CHURCH STAFF
Our Rectory is located next to Holy Innocents Church. The Rectory is open Mondays 5:00pm to 8:00pm Tuesday thru Friday, 9:00am - 8:00pm. The Parish Staff are available by appointment if you need assistance after office hours. Please feel free to e-mail us or call the Rectory at (718) 469-9500.
MICHELLE GRANILLO HERNANDEZ
Administrative Assistant
Ms. Granillo Hernandez is our Parish secretary who works very hard in keeping the church's records up-to-date. Michelle helps Msgr. Darbouze a great deal in the day-to-day operations in the church. Ms. Granillo Hernandez prepares also the weekly bulletin. She is an asset to our parish.
SISTER IRMA
F.A., Receptionist
Sr. Irma is our Rectory receptionists in the evening hours. You may have talked to her on the phone! Sr. Irma coordinates also the use of keys for church facilities. She perform also secretarial duties for the pastor and other designated church staff. Sr. Irma is very serious in her duties and everyone loves her.
NANCY GERARD
Youth Minister/CCD Coordinator
JAMES SULLIVAN
M.D.I.V., M.B.A., RCIA Coordinator
Mr. Sullivan, D.R.E. for 20 years, has been in the Archdiocese and the Dioccese of Brooklyn for over 21 years. Jimmy, currently the RCIA Coordinator has been serving Holy Innocents for 15 years and he's living in the neighborhood for the last 45 years. Mr. Sullivan is very concerned and methodical.
DR. ALFRED E. CRESCI
B.A.,M.S.,M.S.,P.D.,Ed.D., ChM. Cert./ Organist, Choirmaster & Director of Music.
Dr. Cresci is our Director of Music and has held this post since February 1, 2001. He is only our 4th Director of Music since the parish's inception in 1909. He was previously our Associate Organist, appointed in 1976, and was the Director of Music at Sacred Heart Church (Adelphi Street) and for the Diocesan organization, Ecclesia Dei. He is also a 1968 graduate of Holy Innocents School. In November 2009, he will mark his 45th consecutive year of association with our parish. Dr. Cresci has garnered a number of grants for the parish nearing one million dollars, and has spearheaded educational professional development which has resulted in labor assistance for the restoration of both our prized EM Skinner pipe organ and the interior of the church. He made Diocesan history in 2006 by placing Holy Innocents Parish on the United States National Historic Registry, the first Catholic Church in the 150-year history of the Diocese of Brooklyn to receive this honor. His 501c3 organization, "Education Through Renovation" works directly with our church. Please see http://www.educationthroughrenovation.com for more information. His national foundation is represented by Jack Youngworth at Youngworth Communications, Inc.
Dr. Cresci has been interviewed by local radio stations, and has performed nationally over NPR Radio's "PIPEDREAMS." He has also been interviewed for WCBS-TV and New Evangelical Television (NET) on behalf of the parish for the Diocese of Brooklyn. An avid baseball fan, he has sung the National Anthem many times for the Somerset Patriots minor league team over WCTC-Radio in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and for the Port St. Lucie Mets at Tradition Field in Florida on the ABC-TV affiliate WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach. Dr. Cresci holds six college degrees including a doctorate from Seton Hall University in 2000, and the ChM Cert. classification from Westminster Conservatory at Westminster Choir College of Ryder University in 2006, which included advanced organ and music theory, choral conducting of both adult and children's choirs, and a concentration in hymnology in the Catholic and Episcopal Church tradition. He is a long-standing member of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) and the Organ Historical Society (OHS).
If you would like to have more information on any of the Church Staff, please send them an email or call (718) 469-9500