Parish Council Members

I have been a proud resident of Middle Village since my parents relocated from Williamsburg in 1992. Graduate of St. Margaret's '96, St. Francis Prep '00, and Baruch College '05. Upon marriage to my lovely wife, Carmelann Caputo, we joined OLH Parish in 2010. All 3 of our children attend OLH Academy. I have donated time to coaching CYO soccer and flag football. I have been a member of the Parish Council since Sept 2020 and President since Sept 2021. Lector since April 2021. I am incredibly proud and lucky to call myself a neighbor to you and this community.

My wife and I have been members of Our Lady of Hope Parish since 1999. We have been married for 28 years and have visited many Marian shrines. I am an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion and Co-Chairman of the Vocations Committee. I also am a member of the Holy Name Society and have been on the Pastoral Council for two years. I was an Aircraft Engineer for 25 years and now work in Corporate Finance and Accounting. I also taught Economics at the college level.

I was born and raised in Texas and after attending and graduating from Sam Houston State University, I moved to New York City to pursue a career in television.  In 2010 I married Michael Barvels and we started our lives together in Middle Village.  We are proud members of the Our Lady of Hope Parish and attend weekly mass with our three young children, two of whom currently attend the CCD program at the parish.  I have committed myself to the Middle Village community since moving here by volunteering in a variety of ways, both in the area schools as well as the OLH Parish.  I am a very active member of the Hopeful Hands and encourage everyone to take part in this amazing group of volunteers.  I'm grateful for the opportunity to serve on the Parish Council.  

I have been a member of Our Lady of Hope Parish for 19 years. I am married to Joe and have two children who graduated from Our Lady of Hope School.  I was a member of the Parish Council in 2012. I assisted the parish with wedding rehearsals and the Arise prayer group. Also, I am a member of the Rosary Altar Society and a Eucharistic Minister.  As a current member of the Parish Council, I look forward to serving the Parish community with its current plans and mission.

I have been a member of Our Lady of Hope Parish since its inception back in 1960 and am also a graduate of its school, class of ’71. I attended St. Nicholas High SchooI in Williamsburg and Hunter College-Bellevue School of Nursing (1979). I became a Registered Nurse and recently retired from NYULMC after 41 years of service. I have been married for 41 years (Mark-retired FDNY), have 2 children  and 4 grandchildren. My family and I have found both the joy and importance of serving others. I currently serve as VP of the Rosary Altar Society and as a member of the Hopeful Hands. I became a member of the Pastoral Council in order to help maintain this outstanding Parish that has meant so much to my family and myself.  OLH Parish has played an integral part in formulating my Catholic values, as well as my personal ones, and holds a special place in my heart.

I grew up in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where my family lived for three generations before relocating to Maspeth when I was a teenager in 1998.  Since then, I have established my own home in the community with my beautiful wife, Kristina, and our two children, Kaylin and Michael, both of whom are students at OLHCA.   I became an OLH parishioner in 2016 and have been very involved with the Hopeful Hands volunteers sinct its establishment in 2021.  I think this neighborhood is the best place to live in NYC, and that is owed in no small measure to the OLH parish community.  I hope that through serving  on the Parish Council I will be able to play a small part in making our community even better. 

I have been a parishioner of OLH since 1966 and my husband and I were married there in 1971.  Our two daughters attended OLH school, where I served as Home School president for two years.  I worked for 27 years in HR at the Long Island Jewish and Northwell Health system, retiring as Director in 2013.

I have been a member of Our Lady of Hope Parish for over 40 years. Serving as a Eucharistic Minister for over 25 years, I have been instrumental in our Parish delivering Communion to the homebound. I have taught CCD for over six years at various parishes and am deeply devoted to my faith and religion.

Born and raised in Yonkers, NY, I moved to Queens when I married and joined the Parish in 1975. My husband and I have 2 children and 3 grandchildren.  As a parishioner, I wanted to serve the parish more. I became a Eucharistic Minister and a member of the Rosary Altar Society, where I served as Vice-President for several years. When my children started school at Our Lady of Hope, I volunteered there and eventually became a Kindergarten classroom aide.  I remained in the classroom for 12 years, and then accepted the position of office secretary, where I have served for over 23 years. Serving on the Parish Council allows me to continue being involved in our Parish.

Born and raised in Ridgewood, I’m now a Maspeth resident and have been a member of Our Lady of Hope Parish since my marriage in 2007. Throughout my life, my love of sports led me to serve many communities in Brooklyn and Queens as a Little League baseball coach, high school softball and youth basketball coach. I’m currently a USSF licensed girls’ soccer coach with BW Gottschee. I served on the Executive Board of the Juniper Park Civic Association for six years and have been serving on Community Board 5 since 2018.

I have been a member of Our Lady of Hope Parish since 1979 and graduated from Our Lady of Hope School in 1993. I'm employed as an Elementary school Science teacher with the NYC Department of Education. I am very involved in the Parish, serving as President of the Holy Name Society, Lector, member of the vocations committee, events committee, decorating committee, and a Hopeful Hand. I have been teaching Sunday School at OLH since 1995.  Outside of Our Lady of Hope, I am a member of the Knights of Columbus, and a volunteer for the past 30 years with the Boy Scouts of America.

I am a first generation Polish American, and a lifelong parishioner of Our Lady of Hope. Our Parish has given me all of my sacraments, except for baptism. I graduated from Our Lady of Hope in 2012. During my time at Hope, I was a member of the 3x back-to-back Diocesan soccer championship team, altar servers, and safety patrol. Throughout my high school years, I worked as Hope's sacristan and I am the founder of Archbishop Molloy's Catholic Culture Club. I joined the Parish Council because I believe that it is critical for young adults to be involved in their local parish. I look forward to helping develop the faith and mission of our Parish. Currently, I am a law student.