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Chaplains & Campus Ministers - updated 10/10

Do you know a student who has just started college on Long Island? Do you have a parishioner who is hospitalized? Would you like to help with worship in a local jail? These folks can help!

IN NASSAU:

Adelphi University 516-877-3114: The Rev. Father Irinel Racos (Catholic) catholic@adelphi.edu; Matthew Rudolph (Catholic); Brother Abdin Chande (Muslim) chande@adelphi.edu; Lisa Yu (IVCF) 516-877-3114; Rabbi Barry Dov Schwartz 516-764-4100 BDS48@aol.com; The Rev. Jerome Taylor (Protestant) 516-378-5486 sonofthunder@me.com
A. Holly Patterson Nursing Home 516-572-1479: The Rev. R. Michael Reid; The Rev. Delores Miller; The Rev. Doris Stephens
Belmont Race Track: Chaplain Humberto Chavez, 516-488-6000 ext 4063; RTCANY@aol.com, www.rtcany.org
Chaminade High School: The Rev. Garret Long 516-742-5555
C. W. Post/Long Island University: The Rev. Edward J Brown 516-299-2229; Jill Kirschner 516-299-2217
Franklin Hospital Medical Center 516-256-6189: The Rev. Augustine Okochi; Rabbi Louis Diamond
Hempstead Police Department: Rev. Jerome D. Taylor 516-582-1739; Rev. Dr. Pedro Bravo-Guzman 917-626-1206
Hofstra University: The Rev. Brian Barr (Catholic) 516-463-6814 catholic@hofstra.edu; Joe Bruno (Catholic) 516-463-6814; Seam Magaldi (Catholic); Rabbi Meir Mitelman 516-463-6922; Dr. Mamdouh Farid 516-463-6012; Dan Brady (IVCF) 516-782-9618
Holy Trinity Diocesan High School, Hicksville 516-433-2900: The Rev. Joseph Fitzgerald
Hospice Care Network - Nassau staff 516-832-7100: Jerry Calhoun, Manager of Pastoral Care 224-6460; Sr. Marge Caulsen 516-832-2520, ext. 1064; The Rev. Alan Bentz-Letts ext. 1058; George Teachey ext. 1048; Vimala Thomas ext. 1118; The Rev. William Feinberg ext. 1123; Rabbi Benyamin Mayefsky ext. 5506
Kellenberg Memorial High School: The Rev. Thomas Cardone 516-292-0200
Long Beach Medical Center: The Rev. Joseph P. Fernando 516-432-0045
Long Island Jewish Medical Center: Rabbi David Moseson; Sr. Faustina
Long Island Lutheran Middle & Senior High School: The Rev. Ron Gothberg 516-626-1700
McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School: The Rev. Michael Rieder 631-727-5900
Mercy Medical Center 516-705-1414: Sr. Mary Alice Aschenbach CIJ, Administrator; Rev. Francis Oranefo; Rev. Anthony Madu; Ms. Mary Ellen Eichmann; Sr. Norma Jean Lokcinski, CIJ; Eileen Vassallo
Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf 516-628-4217 (voice): The Rev. S. R. Schumacher 516-628-4222 (tty), 516-922-3871 (fax)
Molloy College: The Rev. Gabriel Muteru, Chaplain; Scott Salvato, Director of Campus Ministries; Sr. Diane Capuano, O.P., Associate Director of Campus Ministries
Nassau Community College: (DRVC) 516-572-8064; Alex Thomas (IVCF) 516-606-8267 alexmthomas3@gmail.com
Nassau County Correctional Center - LICC 516-572-3625: The Rev. Nancy Schaffer; The Rev. Larry Swensen
Nassau County Correctional Center - Catholic 516-572-3622/3623: The Rev. Ralph Ferro; Sr. Dolores Castellano, CIJ; Deacon Manuel Romero; Deacon John McGonigle; Daphne DeMills, Chaplain intern
Nassau County Correctional Center - Muslim 516-572-3624: Imam Issa Abdul Kareem 516-442-0060
Nassau County Correctional Center - others: The Rev. Kevin Henesey 516-572-4147
Nassau County Juvenile Detention Center: The Rev. Larry Swensen (LICC) 516-572-3625; Brother Jack Moylan, OSF (Catholic) 516-571-9153/631-969-0865; Sr. Dolores Castellano, CIJ (Catholic) 516-571-9153
Nassau University Medical Center: Sr. Maureen Chase, OP, Director of Pastoral Care 516-572-6069; The Rev. Sebastian Owusu-Mensah 516-572-3195; The Rev. Ciprian Osuegbu 516-572-3195; The Rev. Emilce Erato 516-572-6288; The Rev. Willie Reid 516-572-6288; Sherwood Chapman 516-572-6288; Joan Guevara 516-572-6288; Rev. Kitt Von Braunsberg 516-801-4275/516-697-3333; Rabbi Jill Kreitman
New York Institute Of Technology: Deacon Patrick Dunphy 516-686-7794
North Shore University Hospital at Glen Cove: The Rev. Fred Kutubebi 516-674-7300
North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset 516-562-4043: Jon Overvold, Director of Pastoral Care; Rev. Benet Uwasomba; The Rev. Isaac Mensah
North Shore University Hospital at Plainview: The Rev. Jose Simon Palliparambil 516-719-2285
St. Anthony Diocesan High School: The Rev. Irinel Racos 631-271-2020
St. Francis Hospital 516-562-6720: Sr. Pauline Gilmore FMM (Director, Pastoral Care); Sr. Minda Castrillo FMM; Sr. Elisea Fernando FMM; The Rev. Christian Ike; The Rev. Peter Igwilo; Mary Toole; Sr. Claire McDonald OP; Maryann Annunziata; Patricia Tarpinian; Mary Ellen Bencivenga; Sr. Mari Garesche; Karel Boersma
St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School: The Rev. James Vlaun 631-587-8000
St. Joseph Hospital, Bethpage 631-520-0222: Rev. Hilary Ezenwa; Deacon William Griffin
South Nassau Communities Hospital 516-763-2030: Rev. Francis Ackah; Deacon Charles Muscarnera
S U N Y at Old Westbury: Katie McEvoy 516-376-3031
U. S. Merchant Marine Academy 516-773-5306
Winthrop University Hospital 516-663-9524: Chaplain Eglon Angel, Staff Chaplain (Seventh Day Adventist); The Rev. Min Jung Park, Staff Chaplain (Presbyterian); Chaplain Joan Guevara (Seventh Day Adventist); The Rev. Ethel Anarado (Catholic); The Rev. Polycarp Nnajiafor (Catholic)

