Flip Mullen 
E-mail: FMullen@woundedwarriorproject.org
To support the Wounded Warriors Project, you can purchase t-shirts or make other donations by calling: (718) 634-6812
Flip was raised in Rockaway as one of seven children. He married Rita Kroll, his high school sweetheart in 1967. They have 7 children and 11 grandchildren. All of the Mullen children are college graduates and three have remained in Rockaway to raise their own families.
Flip joined the NYPD for two years, from 1966 to 1968, where he received several commendations, including the Thomas J. Mackell Award for Outstanding Heroism. In 1968, he joined the FDNY, initially assigned to Ladder 120 in Brownsville “the busiest house in the world”, Flip then moved to the elite Rescue 1 in Manhattan and finally to Ladder 137 in Rockaway. During his 18 years at Ladder 120 and Rescue 1, Flip received several commendations and medals.
Flip has always been active in the community. He has served on the St. Francis De Sales Parish Council for 8 years, worked with the parish CYO for 2 decades and together with other community leaders such as Bugsy Goldberg, Steve Stathis and Captain Kenny Whalen they realized the St. Francis De Sales Summer Classic, which has been running for about 13 years.
However, Flip’s greatest volunteer work and mission is working with special athletes and wounded soldiers. He has been volunteering for 19 years at the Adaptive Sport Program at Windham Mountain in Windham, NY, where he teaches adults and children with various physical and cognitive disabilities to ski. He teamed up with Joe Featherson to bring the Rockaway Special Athletes to Windham for a weekend of skiing and snow tubing for the past 6 years and along with is wife, Rita, hosts a Rockaway Special Athletes fundraiser each summer. While working with wounded veterans in Breckenridge, Colorado, he was inspired to organize a winter sport weekend at Windham Mountain, and it was realized with the assistance of the FDNY, Adaptive Sports Foundation and Disabled Sports USA. Since then, Flip has organized similar weekends in various parts of the country. Following the success of these weekends at Windham, the professionals at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital approached Flip to create a summer sport festival. He delivered with two highly successful and nationally publicized adaptive summer sport festivals for the Wounded Warriors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Brooke Army Medical Center to bring 40 wounded veterans to Rockaway for a four-day summer sports festival.
Elena Solitario
Elena Solitario opened Pilo Arts Day Spa & Salon in 1978. Since its inception, Pilo Arts has been committed to customer service, quality work, a professional atmosphere and a successful staff. Extraordinary client relationships and passionate service are the key to her success, and the foundation of Elena’s continued support and generosity of community charities. Employees were hired based on their talents and love for people. These simple prerequisites have been the building blocks of Pilo Arts’ success.
Elena would not only be on the cutting edge of the beauty world, she would also make a strong statement in the corporate world. “We always promised to give back to the community that made us so successful” says Elena. And for the past 28 years, that is exactly what she has done. Each year, Pilo Arts donates over $1,000,000.00 in services to charities and civic organizations throughout New York. Aristotle once said that we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then becomes not an act, but a habit. “We truly believe that if all businesses give back to the community, it will not only be good for business, but it will also help the community and the charities to grow stronger”. “Giving back helps you become who you are and becomes an essential part of business.”
Her remarkable trajectory from a small town in Avellino, Italy to becoming self made, is the quintessential story of an immigrant who embraced the opportunities America had to offer and who gave back to it. Elena studied cosmetology at Clara Barton High School where she received a gold medal for outstanding talent in hair styling. While owning her successful salon, she pursued a college education and graduated with honors at the College of Staten Island, majoring in economics. Elena’s philosophy emphasizes education, talent and love. With those elements in place, Pilo Arts continues to grow and evolve toward a center for well-being.
Pilo Art Day Spa & Salon
8412 Third Avenue
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York 11209
(718) 748-7411
WWW.PILOARTS.COM
Guest on October 23rd, 2005 (Family & Media)
Katherine G. Fry, Ph.D. Temple University, 1994.
