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Published: January 25th 2011
Before I left Belgium, my grandsparents told me the story of my great-great-uncle who went to NY in de early twenties. He was a Chaplain at the Cenacle, Lake Ronkonkoma in Long Island, NY.
He spent 20 years as a missionary in Mongolia where he taught catechism to the young and old. He got sick and returned to Belgium. In 1926 he went to America where he became a priest of the Diosese of Brooklyn ...
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Terry
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the Cenacle
What a lovely find as I am browsing the internet. Your great great uncle was a very close friend of my grandparents. My grandfather Maurice worked at the Cenacle as the gardener. He and my grandmother (both Irish) were married at the Belgian National Parish in Manhattan. I have a strong suspicion that Fr. Henry married them and I have written to the Archdiocese to try and retrieve the records. Fr. Henry was my grandfather's naturalization sponsor along with Pat Rafferty (also of the Cenacle). Pat and Maurice built the grotto there. Thank you for the story and the photos!