Father Joe Fitzgerald

Way to go, Father Fitz… My friend and former St. Patrick’s parishioner Joseph Fitzgerald, who now has a flock of his own as the Associate Pastor of St. Kilian Parish out in Farmingdale, Long Island, organized a men’s conference on Saturday that was very well attended. Close to 1000 gathered at Holy Trinity High School in Hicksville where Fr. Joe and the Rockville Centre Diocese had a great line-up of New York legends and heroes; former Giant Mark Bavaro, St. John’s Lou Carnesseca and NYPD Detective Steven McDonald all spoke to the crowd. Father Fitz is a hero/legend of mine, taking his Ithaca team to a DIII Championship as their quarterback in ’91 and representing the U.S. in Team Handball (along with his brother, Thomas) during the ‘96 Olympics in Atlanta, and now, as a spiritual leader with a huge following of his own. We are truly blessed to have this young man as a role model…