba, Manhattan
Mrs. Vincenta Rodríquez, St. Brigid, Manhattan
Mr. Domingo Martínez, Ascension, Manhattan
Mr. Luis Espada, St. Paul, Manhattan
Mr. Rafael Hidalgo, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Manhattan
Mrs. Cristina Toosie, Catholic Daughters

Advisors:
Msgr. Edward Reynolds, Legion of Mary
Msgr. Charles Brennan, Holy Name Society
Msgr. Daniel Byrne, Apostleship of Prayers

SOCIAL ACTION (Subsection)

Members:
Miss Margarita Olivieri, 524 East 119th Street (cf. Fr. Drew)
Sr. Maureen Clark, All Saints, Manhattan
Rev. Mr. John Jennick, St. Thomas Aquinas, Bronx
Fr. James Doyle, Anunciation, Manhattan
Sr. Genis Meléndez, OSU, St. Jerome, Bronx
Sr. Patricia Connolly, MSSI, Catholic Charities, Bronx
Mr. Ricardo Puerta, Credit Unions
Mrs. Yvette Puerta, Credit Unions
Fr. William O’Brien, Napanoch Reformatory
Mr. Andres Castellanos, U.N.
Mr. Matthew Killion

Advisors:
Msgr. Harry Byrne, Social Justice Task Force
Fr. Henry Browne, St. Gregory, Manhattan
Msgr. Cyril Potocek
Sr. Marita Anna Fox, Adult Education
Fr. Vincent Fox. A.C.T.U.
Mr. John Lubey, Adult Education

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Coordinator:
Fr. Edward Byrne

Members:
Fr. John Calhoun, St. Thomas More, Manhattan
Sr. Gonzaga, RCD, St. James, Manhatten
Fr. José McCarthy, OFM Cap., St. John the Baptist, Manhattan
Mr. Frank Miranda, St. Athanasius, Bronx
Sr. Mary Noel, OSF, St. Rita, Bronx
Fr. Neil Connolly, St. Athanasius, Bronx
Miss María Soto, Ascension, Manhattan
Sr. Mary Jean, HHS, Mary of Providence Club, Manhattan
Sr. Consuela, COSsR, Spanish Center, Cornwall
St. Catherine Carden, Manhattan College, Bronx
Sr. Miram, Nativity, Manhattan
Miss Cindy Shanks
Sr. Mary Tully, PBVM, St. Teresa, Manhattan
Fr. Thomas Gileece, Immaculate Conception, Manhattan
Fr. Brian Joyce, Manhattan College, Bronx

Advisors:
Fr. William Tobin, C.C.D.
Msgr. John Doherty, Director of Religious Education
Miss Cristienne Brusselmans, Fordham University
Br. Gabriel Moran, FSC, Manhattan College, Bronx
Sr. Gloria Heineman, RC, C.C.D.
Mr. William Reedy, Sadlier
Br. Bernard Mark, FSC, C.C.D.

WORSHIP

Coordinator:
Fr. James Welby

Members:
Fr. Philip Fabiano, OFM Cap., St. John Vianney, Bronx
Mr. William Romagoza, Manhattan College, Bronx
Fr. Timothy Bryden, St. Francis of Assisi, Bronx
Br. James Furlong, FSC, Incarnation, Manhattan
Fr. John Calhoun, St. Thomas More, Manhattan
Fr. Charles Quinn, Anunciation, Manhattan
Miss Marta Morell, Manhattanville College
Fr. Juan Luengo, OP, St. John Chrysostom, Bronx
Fr. William Lombardy, St. Mary, Bronx

Advisors:
Msgr. John Doherty, Liturgical Commission
Fr. J. Gallen, SJ, Woodstock

– MUSIC (Subsection)

Members:
Mr. Alvaro Silva
Fr. Francisco Domínguez, AA, Our Lady of Esperanza, Manhattan
Fr. Francisco Madina, CRL
Sr. Laura Portuando
Fr. Elias Isla, SchP, Sts. Peter & Paul, Bronx
Mr. Armando Ruiz, St. Brigid, Manhattan
Fr. José Valcarcel, CM, Holy Agony, Manhattan
Mr. Angel Pérez

