AUGUST 1, 2026 FRIAR SUPPLIER PICNIC- September 20, 2026 is the Annual Friar Supplier Picnic. It will be held at the Bethpage State Park in Bethpage. It will start at 12 noon. Lots of Friar and Sisters plus all of you Lay People. We will provide the place and we need you to provide the assorted food. We will provide water, drinks, paper plates, utensils, cups. Next month in your monthly letter will be a flyer that is very detailed. The Pavilion is enclosed so the picnic is ra

The Friar Supplier Picnic scheduled for Sunday, 09/20/2026, has been cancelled because of expected bad weather. Rain makes an outdoor picnic difficult to hold safely and comfortably. The Friar Supplier Picnic scheduled for Sunday, 20/09/2026, has been cancelled because of bad weather forecast. No alternate plan is included in this notice. . Thank you for your understanding.

Busy week of pick ups, St. Rose of Lima (Massapequa), Our Lady, Queen of Peace and St. Edward the Confessor, Syosset...above. Thank you to Donna and the St. Edward's community for the school supplies, baby formula and peanut butter.

A run up to Waterbury, CT on a Sunday morning to pick up food and supplies donated for Haiti. Thank you to John, Mary Lou and Robert Connors and Matt and Thomas Wagner for all you efforts. Also to the communities that donate and pack the Island Harvest boxes with the rice/protein meals.

Its the annual picnic!!! Come meet some Friars and Sisters. Enjoy awesome fellowship and meet really awesome brothers and sisters in Christ! I always leave thinking "God is so, so good" Come with food to share or just come. Even if you dont feel like coming, I guarantee you will be glad you did and leave with peace. Listen to the Holy Spirit's nudging.

I am amazed at how the Outreach programs network. St. Rose of Lima, Massapequa had a huge donation of baby formula. They helped load it and Matt helped unload it. It took 2 trips! We filled almost 4 barrels.

Matt joined me today to help pick up from 2 of our "regular" parishes. First we went to Sacred Heart in Merrick. Ann, Kathy and Katie were in today and it was lovely to see thier smiling faces. Sacred Heart is alway very generous. Next we made our way to St. Ignatius of Loyola in Hicksville. MaryAnn had a shopping cart full of food for us. She was moved by the pictures of Haiti. Thank you to all the volunteers at these Outreach programs for what they do for thier communitie

Its been a fewcweeks since I have been able to help. I have been traveling or recuperating. Finally got to drive today after 6 weeks. Charlie can relate! One of the first things I did? Go to Charlie's. Dennis, Charlie and I worked on "begging" letters. Charlie writes the letters and Dennis and I got them ready for mailing. Here are the 3 types we worked on today: 1) We mailed letters to 70 Parish Outreach programs explaining the Haiti Mission and requesting thier expired food

FRIAR SUPPLIER PICNIC—SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20 IS OUR ANNUAL PICNIC. It will be at Bethpage State Park in the BLUEBIRD Pavilion. It is Rain or Shine. Because we have a Pavilion it can be rain or shine. In our September Newsletter we will talk all about it. All the Friars and Sisters will be there. You will get to meet the new class of Postulants who are joining. So pleases mark your calender. Bring your whole family. OUR PROGRAMS- I’m sorry to say that because of dwindling donati

Thank you to Our Lady of Peace, Lynbrook for an ENTIRE barrel of peanut butter. This will go out in the next shipment to Haiti. Thank you to the smiling Eric for doing the pick up. God provided the beautiful skies.

On April 4th Scout Troop 1, Babylon and the Moran children and grandchildren gathered at Charlie's. They used recycled host containers to pack rice to be shipped to Haiti. The rice was donated by b the Order of Malta.

Friars Suppliers recycles and reuses host containers and candles. We have parishes around Long Island that collect empty host containers. We use them to pack rice and ship it to Haiti. We also get used candles that are sent to the parish in Haiti. The wax is melted and used to refill the candles.

Ken and Mary did the grocery shopping for the Friars and Sisters this month. They fill up the van. The next day I drive it to St. Crispin's. I meet Chris there, who does the meat shopping. Then we unload. From there the food is sorted and then delivered to the other Friaries and convents. This happens every month, Charlie is hoping to take a ride with me in March to visit the Friars. You can never out give God. I even got a blessing from Fr. Terry before I left. I feel lik

Delivery of incontinence supplies to St. Joseph's Home in Huntington. These are picked up from various Outreach programs across Long Island and delivered to the Benedictine sisters that run the facility. Srs. Mataya and Rita with Charlie.

“2026 DOESN’T LIKE ME SO FAR—DO YOU?’ On December 20th I came down with the Flu. It lasted until December 29. So I missed Christmas. I'm a real Christmas person. I couldn’t even go to my son, Shaun’s house because I was so sick. Then on New Years Eve I had a seizure and ended up in Good Sam Hospital for 5 Days. That was traumatic. I was totally out of it. Then to make matters worse the Doctors told me I could not drive for a YEAR! So now I went into depression. My thoug

St. Raphael Outreach in East Meadow loads us up with food for Haiti. Thank you to Ann and all the wonderful staff that work at Outreach.

Awaited by the Father Sr. Thérèse, CFR Oh, Lent. It’s upon us again! I don’t know about you, but for most of my life, the approach and arrival of Lent has not exactly been a joyful occasion. It tends to bring with it a slight heaviness. However, this year has been different. Recently, I was giving a talk at a retreat day and shared a story about my brother and his little girl. A few years ago, while I was home visiting my family, I was playing in a park with my niece.