FAMILY FAITH PROGRAM

June 9, 2018

The youth ministry is preparing an event for September 2018. Be connected to our website to find out what it is about. Are you a young person with a desire to belong to a youth community? If so, contact our youth coordinator Michael Judkiewicz at mjjudd@gmail.com

Sept. 1-8, 2014

Jeffrey Essmann, a catechist at St. Francis Xavier Parish in New York City, shares his experience "learning from his third graders" in a recent article called Stumbling Onward in America Magazine.

June 8, 2014

José Ramon Perez-Lopez spent 23 years in a French monastery before coming to New York City and enrolling in Hunter College. The recent graduate now works for State Sen. Jose M. Serrano and continues to be involved with the church at St. Francis Xavier in Manhattan. 

The Synod of Bishops on the Family is now underway at the Vatican. Pope Francis, the bishops, clergy and laypeople will meet for two weeks (Oct. 5 - Oct. 19) to discuss pastoral challenges to the family. Keep up with America's daily coverage and analysis here. 

June 29, 2011

In preparation for confirmation, a class of students at one Manhattan parish learned about the corporal works of mercy, and put those works to practice. As part of a service project dedicated to “Give drink to the thirsty,” the students raised money for a water purification system in Cambodia.