College student welcomed into Catholic Church

During a mass celebrated by bishop Dominick Lagonegro, a Mount Saint Mary College sophomore was received into the Catholic Church. Stacy Buckley of Wassaic, NY, a biology major, took the confirmation name Maria. She is pictured next to her sponsor Raul Noa in Founder’s Chapel on the Mount campus in Newburgh, NY, April 22. From left are Fr. Francis Amodio, O.Carm., Mount Saint Mary College chaplain and director of campus ministry; the Most Rev. Lagonegro, and Fr. Kevin Mackin, OFM, Mount president. Buckley’s home parish is St. Mary’s Church in Newburgh.