What started as a temporary position for a 17-year-old girl has blossomed into a remarkable 70-year musical legacy at a Staten Island church. This week, Josephine Giordano, 87, celebrated her platinum anniversary as organist and choir master of St. Michael’s R.C. Church in Mariners Harbor at a special Saturday Mass.
The dangerously frigid temperatures did not stop parishioners, family, friends, elected officials, and community leaders from joining Rev. Jack Soler for Mass. During the Mass, Rev. Soler announced that Pope Leo XIV had sent an Apostolic Blessing to Giordano “on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of her religious profession.”
