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Vol. 31 No. 28
JUlY 9 - 15, 2020
A new pastor at Holy Name Priest will succeed leader who died of Covid-19 in May passion for his faith grew, and he joined his church choir and volunteered to teach younger chil“God wants everyone to be on dren at the church after he an adventure with him, and entered ninth grade. when you receive Jesus into “The older I got, the more I your life, you receive the greatest realized I needed to rely on God’s gift and in turn become a won- grace. When you become open to derful gift to others,” Jesus, you become a said the Rev. David conduit of mercy to Regan, 45, who will others,” he said. become pastor of “When an individual Holy Name of Mary realizes that they Ro m a n C a t h o l i c are not the author, Church in August. conductor or direcHe will succeed tor of their own the Rev. Monsignor lives, but they are Romualdo Sosing, receivers of a great who died May 24 of gift and thereby complications of become conduits of Covid-19. God’s mercy, that is The reV. “I’m happy to truly a humbling dAVid reGAN s e r ve a s p a s t o r experience.” wherever the Holy After high school, Spirit calls me to be,” Regan Regan attended St. Bonaventure said. University, a Franciscan college Growing up in North Baby- in upstate New York, and later lon, Regan served as an altar boy. the Franciscan University of In 1982, at age 8, he received his Steubenville, Ohio, from 1998 to first Holy Communion. That, he 2000. believes, was when he was called After college, he spent time to become a priest. working as a layperson at the “I just knew that’s what God Missionary Diocese of Fairwanted me to become,” he said. banks, Alaska. He helped coordi“I believe that if you want to nate the diocese pilgrimage for change the world, become what the Missionary Diocese to World God wants you to be.” In high school, he said, his Continued on page 5
By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com
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Courtesy Brendan Li-A-Ping
FrieNdS ANd FAmilY held a candlelight vigil outside the Alden Terrace school on June 28 for Valley Streamer Christian Davis, who had been killed the previous day in a Manhattan hit-and-run.
‘He loved to celebrate life’
Christian Davis, 22, dies in NYC hit-and-run By KArYSe GocoUl Christian Davis, a son, brother, friend, role model and “positive light” for many in the Valley Stream community, was killed on June 27 in a hit-and-run crash in the Hamilton Heights section of Manhattan. He was 22. “People would describe Christian as a social butterfly,” his mother, Nichelle Davis, said. “He was very happy and always ready to celebrate. He loved life, and he
loved to celebrate life.” Davis attended Alden Terrace Elementary School, in Valley Stream, and graduated from Elmont Memorial High School in 2016. On June 28, there was an hours-long candlelight vigil at Alden Terrace in his memory, drawing dozens of mourners, who shared their recollections of Davis. “I thought it was really awesome,” Nichelle said of the tribute to her son. “I was impressed by the young peo-
ple and their ability to pull everything together within 24 hours. It shows you that there is a lot that young people in the community can do.” Davis was known to be ambitious, and often pursued a number of interests at any given time, his mother said, noting that he kept a book in which he recorded his ideas. She said he was interested in fashion, re pur posed old clothes and had started learnContinued on page 3
’m happy to serve as pastor wherever the Holy Spirit calls me to be.