Conferences
“Knowledge of the poor and needy is not gained by pouring over books or in discussion with politicians, but by visiting the homes where they live, sitting by the bedside of the dying, feeling the cold they feel, and learning from their lips the causes of their woes.”
Blessed Frederic Ozanam (1813-1853)
What is a Conference?
Conferences are parish and/or community based groups of lay volunteers that provide direct services and referrals to the poor and needy individuals and families. By becoming personally involved in helping the poor in their community, Conference members seek to grow and develop in their spiritual lives.
In the parish, Conferences work closely with their pastor and congregation to serve the poor in their local community. Conferences obtain their funding through regular and special collections at the parish, fund raising drives and member donations.
Conferences also have been organized at schools, universities, hospitals, prisons and other places where they can be of service meeting the corporal and spiritual needs of others. Each Conference decides what programs and services they will offer based on the needs of their local community and neighbors.
Our Conferences are located in the following Long Island communities:
- Christ the King, Commack
- Holy Name of Mary, Valley Stream
- Holy Spirit, New Hyde Park
- Mary Immaculate, Bellport
- Maria Regina, Seaford
- Norte Dame, New Hyde Park
- Our Holy Redeemer, Freeport
- Our Lady of Good Counsel, Inwood
- Our Lady of Hope, Carle Place
- Our Lady of Lourdes, Malverne
- Our Lady of Mercy, Hicksville
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Lindenhurst
- Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Centerport
- Our Lady of Victory, Floral Park
- St. Agnes Cathedral, Rockville Centre
- St. Aloysius, Great Neck
- St. Anne, Garden City
- St. Anthony, Oceanside
- St. Anthony Padua, East Northport
- St. Barnabas, Bellmore
- St. Bernards, Levittown
- St. Boniface, Elmont
- St. Boniface Martyr, Sea Cliff
- St. Christopher, Baldwin
- St. Frances Cabrini, Coram
- St. Frances de Chantal, Wantagh
- St. Francis of Assisi, Greenlawn
- St. Hugh of Lincoln, Huntington Station
- St. Ignatius Loyola, Hicksville
- St. James, Setauket
- St. John of God, Central Islip
- St. Joseph, Babylon
- St. Joseph, Hewlett
- St. Joseph, Kings Park
- St. Jude, Mastic Beach
- St. Kilian, Farmingdale
- St. Luke, Brentwood
- St. Martin of Tours, Bethpage
- St. Mary of the Isle, Long Beach
- St. Matthews, Dix Hills
- St. Patrick, Glen Cove
- St. Patrick, Huntington
- St. Peter of Alcantara, Port Washington
- St. Peter the Apostle, Islip Terrace
- St. Pius X, Plainview
- St. Raphael- East Meadow
- St. Raymond, East Rockaway
- St. Thomas More- Hauppauge
- St. Thomas the Apostle, West Hempstead
- St. Vincent de Paul- Elmont
- St. William the Abbot, Seaford
- Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Roosevelt