Associate Professor, Deputy Chair, Graduate Division of Television & Radio Department, Brooklyn College - CUNY
Professor Fry is a media expert whose work includes current research and publications in media and cultural geography, media criticism, and media ecology. She has previously taught at Drexel University and Ursinus College. Her specializations include mass media and society, television news, critical cultural studies, and communication theory. Some of her recent research includes a book, Constructing the Heartland:Television News and Natural Disaster, published by Hampton Press in 2003 and publications in media anthologies such as "Television News: Hero for New Orleans, Hero for the Nation", to be published in early 2006 in the International Journal of Space and Culture, "Starbucks Coffee: Promoting and Selling the Postmodern Brew," in Critical Studies inMedia Commercialism by Oxford University Press; and "A Cultural Geography of Lake Wobegon" in the Howard Journal of Communication, and various other critical articles on magazines and German television.
Professor Fry grew up in Minnesota, currently resides in Brooklyn, New York and is the mother of two young children.
Guest on November 6th, 2005 (Mary's Garden)
Andrea Oliva Florendo
Ms. Florendo is a painter, performing artist and an art educator. She is known internationally for her traveling exhibit MARY: THE MASTERPIECE, a series of Baroque and Renaissance-inspired Marian icons and altarpieces. With over thirty years of experience in various roles in creative arts, grant writing and education, she started her career as a teacher and went on to become an Art director of AQA gallery and Director of Art Education and Culture in The National Museum of Catholic Art and History in New York City. Fifty two of her designs have been produced in limited edition prints, lithographs and cards by Royal Art and Salesiana Publishers: The Promise of a Garden, Wild Over WeedsCollection, Fresh Meadows Collection, among others. She is also the author of Michaelli-Kelly, A Parrot Takes A Camel Ride,A Gift From the Birds (published in paper back for children as “Potpourri of Tales”) and The Liturgy of Flowersin a Mary Garden: Rosetti della Virgine Books Oliva & Florendo Publishers.
Ms. Florendo is also a harpist and a practitioner of Harp therapy. Her own compositions of praise and healing music are recorded in Woodland Sonata, available in CDs. She and her husband who plays the violin have performed together as a musical duo since 1998. She lives in Queens, New York with her husband Romulo B. Florendo, M.D., and their three sons – Johann Giovanni, Michaelangelo, and Gian Paulo.
The Liturgy of Flowersin a Mary Garden - A Contemplation by Andrea Oliva Florendo can be ordered by:
Visiting: http://www.atlasbooks.com/marktplc/01248.htm or
www.AndreaFlorendo.com or
Call Toll Free: 1(800) 247-6553
Guest on November 20th, 2005 (Thanksgiving)
Kathryn L. Wayler
Kathryn (Kate) L. Wayler graduated from New York City Technical College in 1982 with high honors and an Associate’s degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. She continued her education with the State University of New York earning a Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management, and just recently completed her Master’s degree in Nutrition and Food Studies at New York University.
She traveled worldwide continuing her training with culinary and pastry experts in Belgium, Italy, and throughout the United States. While attending classes, she worked full time in various restaurants and the corporate kitchens of Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, Salomon Brothers, and for the past 17 years as Chef and Pastry Chef for the United States Trust Company. Additionally, she earned the title of Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Hospitality Department of New York City College of Technology (CITYTECH), City University of New York (CUNY), where she has been teaching pastry, baking, and culinary classes since 1995. In addition to her classes at CITYTECH she also teaches a Virtual Restaurant Management course during the winter session for the Tourism and Hospitality Department’s “College Now” program at Kingsborough Community College, CUNY.
Ms. Wayler holds membership in eight culinary organizations. She has won numerous awards in her field with the most recent being awarded last November by the Chefs de Cuisine Association of America. Ms. Wayler was the recipient of the coveted Raymond Vaudard Medal. She was the first woman to ever receive this award. Moreover, in 1998 Chef Wayler worked with the Brooklyn-Queens Catholic Diocese Immigration Program, “Resources”, and the brainchild of Monsignor Ronald Marinoin. There she taught culinary classes to immigrants at Regina Pacis Church in Brooklyn under the leadership of the Program Director, Chef Carl Esposito with the intention of helping them enter the food industry.
