Straight from the neighborhood, Roenice Gonzalez-Caraballo looks to bridge the parish, the school, and the larger community. Click here for the full article in The Good Newsroom.
 

For Roenice González-Caraballo, becoming St. Philip Neri’s executive director of community outreach and engagement is a sort of homecoming.

“All my sacraments are from St. Philip Neri, and it is where I began my ministry within the Archdiocese at a very young age. That was really the appeal [of the position], really like coming home,” she told The Good Newsroom in a telephone interview.

González-Caraballo grew up in the Bronx neighborhood, which is also home to the parish that celebrated its 125^th anniversary earlier this year.

“It’s my home parish, I live in the neighborhood, it’s where I grew up. That’s where my faith was fostered that was the church my parents attended when they arrived in this country,” she said.