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Village’s new ‘dynamic’ priest Lourdes pastor shares excitement at joining Malverne community and noted the death of Monsignor Romualdo Sosing, of the Holy Name of Mary Church in W h e n t h e Re v. J a m e s Valley Stream, of Covid-19 in Stachacz was named Our Lady May — two months after of Lourdes Church’s pastor in Stachacz himself had a bout June, he was unsure of what to with the virus. expect from his new parishio“When he passed away, I ners. His predecessor, the Rev. think that changed everything,” Michael Duffy, told he said of Sosing. Stachacz that the “In our job, you just parish is similar to don’t know when “Mayberry R.F.D.,” a things are going to spin-of f of “The change. I guess it’s Andy Griffith Show.” like the Lord and his “He’s right,” disciples, who Stachacz, 52, said of moved from house to Duffy. “So far people house.” h ave b e e n ve r y Stachacz grew up friendly, kind and ThE REV. in Dickson City, a helpful.” miChaEl Duffy small town in PennStachacz began sylvania. In 1986, fashis tenure at OLL on Rector, cinated by weather, Aug 26, two months St. Agnes Cathedral he began studying after Duffy, the pasmeteorology at Ruttor for the past three gers University, but years, was appointed rector of his interest in the priesthood St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville grew when he took part in the Centre. Stachacz was in the mid- Catholic campus ministry at dle of his second six-year term Rutgers’ Newman Club, an assoas pastor of St. Ignatius Loyola, ciation for Catholic study, serin Hicksville, when Bishop Wil- vice, spirituality and communiliam Francis Murphy, of the Dio- ty. After transferring to Kings cese of Rockville Centre, moved College in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., he him to Lourdes. Stachacz attrib- ear ned a degree in human uted the sudden change to the resources management with a coronavirus pandemic and its impact on local communities, Continued on page 2
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ThE GREEN family — from left, Tanya, Derek, Ava, Sophia and William — took part in the Sept. 30 CommUnity Coalition motorcade.
Diverse groups build civic unity amid unsettling times By JEffREy BEssEN jbessen@liherald.com
After three months of weekly meetings this summer to build stronger ties among several diverse institutions and organizations, the newly created CommUnity Coalition of the Five Towns, Valley Stream and the Rockaways, which includes the Malverne Jewish Center, held its coming-out party on Sept. 30, a 40-vehicle motorcade from the Five Towns Community Center to the Marion & Aaron
Gural JCC’s Harrison-Kerr Family Campus, both in Lawrence. The CommUnity Coalition is the newest group to attack the social problems that at times leave ethnic and religious groups working in opposition, rather than collaboration, to try to solve them. In addition to the Malverne Jewish Center, it includes the Five Towns Community Center and its Gammy’s Pantry; the Irving Place Minyan, in Woodmere; the Islamic Center of the Five Towns, in Hewlett;
the Gural JCC; the Nassau County Office of Asian American Affairs; St. John’s Baptist Church, in Inwood; Valley Stream Presbyterian Church; Young Israel of Hewlett; and the Simon Wiesenthal Center, in Los Angeles. For Rabbi Susan Elkodsi, spiritual leader of the Malverne Jewish Center, being a part of the coalition means that her synagogue is committed to upholding Jewish values of inclusivity. “While our communities are racially, Continued on page 15
ather Jim is a dynamic, effective, holy priest.