93 Extraordinary Ministers
February 14th, 2008 by Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P.
On Sunday, February 10, The Word Day of the Sick; Saint Catherine of Siena Church commissioned 93 three persons as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. They will help the Dominican Friars in bringing the Eucharist to the patients at several surrounding Hospitals within the parish boundaries including the Hospital for Special Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center and Rockefeller University Hospital.Four persons received the designation of Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion-Emeritus in celebration of their long years of faithful serve.Saint Catherine’s also launched it’s first website. The Mission of the health care ministry of the Dominican Friars of St. Catherine of Siena Church and Priory is to promote the dignity of the human person and the healing ministry of Jesus Christ among parishioners, health care professionals, patients, and their families through pastoral care, education, research, and ethics consultations in the Hospital for Special Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ,New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, and Rockefeller University Hospital.
