Joe R

Grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, through public schools 170 and 201, Jesuit high school and college (Brooklyn Prep and Fordham). Taught English in NYC public schools (every borough but Staten Island), interrupted by USArmy in peacetime Europe and wedding to Irene (3 children). Assistant Principal in Brownsville/East Flatbush for 22 years. Teaching theology at St John's University since 1989.

A founding team member of MYP, following two years of facilitating St Mel's high school CCD and the Xaverian Brothers retreat program in Flushing.
For thirty years I've been thankful that (most) teens trust us when we say that making Catholicism a larger part of your life will make you happier!

Irene R

Andrea D

I am a graduate of St. Francis Prep High School. I am currently working as a teacher at Community Learning Center Preschool while finishing up my degree in Elementary Education at C.W. Post.
I gladly accepted the opportunity to be a part of the Module Team nine years ago after being a teen in the MYP throughout my four years of high school. Being a part of this team is my chance to give to other teenagers all the love, support and friendships the MYP had given me as a teenager. Yet, working with these teens and being a part of the MYP still continues to give me so much more than I may be able to give in return. That is the wonderful thing about this incredible group of people.

Ben F

Cathy B

Christina D

Deirdre S

Diana R

I’m a 1987 ST. Francis Prep graduate. I was also a member of the MYP during high school and during junior high & elementary school. My mom & dad, Joe & Irene, were part of the original team that began the Moudle Youth Program over 30 years ago.
I currently work at Showtime Television, in the Creative Services department. My title is Production Manager. I work with creative folks who come up with great ideas on how to promote a certain film or series on Showtime . It's a fun job. I travel a little, sometimes meet famous people and make television.

I love the MYP very much. It is an imperative part of my spiritual life. I enjoy being with the teens in the program more than they will ever know. And as long as no one asks me to stop I will continue telling silly stories about my life and try to help them understand that we all struggle, but it's worth it.

Dina D

Doris I

I have been a part of the Module Youth Program since May 1978. I was a junior at Francis Lewis High School at that time and made my first “Day” – Courage to Be Day. I will never forget the extraordinary feeling I had coming home from that first day – the first time I can recall experiencing the Holy Spirit in my life. One reason I have continued to work as a team leader over the past 20 years is to share this same experience with other teens.
I live in St. Anastasia’s parish with my husband and our three children. Before taking time to stay at home and raise a family I worked as a real estate appraiser for a NYC lending institution, and prior to that as an elementary school teacher in NYC. I see myself as the perennial volunteer and have been involved in various aspects of parish life (lector, song leader, choir, homeless shelter worker, Family Mass planning, CCD teacher) since I was a teenager.
On a MYP Day I might be most visible at Mass playing guitar and leading our team and teens in song.

For many years I have spent the better part of each spring working on the recruiting committee for the MYP. Our focus is to speak to the graduating 8th graders from our participating parishes and invite them to our program once they have entered high school. Though I don’t run the committee at the present time I still enjoy visiting the classes each spring and telling them about the MYP. The difficulty has and always will be trying to describe the good feeling I get from the MYP events I attend. Think about the most loving hug you have ever received and then times that by 7. Now put it into words. Not easy to do, but wouldn’t you want everyone you meet to experience that same great feeling of God’s love and acceptance?
I see that as my role on this team and thank God for all the wonderful young men and women He has brought into my life.

Gary M

I was a teen in the MYP during my years at Archbishop Molloy High School (1994-98, before it went co-ed), and the Module helped me grow both emotionally and spiritually more than I could ever express. When I was asked in 2001 to join many of the same people who helped me grow so much in their very important work, I leapt at the chance to give back, both to the Team and to the teenagers who we are blessed to be able to help.
Outside of the Program, I work at St. John’s University in the oh-so-glamorous world of technical theatre, and moonlight as an actor whenever possible.

Jen S

John F

Kristen M

Laurie H

Megan M

Mike F

I am a graduate of Holy Cross High School. The class of 1985. I made my first Module Day in February 1985. I wish I knew about this program before my senior year.
I was asked to be on the Team in 1988. It was an Honor for me. I found it amazing that the team comes from all walks of life. I am presently a retail manager. Some Team members are teachers, secretaries, nurses, business consultants, etc.
I have watch the Team, Teens and the entire program grow and Blossom. Many of them I have forged close relationships with. All of them I am proud to say are my friends. Hence our theme song, "You've Got A Friend" by James Taylor.

Nan A

PJ M

I have been a member of the MYP from 1985-1989 as a Teen and since 1994 as a member of the Team. From the first moment I walked into my first day as a freshman in St Mels, I knew that this was a place I could see myself for a very long time. My aunt and uncle Taz and Kathy were members of the Team in the early 1980s and my sister Carolyn helped bring the Module beyond Flushing into other areas in Queens like Bayside and Fresh Meadows in the mid-80s so I am carrying on their legacies with my work today.
I am a graduate of Holy Cross High School and Queens College and I currently work at Pearson Longman as the Production Techonology Archivist. Currently I am involved in the information upkeep on this website as well as interviewing and locating many of the over one thousand MYP alumni from the first 30 years for a book on the history of this program which I hope to have completed by the end of this year. I do other non-Module related things, too. Really, I do!

Rosie S

I have had the privilege of being on both sides of the MYP - one being a teen (from 1995-1998) in the program and the other, a team member (since 2003). I graduated from The Mary Louis Academy and St. Joseph's College where I obtained a B.A. in Regular Ed/Special Ed. and had an area of concentration in sociology. I am now a full-time special education teacher and am also a catechist in St. Kevin's Parish. I was so sad to leave this wonderful program full of such happy and spiritual people. Thankfully, after a year of coaxing from Tommy, I was back with the MYP. It was one of the best decisions I've made in my life. I have gotten so much out of this program... from the MYP team who work so hard to plan a "day" to the talks, meditations, prayer services, and masses. I want to be able to share those experiences and create new ones with the teens in our program.

Tom and Kathy L

I have been actively involved in Youth Ministry since 1981, starting as a Team Member for the Christian Awakening Program for the Diocese of Brooklyn. Since August 1984, I have been blessed to be a part of the MYP. I have met some of my closest friends from the Program, specifically my wife, Kathy.

Kathy and I have been married for ten years and have four children (Connor, Aidan, Ryan & Mary). I live in Beechhurst, NY and am part of Holy Trinity Parish. Professionally, I work in the Telecommunications department for Viacom International, Inc. Also, I am the Director of the Young Adult Christian Awakening Program and a staff member at St. Paul's Center in Douglaston, NY.
What I'm most proud of in my life are the things that I am active in: my family, my faith and my community. The MYP strengthens all of these things for me.