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Glendale native ordained to priesthood
BY MAX PARROTT
MPARROTT@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
Father Michael Francis Falce,
who turned 27 the day of his
ordination, admits that he’s on
the younger side of priesthood.
Falce, who grew up in Glendale,
was ordained by Bishop Nicholas
DiMarzio on June 1.
After attending a seminary
program at St. Charles Borromeo
Seminary in Philadelphia and
completing his studies at St.
Joseph Seminary in Yonkers, he
will begin to serve Roman Church
of St. Patrick in Bay Ridge, where
he hopes to bring some life to
the parish.
“It will be exciting to have not
only a newly ordained priest,
but one that is so young and that
the students and those in the
confirmation program and the
CCD … could really relate to,” said
John Quaglione, a spokesman for
the Roman Catholic Diocese of
Brooklyn.
Falce attended St. Pancras
Church in Glendale from
kindergarten through eighth
grade and graduated high
school from Cathedral Prep
in Elmhurst.
Starting when he became an
altar server at St. Pancras in
sixth grade, older members of the
church took notice of his interest
in the church and encouraged
him toward his spiritual calling.
His presence in the church,
combined with his father’s active
role as a member of the local
Knights of Columbus chapter, led
him to a close relationship with
the Glendale community.
“’You’re going to be a priest
one day. We can see it. We’re
going to pray for you,’” he
recalled parishioners telling
him when he would come back to
Glendale during break from his
seminary program.
St. Patrick is a mix of old and
young parishioners, with some
army base personnel, younger
families that are moving into Bay
Ridge and the old guard of Irish
and Italian Catholic families in
Bay Ridge.
Falce will be arriving at the
church with another younger
pastor, Father Gerard Sauer from
St. Mel’s in Flushing.
“We hope to really serve
the community as to what the
needs of what they’re looking
for really, you know, bring us
in the space, have them deepen
their relationship with Christ
by the example of our own life,”
said Falce.
Falce, who grew up in Glendale, was
ordained by Rev. Nicholas DiMarzio,
Bishop of Brooklyn, on June 1.
Photo courtesy of Roman Catholic Diocese
of Brooklyn
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