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Maura Maier, widow of Malvernite Hank Maier, who died in 2016, received an engraved platter on Dec. 15 to commemorate the renaming of Our Lady of Lourdes School’s basement wing Hank Maier Memorial Hall. With her, from left, were PTA President Monica Murray, the school’s principal, Mary C. Murphy, and the Rev. Michael Duffy.

Our Lady of Lourdes School in Malverne dedicated this year’s annual Christmas party to the late Malvernite Hank Maier on Dec. 15. Maier, who lived in the village for 50 years, was honored for … more

By Nakeem Grant | 12/21/17

Gwen Church and TJ Ledwith carried boxes of supplies to the caravan.

Forging a bond between the housed and the homeless

A caravan of seven cars stuffed with clothes, food, toiletries and 40 volunteers made its way into Manhattan last week to help the homeless during Our Lady of Lourdes biannual Midnight Run. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 8/9/17

Duffy at the pulpit at Our Lady of Lourdes.

A new pastor for Our Lady of Lourdes

It was his first official weekend as the new pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes church in Malverne, and the Rev. Michael Duffy made it a point to address the congregation at every Mass celebrated on July 1 and 2. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 7/13/17

The McDonald family, with past New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.

NYPD Det. Steven McDonald — a timeline

March 1, 1957: Steven McDonald is born in Queens Village. 1964: The McDonald family moves to Rockville Centre. July 16, 1984: Steven is appointed to the New York City Police Department. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 1/17/17

Introducing Cooper and Dino

Second-graders from Our Lady of Lourdes school received a visit from two dogs, Cooper and Dino, as part of the Town of Hemptead Animal Shelter’s Humane Education Program. more

11/11/16

A new administrator joins Our Lady of Lourdes

The Rev. John David McCarthy, previously a priest-in-residence at Our Lady of Victory Parish in Floral Park and the chaplain at Holy Trinity High School in Hicksville since 2013, has been appointed administrator of Our Lady of Lourdes church in Malverne. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 9/6/16

The Rev. Frank Parisi has voluntarily stepped away from his ministry at Our Lady of Lourdes due to allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor.

Malverne pastor steps down

The Rev. Frank Parisi, the pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Malverne for the past 11 years, announced in an open letter to parishioners last weekend that he had been accused of “inappropriate behavior with a minor” in an incident that occurred just over 20 years ago. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 6/20/16

The Rev. Chux Okochi answered questions from his pharmacy students at St. John’s University last week. Okochi has been teaching at the university since 2003.

A priest, and a St. John’s University professor

It was 9:05 a.m. on the first Friday back from a month-long winter break, and 24 pharmacy students at St. John’s University, in Queens, were getting an introduction to their new class, Interpersonal Communications for Pharma. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 1/27/16

Kerry O’Keefe Sr. started a new Malverne chapter of the support group GRASP, which helps people cope with the addiction-related death of a loved one.

‘Everyone in our groups has lost someone to addiction’

After the death of Kerry O’Keefe’s son, Kerry Jr., due to drug addiction in 2006, O’Keefe started going to a Manhattan-based bereavement group to cope with the loss. But it didn’t help. “You’d hear stories of some kids that got hit by a car, others that had cancer, but they were treated differently,” he recalled. “There’s a stigma that comes with a drug death that comes up all the time.” more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 1/20/16

Malvernites Laura Fewer, left, and Sophie Wilson spent time talking with Jean outside the Church of St. Francis of Assisi on 31st St. in Manhattan — the spot that Jean calls home.

OLL Youth Ministry does a Midnight Run for the homeless

Several hours after New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio announced a $22 million effort to combat homelessness and mental illness, a caravan of six large cars had starting converging in the parking lot of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Malverne. With their doors flung open, a team of over two dozen teens and several adults got busy packing the cars to the rooftops with clothes, shoes and toiletries. By 8:15 p.m., the workers had finished, the cars were full, and the team left the serene security of Malverne to aid the homeless in Manhattan. more

By Rossana Weitekamp and Ryan Pane | 8/12/15

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