Guest on December 18th, 2005 (Christmas Shopping)
Stacey L. Brown
Stacey Brown is the owner and proprietor of “Cocoa Brown Creations” which is an arts and crafts business that was created in 2004, where Stacey sells handmade customized baskets for all occasions. She is a native of Brooklyn, New York, was raised in the Flatbush section and the mother of a 16-year-old daughter. She is also a licensed cosmetologist, an accomplished hairstylist and make up artist who specializes in wedding make up.
Stacey Brown noticed her love for arts and crafts when her daughter, Ciara was just 4 years old. The Easter holiday was coming up and Stacey decided that she didn’t want to spend money on a traditional Easter basket so she just went and bought all the decorations and she put all the things in the basket that a 4 year old would love.
Stacey has catered to all classes, nationalities, and people from various walks of life, which makes it easier for her to deal with the many different personalities she comes in contact with. Stacey has worked for the Aveda Lifestyles Salon and Spa in Soho, NY as well as training at the renowned Pierre-Michel salon on the upper east side of Manhattan. Stacey has had a hairstyling magazine do an 8-page editorial of her work.
Stacey is an only child to her parents, loves to travel and shop and adores her grandmother who she remembers sharing “Tea Time” and had taught her all the values and instilled the integrity that she possesses to this day. Stacey learned to realize her dreams early and plans to become a household name in the years to come.
You can contact Stacey Brown by writing to her at the following address:
Cocoa Brown Creations
34 Paerdegat 12thStreet
Brooklyn, NY 11236
Guest on December 25th, 2005 (Christmas Celebration)
Father Charles Mangano
On a warm summer evening in 1999, a young charismatic priest stood in front of a microphone before 40,000 people in Lourdes, France. A deafening silence fell over the crowd as he began to sing the words of "Gentle Woman", a ballad praising Mary, the Mother of God. Yet if this priest had listened to the words of a music teacher from his childhood this moment would have never taken place.
Father Charles' musical interests began at the age of twelve. Although his music teacher told him that he was tone deaf, he persevered through the encouragement of his family and the grace of God. At sixteen he was playing guitar and singing for a weekly prayer group. Over the next several years, Father Charles played with the family band, entered CYO competitions, played for various church functions and was in an off Broadway production.
Father Charles' love of music developed into a much deeper and stronger love - his love of the Lord. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest for the diocese of Rockville Centre in 1990. Shortly after, he began to integrate his music into his priestly ministry. "Through my music, I hope to bring people closer to God and to aid them in their journey toward wholeness and integration". It was during his first assignment at St. Catherine of Sienna that people began to encourage him to share his gift of music by recording it professionally. Through the encouragement and financial backing of his parishioners, family and friends, Father Charles released his first album, LEAD MELORD, in the fall of 1992. Due to the overwhelming response, he soon began work on his second album, I CALL YOU FRIEND, and enlisted the vocal talent of his sister Laurie, and the services of musical arranger, Angelo DiPippo.
Father Charles and Laurie produced three additional albums, THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS;TRUST HIS HEART and CELEBRATE JESUS and videos of their major concert events. They have appeared at countless venues from "Nights of Recollection" at local parishes to sold-out concerts at Westbury Music Fair and the Tilles Center. Their goal has always been the same, to convey the awesome love of God so that people will be touched with a renewed sense of faith and the courage to live it out.
A portion of the proceeds from all album sales and ticketed events go to several charities, including the Carol Baldwin Breast Care Center, Little Flower Children's Services of New York, Catholic Charities and The Life Center of Long Island. To date, Fr. Charles and Laurie have donated in excess of $100,000 to these and other worthwhile causes.
Father Charles continues in his primary vocation as a parish priest. In addition to his music ministry, he and Laurie have hosted Father Charles & Laurie Show, a weekly television program of faith sharing, music and prayer on Long Island's Telecare network, the Television Center of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. He has also taken an active role in fostering vocations to the priesthood and religious life by leading vocation pilgrimages. Father Charles continues to pray that God will be glorified through his priesthood, which he has consecrated to Our Lady.