IN SUFFOLK:

Avalon Gardens Nursing Home & Rehab Center, Smithtown: The Rev. Charles Froehlich 631-499-8656
Brookhaven Hospice 631-687-2966: Deacon Robert Gronenthal; Sr. Ann McHugh OSU
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital 631-654-7100: The Rev. John Attakruh
Catholic Health Services - Clinical Pastoral Education Program: Mary O'Neil 631-474-5663
Catholic Home Care - Hauppague 631-929-8200: Mary Ellen Polt; Charlie Ziess; Alex Daszewski
Dowling College: Thomas M. Smith 631-244-5034
Good Samaritan Home Health Care (Bay Shore): Sr. Marjorie Devlin, OP
Good Samaritan Medical Center 631-376-4103: Michelle Bocci, Director of Pastoral Care; The Rev. Jerome Madumelu; The Rev. Paul Nwobi; Sr. Betty Keegan FMM; Sr. Ellen Moore, OP; Sr. Gertrude O'Brien DW; Sr. Rosemary Jermusyk, OP; Sr. Ann Marie Pierce, IHM; Chaplain Mary Ann Bonner; Chaplain Robert Block; Sr. Moon Kyung Park; Chaplain Carmen Springer; Chaplain Kevin Stolz
Good Samaritan Nursing Home 631-244-2400: Sr. Doris Marie Deane
Good Shepherd Hospice: Michael Metzdorff, Director of Pastoral Care
Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center 631-715-2613: Rabbi Zev Schostak
Huntington Hospital: The Rev. Thomas Edamattan 631-385-3311 x221; Deacon Edward Billia
Long Island State Veteran's Home, Stony Brook 631-444-8737: The Rev. Peter O'Rourke; The Rev. Gregory Leonard; Rabbi Joseph Topek
Maryhaven Center of Hope 631-474-3400: Sr. Maryaline Zierle OP; Sr. Cathy Smith, OP
Mather Memorial Hospital, Port Jefferson 631-473-1320 x4007: Rev. Mickey Bancroft
McGann-Mercy High School, Riverhead: The Rev. Gerard Cestare, Chaplain
North Shore University Hospital at Huntington: The Rev. Thomas Edamattan 631-351-2000; Deacon Edward Billia
Our Lady of Consolation Nursing Home, West Islip 631-587-1600: Peggy Nixdorf, Director of Pastoral Care; Theresa McNally; Sandra Smith; Rev. William Logan; Alycia Zawol
Peconic Bay Medical Center - Riverhead 631-548-6025: Dorothy Nagel, Director of Pastoral Care; The Rev. Samuel Aririatu (DRVC)
Pilgrim Psychiatric Hospital 631-434-5136: The Rev. Lawrence O'Leary; Sr. Mary Judith Summerville CSJ
Planned Parenthood of Hudson-Peconic: The Rev. Mark Bigelow
St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center, Smithtown 631-862-3104: Sr. Patricia McDonnell, CSJ, Director of Pastoral Care; The Rev. Mark Applewhite; The Rev. Fred Hill; The Rev. Anselm Okeke
St. Charles Hospital 631-474-6411: Sr. Josefita Rodrigues OP (Dept. Head); Sr. Mary Jo O'Connor DW; Deacon Joseph Scollan; Sr. Edith Menegus OSU
St. John the Baptist High School, West Islip 631-587-8000, ext. 116/145: John Sureau, Campus Minister
