by Tablet Staff\u00a0<\/p>\n
Father Patrick Keating\u00a0has been appointed president and CEO of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens,\u00a0effective July 1, the organization announced.\u00a0He replaces Msgr. Alfred\u00a0LoPinto, who is retiring after 12 years in the role.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Father Keating has held\u00a0several\u00a0roles at Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens since 2011 and currently serves as deputy CEO. In the\u00a0Diocese of Brooklyn,\u00a0he\u00a0also serves as rector of the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph\u00a0in Prospect Heights,\u00a0moderator of the curia,\u00a0vicar for\u00a0financial\u00a0administration, general counsel, and chaplain of the Catholic Lawyers Guild for Kings Chapter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWith trust in God\u2019s mercy, and ever mindful of the Gospel\u2019s call to care for others, I look forward to continuing the mission of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens,\u201d Father Keating said in a statement. \u201cI am grateful for the generosity of our supporters, the confidence of our boards, and the dedication of our staff.\u00a0I am inspired to help guide our mission to help those most in need throughout Brooklyn and Queens.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Msgr.\u00a0LoPinto\u00a0assured his prayers for Father Keating and the organization.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI will continue to pray for you, your families and the continued success of Catholic Charities in being the visible sign of Jesus\u2019 mercy and love at work in the lives of our sisters and brothers, young and old,\u201d Msgr.\u00a0LoPinto\u00a0said. \u201cI leave with a full heart, confident that Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens and Affiliated Agencies are in good hands.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Founded in 1899,\u00a0Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens\u00a0lead\u00a0over 100 social service programs across the two boroughs in partnership with public agencies.\u00a0Those services include providing affordable housing,\u00a0as well as\u00a0legal\u00a0assistance\u00a0and support to immigrants, tenants, and low-wage workers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by Tablet Staff\u00a0 Father Patrick Keating\u00a0has been appointed president and CEO of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens,\u00a0effective July…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-283348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}