Father Charles Mangano and Laurie Mangano are a brother/sister team dedicated to expressing their love and worship through song. An ordained Roman Catholic priest and associate pastor at St. John Nepomucene Parish in Bohemia, Father Charles hopes that the fruits of his ministry will help others deepen their spiritual lives more so than mere spoken words. Laurie, a professional model for various bridal and fur companies, made the decision to pursue her music after reaching a crossroads in her life. Torn between her volunteer work and her growing music ministry, she chose music.
Father Charles and Laurie have been singing together since childhood, and continue to spread their message through appearances at local workshops, communion breakfasts, and healing masses, as well as touring with such groups as The Love Movement in Manhattan, Canada, Trinidad/Tobago, and Barbados, West Indies. Father Charles' first two albums, Lead Me, Lord (1992) and I Call You Friend (1994), were released through the financial support of the parishioners of St. Catherine of Sienna parish in Franklin Square, who encouraged the recordings as they were so deeply touched by his songs. On these two albums, Laurie sang four duets with Father Charles and some background vocals. In 1995, they decided to join their music ministries and record their first album, The Heart of Christmas. In December of 1999, Trust His Heart was released, and most recently, Celebrate Jesus.
Guest on January 8th, 2005 (Family Life)
Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio
Bishop of Brooklyn
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was born on June 16, 1944, studied at Immaculate Conception Seminary, Newark, Seton Hall University, the archdiocesan seminary in Darlington, and Rutgers University, where he earned a degree in Public Administration.
With strong ministerial and family ties to New Jersey, the Newark-born prelate began his ministry among migrants in l976, six years after his ordination as a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark on May 30, 1970, as the archdiocese’s refugee resettlement director for nine years, during which time he also served a two-year term as director of the Office of Migration of Newark’s Catholic Community Services.
Father DiMarzio then moved to Washington in l985, when he was appointed executive director of Migration and Refugee Services for the U.S. Catholic Conference, and served there for six years. A year after arriving in Washington, he was named a Prelate of Honor by Pope John Paul II.
Father DiMarzio has made migration and immigration his specialty. He was once head of the national Catholic bishops' agency on migration. From 1986 to 1991, Bishop DiMarzio was Executive Director, Migration and Refugee Services, United States Catholic Conference (USCC), the largest private refugee resettlement agency in the country. He is currently Chairman of the U.S. Bishops' Migration Committee, which oversees the work of that agency. Upon Msgr. DiMarzio’s return to his home archdiocese in 1991, Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick appointed him to be the associate executive director of Catholic Community Services and a year later he advanced to executive director, a position he held for five years. A certified social worker with a doctorate in social work research and policy from Rutgers University, he also held the title of Vicar for Human Services.
In l996, Pope John Paul II elevated him to the rank of Auxiliary Bishop, and from l998 till 2001 he chaired the Migration Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Since then he has served as chairman of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network. Inc., and in 2000 he was appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People.
Because of his wide-ranging knowledge and experience in matters affecting migrants and immigrants, Bishop DiMarzio has testified frequently before committees of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Appointed the sixth Bishop of Camden June 8, 1999 succeeding Bishop James A. McHugh, he undertook several initiatives, including establishing an Office of Ethnic Ministries, an Office of Black Catholic Ministry and an Office of Hispanic Ministry. He also created an apostolate to the Haitian community and founded two missions to serve the Korean and Vietnamese communities.
On Aug. 1, 2003 Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop DiMarzio to lead the Brooklyn Diocese succeeding Bishop Thomas Daily, after only four years as the Bishop of the Diocese of Camden. Bishop DiMarzio was installed in his new See at a ceremony and mass both solemn and joyous at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Brooklyn Oct. 3, 2003.
One of Bishop DiMarzio’s first acts after his installation as Bishop of Brooklyn was to speak at the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Rally at Flushing Meadows Park. In November 2003 he spoke before Brooklyn’s Muslim community at a Ramadan celebration and attended the Fifth World Congress of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People in Rome.
