Meet the Soon-to-be Priests for the Archdiocese of New York

| 05/25/2023

By: The Good Newsroom

Cardinal Dolan will ordain seminarians to the priesthood at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Saturday, May 27 at 9 a.m.

One of the men being ordained is Deacon Zachary Alspaugh of St. Mary’s Church in Washingtonville, New York. He says that his journey to the priesthood has been like a Paschal Mystery -the life, death, resurrection of a person –and that ordination day will be like new life beginning.

Keep our new priests in your prayers and visit https://nypriest.com/ to learn more!

Sister Patricia Howell, OP, entered eternal life on December 29, 2025. Sister Pat's most enduring legacy is her 24-year commitment to St. Luke's School in the Bronx, where she served as a teacher and then as principal for 19 years.

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The Good Newsroom

| 01/08/2026

Monsignor Gorman entered eternal life on December 30, 2025. Fluent in Spanish, he ministered in Manhattan, Venezuela, Chester, and Sleepy Hollow, advocating tirelessly for the poor and unborn until his retirement in 2009.

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The Good Newsroom

| 01/08/2026

The January 21 gathering in Morningside Heights will begin at noon.

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Armando Machado

| 01/08/2026