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Diocese of Rockville Centre

Long Island Catholic

Champions of Faith

The National Fellowship
of Catholic Men

Rev. Brian P. Barr

Fr. Brian Barr is a priest of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. A native of Long Island, he attended Our Lady of Victory School in Floral Park and Holy Cross High School in Bayside, Queens. Prior to his ordination, he attended Cornell University graduating with a degree in Industrial and Labor Relations. Six years later, in May of 1993, he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John McGann. In his first assignment he served as associate pastor to the Parish of St. Thomas the Apostle, West Hempstead. In 1998, he was appointed chaplain to St. Anthony’s High School where he served the school community for six years. In 2004, Fr. Brian was assigned Diocesan Director of Campus Ministry. In that role he was responsible for providing a Catholic presence on the various secular colleges and universities within the diocese. During those years he also served as chaplain to Hofstra and Adelphi Universities. In June 2007, Fr. Barr was appointed Director of Vocations by Bishop William Murphy. As Vocation Director, he is responsible for encouraging, educating, recruiting and directing men in the process of discerning a vocation to the priesthood. He also serves as chaplain to the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point.

Fr. Roy Tvrdik, S.M.M

Fr. Roy Tvrdik, S.M.M. is a Montfort Missionary and has been serving his Order as the Director of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Island in Manorville (www.ourladyoftheisland.org) for the past six years. Prior to this assignment he taught Theology at St John's University and currently also serves as Campus Minister for the Diocese of Rockville Centre at Dowling College and SUNY at Old Westbury. After his ordination in 1993, Fr. Roy was a parish priest at St. Mary Gate of Heaven Parish in Ozone Park. He has also served as Vocation Director for the Montforts. He has preached many parish missions and retreats over the years, with emphasis on Mariology, Ecumenism, Bereavement and Healing Ministries, and Male Spirituality.

Anthony Gentile

Anthony Gentile is a grateful husband and father who has dedicated his life to bringing God’s love and mercy to a world that is thirsting for it. After a powerful conversion experience seven years ago, he has answered a call to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and ignite the fire of faith and courage in the hearts of all who will listen.

At the age of 13, fed up with the constraints of religion, Anthony turned to his peers and idols for a definition of truth that would suit his growing need for indulgence. His adolescent years were filled with anger, rage and hatred toward the true dignity of manhood. Sex, drugs and rock’n’roll was his idea of what life should consist of. This lead him down the wide path of spiritual destruction. All of the things he thought would bring him happiness and fulfillment betrayed him and left him utterly devoid of life, liberty and happiness. Forced to confront the reality of his own selfishness, he collapsed under the weight of his own iniquity. Seeking to take his own life time and time again, he found himself in desperate need of a savior.

Searching for a God he did not know, inspired by a grace he did not understand, he responded to a call he could not mistake. God in His Infinite Mercy called out to Anthony and sought to bring him home to Himself. Returning to the Sacrament of Confession after 10 years of grave sin brought life to this barren soul and set him on a new path, a demanding path which would require of him to die to self. Although it may seem that Anthony had lost much, in reality he found what he had been searching for… love, freedom and true manhood.

Anthony lives in Seaford with his wife Crystal and their four children.

Dr. Kevin Kulik - Chiropractor & Nutritionist

Those however, are not his most important titles. He sees his role as a son of God, husband, and father as primary. His encounter with God through his meeting with Mother Teresa early in his career set the tone for the kind of spirituality he desired to pursue. While blessing his hands she requested that each person he layed his hands on would be seen by him as if they were Christ. This has been a great challenge to say the least!; As a result, shortly thereafter, he began his interest and involvement with Mens Spirituality in the 80’s, when he joined ” Promise Keepers”. This is an organization that grew incredibly quick among predominately evangelical Christians. Although Dr. Kulik has a great love and respect for Promise Keepers, His love for the Catholic Church called him to bring Mens Spirituality ” Roman Style”, to guys of his own faith. The Mens Spirituality movement within the Catholic Church has lagged behind our protestant brothers and it is his sentiment that “our time has come”

Bishop William Murphy
Diocese of Rockville Centre, Long Island, NY

Bishop Murphy will be the Main Celebrant for our Closing Mass at 4:00 pm. Bishop Murphy was ordained a Priest of the Archdiocese of Boston at Saint Peter’s, Vatican City, December 16, 1964.  In 1995, he was then named Auxiliary Bishop to the Archbishop of Boston and Titular Bishop of Saia Maggiore.  On September 5, 2001 he was installed as the Fourth Bishop of Rockville Centre, Long Island, NY.