It is a coincidence, but the change in bishops coincides with the 150th anniversary of the Diocese of Brooklyn, which contains 1.8 million Catholics but covers only 179 square miles, making it the smallest diocese in the country.
But, like many other bishops, DiMarzio must resolve a sex-abuse scandal inherited from a predecessor. He settled a lawsuit filed in Camden by victims of abuse, and now, in Brooklyn, he finds himself embroiled in another case: Just two days before his installation, 24 alleged victims of abuse filed suit.
His first public words offered a few clues to his ideas about leadership and his role. In his homily, he compared the church and its often-fractious flock to a journey by "people sometimes on a disorganized pilgrimage."
Its leaders are often in the middle of the march, he said, and sometimes in front or the rear. "But somehow," he said, "we all get there."
Bishop DiMarzio’s column of reflections on issues affecting the faithful, entitled “Put Out Into the Deep,” appears weekly in the diocesan newspaper, The Tablet.
Resources: www.dioceseofbrooklyn.org/
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdimarzio.html
http://www.nccbuscc.org/mrs/nacara.shtmlp://www.nccbuscc.org/comm/archives/1999/99-127.shtml
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/123398p-110812c.html
Guest on January 22nd, 2006 (Amazing Woman)
Sister Elaine Roulet, C.S.J
We are honored to have this amazing woman on our show. Sister Elaine Roulet of Saint Joseph Community was born in 1930 and is recently retired after 36 years working for incarcerated women and their children at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.
National Women’s Hall of Fame honored Sister Elaine by inducting her in 1993 joining other notables such as Abigail Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt and St. Elizabeth Seton for her work in philanthropy.
Sister Elaine Roulet first traveled in 1970 to the only women's maximum-security prison in New York with a goal to teach women how to read. For 10 years she served as a family liaison between the prison and Catholic charities, before dedicating herself full-time to teaching women how to love and nurture. In 1980 she became founder and executive director of Providence House, Inc., affiliated with Catholic Charities, which includes multiple sites offering shelter for battered women and families, homeless women, temporary housing for women released from prison, and more. In the same year Sister Roulet founded and became director of the Children's Center at Bedford Hills, which includes a parenting center, children's playroom, nursery and infant center. She has created support programs for mothers and their babies in prison, where this unique program permits mothers whose babies are born in prison to keep them for as long as one year. The Bedford Hills program has become a national model for prisons, overturning conventional wisdom about prisons, women and their children. Sister Roulet says, "Some people say that babies shouldn't be in prison. The baby doesn't know he is prison, but he does know that he's with his mother."
Sister Roulet has been honored with numerous awards for her illustrious life. There was even a talk of translating her life into a Hollywood biopic film. For now, even in retirement, she has a plan to start a new corporation called "Our Journey' in which she will give retreats for the women leaving prison and their children. She also plans to visit many elderly women who have left Bedford Hills and are now in nursing homes.
Additional Resources: Harris, Maria. Proclaim Jubilee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Elaine_Roulet
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=130
http://www.sistersofstjosephbrentwoodny.org/profile%20providence_house_25th.htm
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1167/context/archive
Guest for February 19, 2006 (Chaste Life)
Rose Molfetta
Rose Molfetta graduated from Half Hollow Hills in Dix Hills.
After High School she entered into Berkely-Claremont Business Institute and worked for leading cosmetic companies, such Estee Lauder, Lancôme, Clarins, and Prescriptives.
While working in the field she also graduated from Barbizon Modeling School, and then shortly after taught modeling part-time as an instructor at the school. With these skills, she has modeled and organized fashion shows for churches and non-profit organizations. She has also developed a program “Models for Christ” for teenage girls. The program takes the seemingly secular perspective of make-up and fashion and combined them with spiritual principles of beauty and modeling. The “Blessed Mother” is the presented as the ideal to follow, a model not only of beauty but also of purity and grace.
