A Conversation of Hope.
Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and Fr. Giuseppe Maria Siniscalchi, CFR, on the 2026 Healing Mass.
Before Springfield gathers on September 25, the two men at the center of the evening picked up the phone. Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, Honorary Chairman of the Healing Mass and the longest-serving mayor in the city’s history, called Fr. Giuseppe Maria Siniscalchi, CFR, the Franciscan friar who will celebrate the Mass.
Fr. Giuseppe practiced law for nine years before he entered religious life. Today he makes his home at Most Blessed Sacrament Friary, 375 13th Ave., South Orange, NJ 07103. In this conversation, he and the Mayor look ahead to an evening of prayers and Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish.
The Mass was held on Friday, September 25, 2026 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, 123 William St, Springfield. About 200 neighbors came, and the whole evening was recorded: watch it back, and send it to someone who needs a night like that.