In 2013, one of our local priests named Father Frank Grieco, was re-assigned to another parish, where he became their pastor. He shared that since he was the only priest on that staff, he was looking for fellowship with other Catholic men. So he reached out about 15 former St. Anthony's parishioners and asked us if we were interested in joining a men's group that would meet with him monthly at his new parish. After a number of months, his scheduling did not permit us to meet with him any longer. Thanks to the fellowship that he initiated with this group, about half of those men agreed to meet monthly on their own, to help them on their journey to becoming better men of faith. We did so by meeting at each other's homes, typically on a monthly basis.

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Before the pandemic, the 9 of us began plans to attempt to share the incredible "secrets" that we learned about becoming men of Jesus Christ with other Catholic men in our parish. But due to the pandemic, this effort was delayed till September 2021. Thanks to the support of our pastor, Father Ed Sheridan, we began our meetings to help us in our spiritual journey as well as our fellowship with other men in St. Anthony's of Padua parish. As well as to any other man who would like to join us from a neighboring parish on their journey to answer questions about their faith and life!

 

What are you seeking? Are you aware of the plan that God, who created you, has for your life? Do you want to become a better husband, father and friend to others? Do you know what your purpose in life is?

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These are some of the many questions that our journey has answered for the nine of us. Our only desire in creating this new men's group, which we have named Men of Christ, is to bring what we have learned to other men in our area.

 

Our journey has permitted us to discover many wonderful video resources that we use for our meetings. 

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The original 9 members are Andrew Lopes, Anthony Gengenbach, Bill Becker, Charlie Butera, Craig Lukas, Jim McCann, John Tiburzi, Peter McDermott and Rick Mazur. We list them here to encourage you to reach out to any of us if there is anything that may be stopping you from joining us for a meeting. One of our 9 founding members reached his life's goal by joining Jesus in heaven in May 2022. We have a tribute to Peter McDermott on our home page. And we have also created "Peter's corners", when we break into small groups for discussion, as part of our regular bi-monthly meetings. 

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We believe this is what Jesus is asking us to do at this time. We welcome you to come and see if this makes sense for you! If you need to speak to someone about our meetings before coming to one, please feel free to text Jim McCann at 631-553-5161 to schedule a call.

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