In 1996 Ms. Molfetta returned to school and received a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology, and a minor in television broadcasting from SUNY Old Westbury in 2000. She is a lifetime member of the National Honor Society. While in school, Ms. Molfetta interned at Telecare, TV Channel 29 on Long Island. She started as an audience coordinator and within a year was producer of “Revival” with Father Charles and Laurie Mangano. She also developed a program about the miracles of prayer by the power of the Holy Spirit, entitled, “Jesus Heals Today” with Father Robert DeGrandis.
For many years she volunteered as a Eucharistic minister at Good Samaritan Hospital, where she taught Catechism, and also took part in the development of a paper, “The Catholic Chronicle.” She was a member of the advising committee and advertising manager.
In 2004 Ms. Molfetta entered The Masters of Social Work Program at Stony Brook University. Presently as a second year student, she is the Stony Brook representative for the National Association for Social Workers.
Ms. Molfetta will be graduating in May 2006 with a MSW degree. One of her objectives will be to reduce teenage pregnancies by continuing the program she developed, which will be using fashion and modeling techniques while strongly encouraging the modesty of style. The purpose of the program will be to instill self-esteem, a positive body image, and to help young girls have the confidence to say “no” to sex. As a result they will truly be “Models for Christ.”
Guest for March 5, 2006 (Lenten Practices & Healthy Dieting)
Sister Bellarmine Ezuma, and Dr. Stephen Garner
Sister Bellarmine Ezuma, DMMM
Sister Bellarmine Ezuma is a member of the Order of Daughters of Mary, Mother of Mercy (DMMM) whose motherhouse is in Nigeria and the Sisters are serving in different parts of the world. She came to the United States two years after her first vows and served at elementary schools in Phoenix City, Alabama and Jersey City, New Jersey. Sister studied at St. John’s University, Queens Campus (BS in Communication Arts) and at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (MS in Radio and Television Management). While at St. John’s, Sister was an active member of the WRED St. John’s University television club. She also enjoyed the privileges of the SJU College of Professional Studies Honor Society and was later inducted to the Golden Key National Honor Society.
Upon graduating from St. John’s, Sister Bellarmine went home for her final vows. She came back and joined the staff of Pastoral Communications of the Diocese of Brooklyn in November 2000 as the Utilization Coordinator and later the Director of Instructional Television Services, a position she holds at present.
Sister Bellarmine has visited almost all the elementary schools in the Diocese at least once for presentations and meetings with Principals and Teachers - promoting the use of television and video resources in classrooms. In addition to the visits, Sister is in charge of program acquisition for CTN-Brooklyn Diocese; this includes the video loan library, broadcast series, which she schedules on 3 channels, live satellite programming and the video streaming (Video-Clips-On-Demand).
Sister Bellarmine shares with us today a little bit of how Lent is observed in Nigeria - the ‘old fashioned way’. Speaking of fasting during Lent, Sister advises that we should not just “fast from food but most importantly, fast from sin”. Sister currently resides at St. Finbar Convent in Bensonhurst and ministers as a Lector.
For more information on the educational resources, please log on to www.pastcomm.org/schools
Dr. Steven Garner
Steven Garner, M.D., a leading radiologist with close to 30 years experience was recently appointed as the chairman of radiology at New York Methodist Hospital.
Before joining NYM, Dr. Garner was the senior vice president and chief medical officer at Saint Vincent’s Catholic Medical Centers of New York. His other previous positions at Saint Vincent’s included director of radiology, St. Joseph’s Hospital; president and CEO, Kennedy Medical Offices; vice president for clinical services; and chair and president of radiology, Brooklyn and Queens Region. As chair at St. Vincent’s, Dr. Garner developed the first fully accredited radiology department by the American College of Radiology in New York City. Dr. Garner is involved in numerous national organizations including the American College of Healthcare Executives, American College of Radiology, American Heart Association and the Civil Aerospace Medical Association, among others. After receiving his bachelor’s degree from Muhlenberg College, Dr. Garner obtained his medical degree from the Chicago Medical School and completed his diagnostic radiology residency at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City.
