OLMA Honors Families of Faith

Our Lady of Mercy Academy, an all girls, Catholic college preparatory school, located in Syosset, will celebrate its 85th Anniversary with a Gala on Friday, April 26.  In this the Year of Faith in the Catholic Church, Our Lady of Mercy will honor members of the Mercy community who are faith-filled individuals and supporters of Catholic education, namely, Marilyn Martone and her daughter, Michelle ’94, of Sea Cliff, Joseph Salvo and his wife, Barbara Breen ’75, of Lake Grove, Deacon Jerry Reda and his wife, Suzanne, of St. James and posthumously,

The Gala will be held at the Huntington Crescent Club, a private club located on the North Shore of Long Island. Mary and Michael Frinquelli, of Cold Spring Harbor, and Marianne and Constantine Iordanou, of Upper Brookville, are the co-chairs of this special evening.  The evening will feature the music of Frankie Valli as well as a live auction.

A portion of the Gala proceeds will go to the creation of a unique experience called the “Mercy Eden Research Program.”  Eden will engage students in a learning environment while making use of Mercy’s campus.  The Eden vision includes the creation of a greenhouse, lab and weather station that will be located on the Academy’s almost one hundred acres.

Our Lady of Mercy Academy was founded in 1928 by the Sisters of Mercy. The Academy strives to create a Christian educational community where students are motivated to seek personal fulfillment as Christian women, and to become aware of their role in contemporary life with an understanding of community in the global and local sense.  It is located on an extensive campus which includes tennis courts, soccer field, two softball fields and a well-equipped gym.  For more information please contact the Office of Mission Effectiveness at 516-921-1047 ex. 117 or www.olma.org.