Magnificat Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapter

Breakfast at the Hofstra Club

Guest Speakers:  Lisa Reali and Toni-Marie Reali Uckar

 

Date:               December 7, 2019

Time:              9:45 a.m.

Place:              The Hofstra Club, 1000 Fulton Avenue / 225 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 

Cost:               $35 per person – LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE (Deadline:  December 2nd)

 

Please join us for a Magnificat Breakfast on December 7th.  Our Guest Speakers will be Lisa Reali and Toni-Marie Reali Uckar, mother and sister (respectively) of Joe Reali . . . who was Not your average Joe!

 

Joe came from a devout Catholic family.  He became a sacristan, trained altar servers and helped with the parish youth group. He also continued to serve at the altar for the Padre Pio Prayer Group, which attracts hundreds and meets monthly at Holy Name of Jesus Church. The Reali family was inspired to start the prayer group because of their personal connection to St. Padre Pio.

 

Joe once wrote about his upbringing, “If anyone had doubts about Catholicism whom I met in my life, these events that took place in my childhood made me feel obligated to stand up for it, because I have no doubt in my mind that God and Jesus Christ do exist and are really present in the Mass.”

Having been diagnosed years earlier with an enlarged heart condition, Joe died unexpectedly but peacefully in the family home at age 25.

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Altogether, some 3,000 people gathered, and many shared stories about how Joe had made them feel loved, helped them in a time of need, brought them to church or otherwise changed their lives for the better. One woman, for example, had driven hours from Pennsylvania to pay her respects, since Joe was responsible for talking her son, who had run away, into returning home.

Bishop William F. Murphy, then-head of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, was present and compared Joe to St. Stanisław Kostka and St. Aloysius Gonzaga, two saints who died young but had a fervent devotion to the Eucharist and the Blessed Mother.

For a short time, Joe had entered seminary, and his seminary essay included a favorite quote by football legend Vince Lombardi, who was himself a member of the Knights: “I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle — victorious.”

 

Lisa and Toni-Marie will share their amazing stories of what it was like living with this remarkable young man.

 

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Magnificat Breakfast – December 7, 2019

Registration Form (Deadline:  December 2nd)

 

Please  return this form with full payment.  Checks are to be made payable to Magnificat and mailed to Judy Murphy, 42 Pinehurst Street, Lido Beach, NY 11561.  Inquiries:  Judy Murphy at (917) 453-5750 or email:  IMH_Magnificat_RVC@yahoo.com

 

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