ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER

OUR STORY

1955WAS 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………….

1955

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER FOUNDED

• ARCHBISHOP MALLOY OF BROOKLYN DIOCESE

• FR. JERE DINEEN FOUNDING PASTOR

• LARGEST CHURCH IN SUFFOLK COUNTY AT THAT TIME

THE ORIGINAL CHURCH

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

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.

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1892 MISSION CHURCHPRESENTLY LOCATED IN HAGERMAN PARK

VISIT DURING THE PARISH PICNIC THIS SUMMER

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.

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ST. JOSEPH THE WORKERTHE CAPUCHINS

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.

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKERSEPTEMBER 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

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKERTIME 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

25TH ANNIVERSARY

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

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 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER

• OCTOBER 3, 1997 WHILE CELEBRATING HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY AS A PRIEST, FR. TOM MARCH DIED.

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKERTIME 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

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 2005

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKERDID 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

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• 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

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKERTHE PASTORS

1955 FR. JEREMIAH J. DINEEN

1965 FR. MATTHEW A. HOULIHAN

1971 FR. ROBERT KENNY

1977 FR. GREGORY REISERT, O.F.M. Cap.

1981 FR. BERNARD MALONEY, O.F.M. Cap

1987 FR. JAMES ATKINS, O.F.M. Cap

1990 FR. THOMAS MARCH, O.F.M. Cap

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKERTHE PASTORS

1997 FR. MICHAEL CONNOLLY O.F.M. Cap

2002 FR. JOHN McHUGH, O.F.M. Cap

2008 FR. JOHN MELLITT, O.F.M. Cap

2014 FR. MARTIN CURTIN, O.F.M. Cap

ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER