Meet Our Spiritual Advisor Rev. Patrick J. Griffin, C.M.

 

The Ladies of Charity at St. John’s University is honored and pleased to announce that Rev. Patrick J. Griffin, C.M. has accepted our request to be our Spiritual Advisor. In this capacity, he will join us at key membership meetings, at our Spiritual Day of Reflection and Installation Liturgy. He will help us uncover the process of spirituality that enables each individual to become more active with God. Fr. Griffin will guide us to better understand scripture and how we, as Catholic women may seek every opportunity to make Christ present by serving the material and spiritual needs of the sick, the poor and the marginalized of our society.

Fr. Griffin is a Brooklyn native and was ordained a Vincentian priest in 1979. After ordination, he completed a doctorate in Biblical Studies and has taught at various universities and seminaries. From 1993-1999, he worked in Rome as the Econome General of the Congregation of the Mission (the Vincentians).  From 2010-2014, Fr. Griffin ministered in Paris as the Director General of the Daughters of Charity. In March 2014, Fr. Griffin returned to St. John’s University where he assumed his current position as the Executive Director for the Vincentian Center for Church and Society.


2025-2026 Leadership of Ladies of Charity at St. John’s University

Mary Ann Dantuono and Natalie Boone, Co-Presidents
Belenna Lauto, President-Elect 
Christine Pusateri, Past President
Cynthia Phillips, Treasurer
Mary Pat Beirne, Secretary
Maugie Bannion, Spirituality 
Adriana Dino and Madeline Larson, Programming
Elena Miranda, Communications
Janet Eagan, Membership and By-Laws
Bonnie DiSalvo, Finance
Anna Rocchio and Pat Mulé,  Junior Ladies of Charity
Rev. Patrick J. Griffin, C.M, Vincentian Spiritual Advisor
Diane Memmoli, Vincentian Spiritual Moderator

 


Juniors and Ladies Welcomed in 2014 Installation

On January 26, the Ladies of Charity at St. John’s welcomed 22 new members,  and commissioned an executive committee for the newly-formed Junior Ladies of Charity at St. John’s Preparatory High School at a Mass and installation ceremony in St. Thomas More Church on the Campus. Rev. Michael Whelan, C.M., was the presider and homilist at the Mass.  St. John’s, the only Association in LCUSA that is institutionally based in a University, began 5 years ago with the installation of 35 Charter members.  Eight new Ladies added to our number, and we welcome 14 young women with the advent of our Junior Ladies affiliates at St. John’s Prep.

The Association is supporting the School Sisters of Notre Dame Educational Center for Women,  G.L.O.B.E., a micro-lending program in the Tobin College of Business, they are active in University based service opportunities such as University Service Day, Cancer Walks and Clothesline Week which each spring hosts events to raise awareness of violence against women.