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Fifty years ago in June 1959 OLR graduated two classes of students. Bill Geraghty and Rich Tinger are in contact with several '59 grads, but need addresses for an extensive search. If you can help, e-mail Rich Tinger at
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Welcome to the new OLR Website. We are still migrating contents from the old website and adding new items.
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Thanksgiving '08- 180 turkeys and bags of food were distributed to needy families. OLR parishioners donated the food; six dozen turkeys came from an anonymous donor, the remainder from the Fordham Bedford Housing Corp. More than 500 people had their Thanksgiving Dinner in the Parish Center sponsored by POTS (Part Of The Solution), the soup kitchen on Webster Ave. between 107th and 198th Streets. Volunteer families from Resurrection Parish in Rye worked in the kitchen and served the guests at their tables. Mayor Bloomberg showed up for a photo op along with the City Council Speaker, Christine Quinn and the Majority Leader Joel Rivera. Click here for the Daily News picture.
On Nov. 30th, OLR will begin distributing slips with suggestions for
Christmas gifts that will go to the homeless women and their young
children living at Concourse House (formerly the House of the Holy
Comforter). All this keeps alive what has always made this parish a
special place...committed parishioners trying their best to live the
Gospel and help their neighbors.
On another note, we congratulate Chris (CJ) Sullivan (OLR graduate
1971) who has a new
book published this year: "Wild Tales from the Police Blotter"(Lyons
Press). It's a collection of all sorts of police/crime stories,
arranged by topic. He has another book, "1001 Greatest Things Ever Said
about New York", also
published by Lyons Press.
Please remember Maggie McCullough OLR '37 in your prayers; she is at
St. Patrick's Home by the Jerome Reservoir if you happen to be nearby.
Also, remember Oscar Cardenty Sr.; I visited him this week in the
hospital. He was a super on the Concourse and his sons attended OLR,
Oscar '80 and Ricky '85. His wife, Maria, worked in our lunchroom in
the '80's.He passed away on November 29th.
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Check our Photo Gallery page soon to see the wonderful faces at Our Lady of Refuge both old and present.
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Please be sure to visit our Calendar page under News & Events to find out what is going on at Our Lady of Refuge.
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