Annual Men’s Christmas Mass & Dinner— December 6, 2023, at Our Lady of Hope Church in Carle Place, NY By Rich Grillo
On December 6th, fifty-two men gathered at Our Lady of Hope Church, Carle Place, NY, for our Annual Men’s Christmas Mass and Dinner. Our main celebrant was Fr. Tom Moriarity, a recent Cursillista, who has such zest for the Cursillo program! He has helped us with the last two Men’s weekends and plans to be on every one going forward! A good deal for us!
During this liturgy ,one of our recent Cursillistas was Baptized and Confirmed. How special this was for all of us to witness. The spirit was so alive at this celebration. The gentleman’s name is Kumar. He chose Paul as his Confirmation name in honor of St. Paul who touched him so much on his weekend. He asked us from now on to call him Paul Kumar!
After Mass, we went to the church basement where a fantastic dinner was set up—catered by Toskana on Post Avenue in Westbury and overseen by our two Christmas Elves, Darlene McGovern and Catherine Amato. They kept the men full of food fun and spirit. We had our sharing session which always leads to such great discussion, as we reconnected with men we haven’t seen in a while—as well as faithful ones who are there all the time. Ending with coffee, cake and candy to make this event just perfect. Until next year, may you all have a wonderful New Year!
DeColores!