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ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER OUR STORY. 1955 WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR!!  PIUS XII WAS THE POPE  DWIGHT EISENHOWER WAS THE PRESIDENT  CARDINAL SPELLMAN WAS IN.

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1 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER OUR STORY

2 1955 WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR!!  PIUS XII WAS THE POPE  DWIGHT EISENHOWER WAS THE PRESIDENT  CARDINAL SPELLMAN WAS IN NEW YORK  THE DODGERS WON THE WORLD SERIES  AND………….

3 1955

4 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER FOUNDED ARCHBISHOP MALLOY OF BROOKLYN DIOCESE FR. JERE DINEEN FOUNDING PASTOR LARGEST CHURCH IN SUFFOLK COUNTY AT THAT TIME

5 THE ORIGINAL CHURCH

6 PRIOR TO 1955 1892 SMALL CHAPEL DONATED TO SMALL CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF “BOOMINGTOWN” 11 FAMILIES FORMED THIS COMMUNITY FAMILIAR NAMES: STEPHANI – DeBETTA – COCO – DePASQUALE – PERRY – GAZZOLA – MOLLA – FRABIZIO – PALERMO – PARENTI - SHIEGO

7 PRIOR TO 1955 DEVELOPED FROM A MISSION CHURCH OF MARY IMMACULATE OF BELLPORT FUNDS WERE RAISED AND COMMUNITY BUILT THE CHURCH ON MONTAUK HIGHWAY, CONTINUED TO GROW AS A MISSION CHURCH UNTIL 1955 WHEN IT WAS GRANTED INDEPENDENCE AS A PARISH AND CHOSE THE NAME OF ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER.

8 PICTURES PLEASE 1892 MISSION CHURCH PRESENTLY LOCATED IN HAGERMAN PARK VISIT DURING THE PARISH PICNIC THIS SUMMER

9 AND THEN!!! STILL GROWING PARISH SCHOOL AND CONVENT BUILT BY 1960. SISTERS OF MERCY, LED BY SR. M.ISIDORE MOVED INTO THE CONVENT FR. DINEEN WAS REPLACED BY FR. HOULIHAN AND THEN FR. KENNY.

10 PICTURES PLEASE ARE YOU IN THIS PICTURE?

11 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER THE CAPUCHINS

12 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER 1.DUE TO STRUCTUAL ISSUES WITH THE OLD CHURCH BUILDING, THE CHURCH WAS RELOCATED TO THE SCHOOL IN AUGUST 1976 2.THE CAPUCHIN FRANCISCANS, WHO HAD BEEN THE CHAPLAINS AT BROOKHAVEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, AGREED TO STAFF THE PARISH.

13 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER SEPTEMBER 1977 FR. GREGORY REISERT O.F.M. CAP WAS INSTALLED AS THE FIRST CAPUCHIN PASTOR FR. DENNIS FITZMAURICE AND FR. DAVID REBELLO O.F.M. CAP WERE ASSOCIATES. SADLY IN NOVEMBER 1977, FR. FITZMAURICE DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT

14 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER TIME MARCHES ON AUGUST 1978 – FR. MICHAEL CONNOLLY JOINS SJW AUGUST 1979 SCHOOL AUDITORIUM IS REDESIGNED INTO A CHURCH. WITH CONSTRUCTION FINISHED IN TIME FOR THE 25 TH ANNIVERSARY

15 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER JUNE 1983 PROPERTY ON MONTAUK HIGHWAY SOLD FOR $100,000. RENOVATIONS TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND SURROUNDING PROPERTY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS UNDER FR. BERNARD MALONEY O.F.M. Cap. – MARY’S COURTYARD – PARKING LOT – CLASSROOM WINDOWS – FRIARY IMPROVEMENTS

16 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER SEPTEMBER 1988 FR. THOMAS MARCH ARRIVES AT SJW AND SERVES UNTIL OCTOBER 1997 SEPTEMBER 1990 FR. MARCH INSTALLED AS PASTOR AND INSTIGATES THE “RENEW” PROGRAM OVERSAW THE 40 TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

17 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER OCTOBER 3, 1997 WHILE CELEBRATING HIS 25 TH ANNIVERSARY AS A PRIEST, FR. TOM MARCH DIED.

18 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER TIME MARCHES ON DECEMBER 1997 FR. MICHAEL CONNOLLY O.F.M. RETURNS AS PASTOR ANNUAL GOLF OUTING IS RENAMED IN HONOR OF FR. TOM MARCH JULY 2001 – FR. CONNOLLY BEGINS A MAJOR RENOVATION OF THE CHURCH – NEW CARPET – NEW PEWS WITH A CENTER AISLE – REDESIGNED ALTAR AND CHOIR AREAS

19 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER 50 TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 2005

20 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER DID YOU KNOW? 1900 FR. JOHN ROBINSON RODE ON HORSEBACK FROM MARY IMMACULATE TO SAY MASS AT “THE LITTLE CHAPEL” 1956 MURPY BROTHERS BUILT THE RECTORY ON MONTAUK HIGHWAY 1957 BROOKHAVEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WAS BUILT 1960 SJW SCHOOL OPENS WITH SISTERS OF MERCY

21 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER DID YOU KNOW? 1965 VATICAN II CHANGES IMPLEMENTED 1975 SJW SCHOOL CLOSES 1977 FIRST EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS 1989 TED MICHAELS HIRED AS MUSIC MINISTER 1990 FR. WILLIAM WINTERS O.F.M. Cap. JOINS SJW 1998 FIRST PARISH GOLF OUTING

22 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER THE PASTORS 1955FR. JEREMIAH J. DINEEN 1965FR. MATTHEW A. HOULIHAN 1971FR. ROBERT KENNY 1977FR. GREGORY REISERT, O.F.M. Cap. 1981FR. BERNARD MALONEY, O.F.M. Cap 1987FR. JAMES ATKINS, O.F.M. Cap 1990FR. THOMAS MARCH, O.F.M. Cap

23 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER THE PASTORS 1997FR. MICHAEL CONNOLLY O.F.M. Cap 2002FR. JOHN McHUGH, O.F.M. Cap 2008FR. JOHN MELLITT, O.F.M. Cap 2014FR. MARTIN CURTIN, O.F.M. Cap

24 ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER


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