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One Cardinal Spellman Place, Bronx, NY 10466 • 718-881-8000 ext 206 • www.cardinalspellman.org May 28, 2015 catholic new york n GRADUATION 3B Cardinal Hails Elementary Grads at End-of-Year Mass By JUliann DosSANTOS Students from other schools agreed that their Catholic education has pre- ore than 300 prayerful eighth- pared them well for high school. Among graders recently gathered for them was Natalia Pazos of St. Patrick’s MMass with Cardinal Dolan at in Bedford, who served as a gift-bearer St. Mary’s Church in Wappingers Falls. at the Mass. Catholic school, she told The students were from Catholic CNY, “teaches us great values.” schools in the Dutchess and Northern Cardinal Dolan, during his homily, Westchester/Putnam regions of the asked if Catholic education is worth it, archdiocese. The mid-morning liturgy she said, adding he answered through- on May 14 marked the second time the out it that they, the students, make it cardinal celebrated a regional Mass for so. the future eighth-grade graduates. The Her classmate, Matthew Kilduff, first was offered last year for the Cen- agreed, saying, “Catholic schools help tral Westchester region. create a good person and we need more A joyful Cardinal Dolan, who served good people in the world.” as the principal celebrant and homilist, Other schools in attendance at the thanked the principals, teachers, pas- Mass were: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, tors, parents and all others for their ef- Shrub Oak; St. Patrick’s, Yorktown forts in ensuring the children receive a Heights; St. James the Apostle, Carmel; Catholic education. Regina Coeli, Hyde Park; St. Denis- “He said Catholic education is really St. Columba, Hopewell Junction; St. important,” said eighth-grader Laura Mary, Mother of the Church, Fishkill; Soto of St. Columbanus School in Cor- St. Mary’s, Wappingers Falls; and Holy tlandt Manor. She was thankful for all Trinity, St. Martin de Porres, and St. Pe- the people who made it possible for her ter’s, all of Poughkeepsie. to attend a Catholic school. The advantages of a Catholic educa- tion were evident in the students who served as lectors, altar servers and gift GRADUATES anD GoD—Eighth- bearers. grade students from the Dutchess Laura Soto read the responsorial and Northern Westchester/Putnam psalm. “To read in front of the cardi- regions pray during Mass celebrated nal was an honor,” she said. “To read in by Cardinal Dolan May 14 at St. Mary’s front of 300 kids was nerve-wracking,” Church in Wappingers Falls. she added with a laugh. CHRIS Sheridan References in the homily that person- ally moved her, she said, included know- ing that God is with her every moment of every day, and how it is important to teach others that fact. “Sometimes I’m struggling and I turn to God and I find closure,” she said. “Not many people know how wonderful He is.” Her classmate, Eric Quarato, said the large number of eighth-graders made the Mass memorable. “It was a real honor to share the Mass” with them, he said. He considered it a privilege to be in the presence of the cardinal and was grateful for the thought-provoking homily. “He talked about the respon- sibilities of being a Catholic.” In addi- tion, Eric is grateful for his Catholic education which, he said, has given him guidelines for how to live a moral life. “I think it will help in high school because it can help to determine right and wrong.” That, he added, will be particularly important when situations arise that involve peer pressure. 4B catholic new york n GRADUATION May 28, 2015 C the C Kamil Michael Adams Matthew Ciro Conte Christian John Giunta Andres Felipe Llamoza Donald J. Mulham Joseph Anthony Santangelo Joseph Matthew Aguilera Henry Gardner Cooke Devin Caine González Eric W. Long Alec Joseph Mullan Samuel T. Santos-Shevett Alessandro R. Alessi Enrique Aaron Corona Justin Zachary Gonzalez Jeffrey Edward Lopez Hans Nisthaus Collin Lees Scanley Thomas James Gray Nicasio Alonso Jack Liam Corr Andres Felipe Llamoza Frank B. 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