An Initiation Sacraments Breakfast honoring dozens of youngsters and adults was held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Hall Sunday, with the Knights of Columbus and the Columbiettes hosting all those who recently received one or more sacraments for the first time in the Our Lady of Perpetual Help St Agnes churches of the parish.
The Rev. Jarlath Quinn, pastor, welcomed all to the event lead by Ian McGinniss, grand knight of the Rev. Joseph Donnelly Council of the Knights of Columbus.
Festivities were held in coordination with the Knights popular monthly breakfast held generally the second Sunday of each month from 8:30 to noon. The Vincent T. Lombardi Columbiettes 6552, the auxiliary organization for the Knights, prepared the monthly breakfast, which is supported by several local businesses,
Highlight of the Breakfast was the presentation of scholarship awards to Finley Murphy and Liam Kenney, eighth grade students who received the scholarships to attend a catholic high school. The Columbiettes Award presented by Mary Vernarelli, president of #6552 was presented to Ms. Murphy , who has been accepted at Red Bank Catholic High School and the Francis O Rahm Memorial Scholarship Award was presented by McGinniss to Mr. Kenney. who will attend Christian Brothers Academy.
Mary McKelvey, Director, and Karen Garbayo, assistant director of the parish’s Religious Education department, were also honored and thanked by Fr. Quinn and the parish for all their work throughout the year in providing CCD classes and other assistance.
More than 50 people, most of them infants, received Baptism in the parish during the year, while more than 25 others received their First Communion, the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist and another more than 25 young adults and adults receive the sacrament of Confirmation. There were many marriages in the parish this year as well, all indications of the growth of the parish that invites Catholics to join from throughout the Bayshore community
