Chilean Committee 
The Chilean Committee is made up of the Chilean
community in our Parish. The committee sponsors numerous social
and fund raising activities.
Their main event is the celebration of “La Virgen
del Carmen.”
"La devoción del escapulario del Carmen ha hecho
descender sobre el mundo una copiosa lluvia de gracias espirituales y
temporales” (Pío XII, 6-VIII-1950).
President: Norma Beas
Contact Info: (718) 327-5752
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Divino Niño
Committee  The Divino Niño Committee is made up of the
Colombian community in our Parish. It sponsors numerous social and fund
raising activities.
The committee's main event is the celebration of the Feast of “El
Divino Niño.”
Comienza la devoción al Divino Niño en Colombia en
el año 1907, primero entre los carmelitas y después en la Comunidad
Salesiana. Fueron tantos los favores concedidos que los devotos
agradecidos propagaron la devoción por todas partes.
President: Mayra Hercules
Contact Info: (516) 837-0872
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Dominican Republic Committee  The Dominican Republic Committee is made up of the
Dominican community in our Parish. It sponsors numerous social and fund
raising activities.
The committee's main event is the celebration of “Nuestra Señora de
la Altagracia.”
Su nombre "de la Altagracia"
nos recuerda que por ella recibimos la mayor gracia que es tener a
Jesucristo Nuestro Señor. Ella, como Madre, continua su misión de
mediadora unida inseparablemente a su Hijo.
President: Deacon Tony Bobadilla
Contact Info: (646) 963-4844
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Guatemalan Committee  The Guatemalan Committee is made up of the
Guatemalan community in our Parish. It sponsors numerous social and fund
raising activities.
The committee's main event is the celebration of “El Señor de
Esquipulas.”
El Santo Padre Juan Pablo II visitó Guatemala el 6
de febrero de 1996 para celebrar los 400 años de haber sido esculpida la
Imagen del Señor de Esquipulas.
Interim-President: Deacon Tony Bobadilla
Contact Info: (646) 963-4844
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Haitian Committee  The Haitian Committee is made up of the Haitian
community in our Parish. It sponsors numerous social and fund raising
activities.
President: Jacques Mathieu
Contact Info: (718) 471-1465
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Honduras Committee  The Honduras Committee is made up of the Honduran
community in our Parish. It sponsors numerous social and fund raising
activities.
The committee's main event is the celebration of “La Virgen de
Suyapa.”
En 1925 Pío XII declaró a Nuestra Señora de Suyapa
Patrona de la República de Honduras, y se escogió el 3 de febrero como
el día de la celebración patronal, con misa y oficio propios.
President: Oscar Murillo
Contact Info: (718) 471-7364
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Mexican Committee  The Mexican Committee is made up of the Mexican
community in our Parish. It sponsors numerous social and fund raising
activities.
The committee's main event is the celebration of the Feast of Our Lady
of Guadalupe.
The Lady of Guadalupe is of significant importance
to Mexican Catholics and has been given the titles of Queen of Mexico,
Empress of the Americas and Patroness of the Americas. The Basilica of
Our Lady of Guadalupe is the most visited Catholic shrine in the world.
President: Martha Chanona
Contact Info: (347) 926-4245
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Nicaraguan Committee  The Nicaraguan Committee is made up of the
Nicaraguan community in our Parish. It sponsors numerous social and fund
raising activities.
The committee's main event is the celebration of the Solemnity of the
Immaculate Conception or “La Purisima.”
The feast of the Immaculate Conception, celebrated
on December 8, was established as a universal feast in 1476 by Pope
Sixtus IV.
President: Auxiliadora Sosa
Contact Info: (347) 517-5542
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Nigerian Committee  The Nigerian Committee is made up of the Nigerian
community in our Parish. It sponsors numerous social and fund raising
activities.
President: James Iloka
Contact Info: (718) 868-0183
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Panamanian Committee  The Panamanian Committee is made up of the
Panamanian community in our Parish. It sponsors numerous social and fund
raising activities.
The committee's main event is the celebration of “Jesús Nazareno.”
President: Martin Marquez
Contact Info: (718) 915-4569
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Puerto Rican Committee  The Puerto Rican Committee is made up of the Puerto
Rican community in our Parish. It sponsors numerous social and fund
raising activities.
The committee's main event is the celebration of “Nuestra Señora de
la Divina Providencia.”
El Papa Pablo VI declaró a Nuestra Señora Madre de
la Divina Providencia, como patrona principal de la isla de Puerto Rico
mediante un decreto firmado el 19 de noviembre de 1969.
President: Miguel Jimenez
Contact Info: (718) 471-6905
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Salvadorian Committee  The Salvadorian Committee is made up of the
Salvadorian community in our Parish. It sponsors numerous social and
fund raising activities.
The committee's main event is the celebration of “El Salvador del
Mundo.”
President: Deacon Candidate Rene Hernandez
Contact Info: (516) 371-9515
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Trinidad and Tobago Committee  The Trinidad and Tobago Committee is made up of
parishioners who are from Trinidad and Tobago. It sponsors numerous
social and fund raising activities.
The committee's main event is the celebration of the Feast of Saint
Gertrude.
The Feast of St. Gertrude is celebrated on
November 16, the date of her death in 1301 or 1302.
President: Susan Singh-Smith
Contact Info: (718) 327-1133, ext. 25
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