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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