St. Peter's by the Sea School, Bay Shore: The Rev. Vivian Lam, Chaplain 631-665-0051
Southside Hospital 631-968-3000: The Rev. Peter McCrann SMM; The Rev. Christopher Okoli
Stony Brook University Hospital 631-444-8157: The Rev. Stephen Unger, Dept. Head; Sr. Lynn Queck, OP; The Rev. Anthony Ewherido; The Rev. Thomas Aidoo; The Rev. Michael Udoekpo; The Rev. Patrick Okafor; Rabbi Abraham Rubenstein (ext. 7204); Anne Coulehan; The Rev. John Paul Hankins; The Rev. James Maltese
Suffolk Air Guard - Westhampton Beach: Lt. Col. James R. Thomas; Msgr. Brian McNamara
Suffolk Community College - Riverhead: Regina Keller 631-451-4369
Suffolk County Correctional Facility: Sr. Lynn Caton; Sr. Michelle Bremer, CSFN 631-852-2728 at Riverhead & Yaphank; Deacon Chris Vigliotta 631-852-2294 at Riverhead; Deacon Miguel Ramoero 631-852-4713 at Yaphank; The Rev. Charles Coverdale 631-852-2294 at Riverhead & Yaphank; The Rev. Marvin Dozier 631-852-2294 at Riverhead & Yaphank; The Rev. Cynthia Liggon 631-727-2210 at Riverhead & Yaphank; Rabbi Leib Baumgarten 631-852-2294 at Riverhead & Yaphank
Suffolk County Police Department 631-751-2527: The Rev. Edward A. Wisbauer, Jr., Chief of Chaplains
S U N Y At Stony Brook: The Rev. Brenda Ford (LIUCM) 631-632-6563; The Rev. Chen Chi (Baptist) 631-632-6563; Jainnie San Pedro (IVCF) 631-928-1415; Fr. Robert Smith (Catholic) 631-941-4141; Sr. Margaret Ann Landry (Catholic) 631-632-6562; Rabbi Adam Stein (Lubbavitch); Rabbi Joseph Topek (Hillel) 632-6565; Sr. Sanaa Nadim (Muslim) 631-979-6156; The Rev. Timothy Denton (Issai Chizen Tokuzui) 516-578-3889
Timothy Hill Children's Home 631-369-1234: Chaplain Max Chance
Touro Law School 631-761-7190: Rabbi Moshe LaBrie
V A Medical Center 631-261-4400: John Speraneo, MSW, Chief of Service ext. 7030; Rabbi Paul Swerdlow ext. 7204; The Rev George E Lutz ext. 7795; The Rev. Wayne Olson ext. 7202; The Rev. John Malone ext. 7796; The Rev. Rashid Peter Francis, SF ext. 7203
Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice 631-930-9335: The Rev. Mark Bigelow, Pastoral Care Coordinator

PASTORAL COUNSELING RESOURCES

Clergy often need to refer parishioners to therapists who understand religious and spiritual issues. The Rev. Dr. Cecily Broderick y Guerra, Vice President of Pastoral Care at Episcopal Health Service and chair of our Pastoral Care Committee, recommends checking the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy, cpsp.org, which lists certified pastoral counselors as well as chaplains. Miriam Koo (miriamkoo@hotmail.com), a Presbyterian clergywoman and therapist who serves on our committee, recommends the American Assn. of Pastoral Counselors Web site, www.aapc.org.