Dr. Garner has extensive experience in disaster, nuclear biomedical, and chemical preparedness. He was responsible for St. Vincent’s coordinated response on September 11, 2001, necessitated by that hospitals’ proximity to the World Trade Center. Dr. Garner has appeared on numerous network television programs and in national newspapers discussing his knowledge of trauma radiology.
Coming from a family of mostly educators, Dr. Garner has always had a passion for teaching. “I saw becoming a doctor as an opportunity to work in a profession that was satisfying and gratifying but also offering the chance to teach,” he said. You can talk with Dr. Garner on the popular monthly show Ask the Doctor on THE PRAYER CHANNEL for which he is the host. You can also write to his weekly column in the Diocesan newspaper, The Tablet.
Resources: http://www.nym.org/
http://www.pastcomm.org/askthedoctor
Mary Murphy
Mary Murphy is weekend co-anchor of the Emmy Award winning WB11 News at 10, and a correspondent for the station's weekday broadcasts. Murphy, one of New York's most respected journalists, joined the WB11 in 1993, after 7 years at Channel 2 News.
Murphy's work has been honored with 13 Emmy awards by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS); two of them won this year. Mary has spent her entire, 20 year career in her native New York City, covering everything from the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980's to both terror attacks on the World Trade Center.
Mary graduated Magna Cum Laude from Queens College and started out as a news intern with WCBS-TV. Among her Emmy-winning stories: coverage of the John Gotti trial, the Yankees 1996 World Series victory, and a news special on stalking. In 1995, Mary was honored by the American Women in Radio and Television for a documentary called "Schindler: The Real Story," a report on Holocaust survivors living in New York and New Jersey.
Mary is also the recipient of the prestigious Edward R. Murrow award for writing. In the last dozen years, she has won more than a dozen "First Place" awards from the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association.
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Resources: http://wb11.trb.com/
Rabbi Cara Weinstein Rosenthal
Rabbi Cara Weinstein Rosenthal was ordained in 2003 by the Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). A native of West Hartford, Connecticut, Rabbi Rosenthal attended college at the University of Pennsylvania, where she completed a major in psychology. While at JTS, Rabbi Rosenthal concentrated her studies on the subject of Jewish philosophy. After ordination, Rabbi Rosenthal served for three years as the spiritual leader of Congregation B’nai Israel in Freeport. She is currently working as an adult Jewish educator and enjoys teaching and lecturing at various venues in the Long Island area. Rabbi Rosenthal’s goal is to make Jewish knowledge and tradition accessible to modern Jews – and to all who seek to understand it.
When she’s not studying or working, Rabbi Rosenthal enjoys spending time with her husband, Dr. David Rosenthal. The couple resides in East Hills.
Geraldine Brower
Geraldine Brower was born and grew up in Dutchess County, New York. She has resided in Manhattan since graduating from college and lives presently on the Upper East Side. She has been the Director of Development for Sheltering Arms Children’s Service since 1996 and opened The Bridal Garden in January of 1998 as a way to raise more money for the charity’s programs. After college she taught elementary school, worked as a broker on Wall Street and in commercial real estate.
Geraldine has appeared on various television networks featuring The Bridal Garden including Channels 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11 and CNN. The Bridal Garden has also been featured on “The Apprentice” along with that week’s winning team for their second season. She has also appeared on “Business Week TV: Your Money,” and “Consumer News” as well as various cable shows. The Bridal Garden has been written about in the Wall Street Journal along with numerous other newspapers and magazines. The DailyNews reported a story in “People In The News” about Geraldine and The Bridal Garden. Magazines where The Bridal Garden has been featured include New York, Town and Country, and In Style, to name a few. Recently, Geraldine hosted a tour at The Bridal Garden by the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Press Service, for a large group of international journalists.
The Bridal Garden
54 West 21st Street, Suite 907
(between Fifth & Sixth Avenues)
New York, NY 10010
Tel: 212-252-0661 Fax: 212-367-9050
www.bridalgarden.org
