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Promise Mass on the Feast of Don Bosco at MHC, Tampa on February 1st, 2026

We are pleased to share with the Province the installation on two new members Amanda Katherine Dewar (right) and Julie Ann Fameree

On February 14, at the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in Stony Point, New York, four new Cooperators were inducted!  Members of the Provincial Council invested Luz Reyes, Magadlena Singson, Patricia Schauble, and George Schauble with their pins and PVAs.  Fr. Thomas Dunne, Provincial Council Delegate, Fr. William Feruzzi, Center Delegate, and Fr. Manny Gallo, Director of the Shrine, concelebrated.  Their Center members were present at the Mass and hosted a party afterwards.   

On Sunday, August 2, 2026 the Ramsey, New Jersey Center welcomed three new Cooperators!   Irene Hurtado, Elena McAlear, and Shannon Whitmore made their Promise in the presence of their families and SF members. 

Fr. Craig Spence, SDB, delegate for the local Cooperators, presided and preached at the Mass. Bernie Pontillo of the Cooperator provincial council and Rick Valladares, local coordinator, carried out the induction ceremony: the making of promises and the presentation of certificates of membership, the Cooperators’ Project of Apostolic Life, and membership pins. The new Cooperators are Pat Brehm, Anthony DiFulco, Anne Early, Lance Ehret, Nicole Perque, Megan Sepvalado, and Macie Weaver.