Advisor
Mr. Matthew Cvetic

COMMUNICATIONS

Coordinator:
Mr. Angel Pérez

PRESS (Subsection)

Members:
Fr. Fidel Robledo, St. Mary, Manhattan
Miss Sonia Ellis, El Diario
Mr. Víctor Mangual, El Diario
Mr. Juan Brass, (El Tiempo)
Dr. Angel Saviñon, El Tiempo
Sr. Cristino Paguana, Our Lady of Esperanza, Manhattan
Sr. Yolanda de Mola, Holy Cross Academy, Mahattan
Fr. Vincent McNamara, St. Thomas Aquinas, Bronx
Mr. Jerónimo Berenguer, V.P. International
Mr. Solerio, Life en Español

Advisors:
Msgr. Thomas McGovern, Bureau of Information
Mr. Paul Hoffman, The New York Times

RADIO & TELEVISION (Subsection)

Members:
Fr. José Valcarcel, CM, Holy Agony, Manhattan
Sr. Leguri, I.T.V.
Mr. Humberto López, Channel 13
Miss Puppi Hurtado, WBNX
Mr. Lumen Román, WHOM
Mr. José Lanza, Channel 47
Mr. Leandro Blanco, Channel 41
Fr. Philip Treanor, Holy Rosary, Manhattan
Mr. Miguel Rosas, St. James, Manhattan
Mr. Rafael Mangual, Our Lady of Pity, Bronx
Miss Marina Mercado, Ascension, Manhattan
Mr. Miguel Llao
Miss Ana Diaz

Advisors:
Msgr. Thomas McGovern, Bureau of Information
Miss Elisa Mandell
Msgr. John Healy, I.T.V.

ECUMENICAL RELATIONS

Coordinator:
Fr. Ignacio Lazcano, CRL

Members:
Sr. Eileen Storey, SC, Mount St. Vincent, Bronx
Fr. Thomas Farrelly, St. Gregory, Manhattan
Mr. Guillermo Alonso, St. James, Manhattan
Fr. José Aguilar, St. Thomas Aquinas, Bronx
Mr. José Carrero, Incarnation, Manhattan
Fr. Robert Jeffers, St Augustine, Bronx
Mr. Vicente Meléndez, Ascension, Manhattan
Fr. Charles Kelly, Our Lady of Lourdes, Manhattan
Sr. Thomas, St. Athanasius, Bronx

Advisors:
Msgr. John Doherty, Ecumenical Commission
Rev. Pablo Coto, Riverside Church Center
Mr. Angel Pérez
Rev. Razziel Vázquez
Mr. ? Shaw, Cardinal Hayes High School
Fr. Robert Imbelli, Yale University

COMMUNITY RELATIONS

Coordinator:
Mrs. Amalia Betanzos

Members:
Mrs. Encarnación Armas
Fr. Herculano Izquierdo, Tribunal
Fr. Louis Gigante, St. Athanasius, Bronx
Mrs. ? Aviles, Cypress Community Center
Mrs. Frieda Montalvo, Catholic Immigration Center
Prof. Enildo García
Miss Lourdes Cabezudo
Mrs. Rosa Merced
Fr. Dermod McDermott, St. Brigid, Manhattan
Fr. Denis Kelly, St. Luke, Bronx
Miss Raquel Kreitoff, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Mr. Mario Abreu, Union
Br. Raymond Shirvell
Sr. Eileen Tierney

Advisors:
Msgr. John Ahearn, Commission for Community Planning
Msgr. James Wilson, St. Teresa, Manhattan
Fr. Harry Salmon, St. Charles Borromeo, Manhattan
Rev. Rubén Dario Colón
Sr. McKenny, OP, St. Luke, Bronx

SAN JUAN FIESTA (Subsection)

Members:
Mr. Nick Ortiz, Banco Popular
Fr. Joseph McGill, St. Anne (12th Street), Manhattan
Fr. James Fanning, Ascension, Manhattan
Fr. John Burke, St. Jerome, Bronx
Mrs. Luisa Quintero, El Diario
Mr. Alberto Algorín, St. Brigid, Manhattan
Miss Marta Valle
Fr. William Bradley, Holy Name, Manhattan
Miss Margie Rivera, St. Teresa, Manhattan
Fr. Robert Banome, St. Joseph, Bronx