Here are other recommendations we have received:

The Rev. Yuri Ando is a Gestalt Pastoral Care Associate. Gestalt Pastoral Care is an integration of Gestalt Growth Work, Spiritual Companioning and Healing Prayer. GPC believes that genuine healing is holistic and includes the whole person - spirit, body, emotions, mind and social context. For appointments, please call 631-744-4836 or email ymando@optonline.net.
The Rev. Bruce Anspach (n2nha@optonline.net, 917-417-1539) is a pastoral psychotherapist trained in psychoanalysis, familly therapy and more recently fully trained in the Internal Family Therapy model. He also does organizational consulting (leadership training) privately and with Columbia University Business School. He practices in Huntington Station, Manhattan and Goshen, NY.
The Rev. Dr. James W. Barnum in Bellmore is certified by CPSP (516-804-8277, REVJBPC@aol.com).
Blanton Peale Graduate Institute of Religion and Health has a counseling center in Levittown at 474 Wantagh Avenue (520-9077)
The Rev. Leslie Duroseau is certified by CPSP as a chaplain and pastoral care provider, certified as a holistic health practitioner by the American Assoc. of Drugless Practitioners. Rev. Duroseau is a sacred arts minister utilizing the art of dance and holistic health to provide pastoral care and overall spiritual well-being of mind, body, soul and spirit. You can reach her at leapoffaithmin@netzero.net or 516-457-8577.
Caren Heacock, Pastoral Care Assistant at Mattituck Presbyterian Church (631-298-4145, carenheacock@yahoo.com), has a Master's Degree in Biblical Counseling and works with teens & adults, single, married or divorced. She is paid through the church, so there is no charge.
Nancy Hoyt-Duncan, LMSW, in Huntington, 631-662-9330, nancyhoyt@optonline.net, works with clients who are interested in going deeper into their spiritual process in order to find healing and wholeness for themselves.
Lutheran Counseling Center, with sites in Mineola, Dix Hills, Woodside, Manhattan, Bronxville, and their brand-new location in Patchogue, 516-741-0994, www.LCCNY.org. Their staff includes:
- in Nassau County (at Lutheran Church of Our Saviour, Mineola): Nichole Adams, Psy.D; Rev. Moira Ahearne, LCSW-R; Rev. Kirk Bingaman, Ph.D.; David Doring, Psy.D.; Rev. David Elseroad, D.Min.; Rev. Ron Lehenbauer, D.Min.; Mary Rzeszut, LMSW; Rev. Alan Steinke, LCSW-R.
- in Western Suffolk (at St. Luke Lutheran Church, Dix Hills): Rev. Alan Steinke, LSCW-R.
- in Eastern Suffolk (at Emanuel Lutheran Church, Patchogue): Janet Siry, LCSW
For more information or an appointment at any site, call 516-741-0994 or 1-800-317-1173.
The Queens Counseling Services of the Foundation for Religion & Mental Health has offices in Freeport at Our Holy Redeemer Church, in Malverne at Community Presbyterian Church, and in Oceanside at 1st United Methodist Church. Paul Engel is Executive Director. Call 516-442-0766, 516-547-4318, e-mail frmh@optonline.net or visit http://FRMH.org.
Debra Sanito, Servant Hands Ministries, has a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Christian Counseling, specializing in Marriage and Family Counseling. Call 516-650-1804, emaili servanthands@optonline.net, or visit http://www.servanthandsministries.org.
The Rev. Toby L. Tobias, PhD, LCSW, MDiv - a pastoral psychotherapist and life-coach, works with individuals, couples and families with anxiety, depression, relationship problems, addictions & post-traumatic stress. He uses various approaches including EMDR. 631-424-1690

If you have additions or corrections for this list, please phone them to 516-565-0290 ext. 206, fax them to 516-565-0291, or e-mail tomgoodhue@optonline.net.