Father Nicholas Figliola
Pastor

Father Nicholas Figliola, hails from nearby West Islip. Ordained in 1964 when he was a Capuchin Franciscan, Father Nick came to the Diocese of Rockville Centre in 1977. His interesting past includes such varied ministries as seminary and high school teacher, chaplain to Sisters, Brothers, and institutes of rehabilitation, director of vocations, retreat and mission preacher, spiritual director, and parish priest. His academic past earned him a B.A. in Philosophy, an M.A. in Theology, and a Master of Divinity. He enjoyed serving in several Long Island parishes before becoming pastor of St. Frances Cabrini in Coram and Our Holy Redeemer in Freeport. He was appointed Pastor of St. Lawrence parish in 2008 and enjoys the easy going and friendly Sayville community. He finds the parishioners very welcoming and supportive, not only to the parish, but also to him as their pastor.
        Father has a great sense of humor which has served him well in ministering to the People of God. He often peppers his homilies with a funny story or a joke. He loves being a priest, a vocation he has cherished since he was a child. He enjoys preaching and teaching, and is especially involved in the Rite of Christian Initiation. He is keen on offering the parish his talents especially in preaching and adult education.
        Father Nick is an avid Yankee fan, a history buff, and a lover of music, especially classical, opera, and the music of the fabulous 50’s. He is grateful to come from a warm Italian background family, for they have contributed greatly to his life as a priest. May God continue to bless our parish through the efforts and leadership of Father Nick.

Father Brian J. Ingram
Associate Pastor

Father Brian J. Ingram is a priest of nineteen years, ordained by Bishop John R. McGann on May 26, 1990.   He is the eldest of six children—three boys and three girls—born to Raymond and Mary Jane Ingram of Huntington, N.Y. Father Brian began his life in Bayside, Queens, but his parents moved their expanding family to Huntington when Brian was four. His parents still live in the same house, and Fr. Brian is delighted that none of his assignments since ordination have put him more than 30 to 40 minutes from home.
        He is the proud uncle to twelve nieces and nephews (so far!), and is godfather to three of them. One of his real pleasures in recent years is being able to spend time with his siblings, their spouses and their children, most of whom are within an hour or two of Sayville. He enjoys literature and the arts, traveling, a bit of creative writing, dining out with friends, and he’s a big movie buff.
        Fr. Brian is one of the last priests in our diocese to have moved through the formative “system” that was so typical for decades, but which no longer exists in the form it once had. He attended St. Pius X Preparatory Seminary in Uniondale as a high school student, went on to Cathedral College in Douglaston (where he earned a B.A. in English), and then directly to the major seminary in Huntington. For a time, he was the youngest of several hundred priests working on Long Island.
        Fr. Brian’s priestly ministry has been a deeply satisfying one, filled with marvelous and often challenging opportunities to share in the faith lives of people from Seaford to Bellmore to Garden City, and now to the beautiful community of Sayville—his first assignment in Suffolk County. He is deeply appreciative of the encouragement and kindness he has found here at St. Lawrence, and looks forward to using whatever skills and energies he has to help build up this very special parish family. Belonging to Christ is not a guarantee that our lives will be free from stress or disappointment or loss, Fr. Brian concedes, but with the Spirit of Jesus alive in us, and with so much talent and generosity among the people of the parish, nothing is ever impossible.
 

Rev. Msgr. John Heinlein
Retired

Monsignor John T. Heinlein graduated from St. Brendan's grade school, Brooklyn, NY, St. Francis High School, then in Brooklyn, NY, Cathedral (Minor Seminary) College, Brooklyn, NY, and The Major Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington, NY, where "Father John" achieved a Bachelors degree on Philosophy in 1957, ordained to the Priesthood on June 3rd 1961, and earned a Master of Divinity Degree in 1982.
        Father John's first Diocesan assignment was to the Tribunal of the Diocese of Rockville Centre from 1961 to 1969 with residence at St. Aloysius, Great Neck, NY.  Father John then was Pastor at the Church of Saint Mary's in Aspen, Colorado, for two years, then an Assistant Pastor at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Massapequa, NY for eight years.  From 1980 to 1998 Father John was Pastor of the Church of Holy Spirit in New Hyde Park, NY.  Father John received Papal Honors (became Monsignor) in 1990.  For many years Father Heinlein has been on the Board of Trustees at St. George School of Medicine, Bay Shore, NY.
        "Father John" has enjoyed serving here at St. Lawrence the Martyr Church where he was able to focus on pastoral ministry.  Father John retired on June 24, 2009 and will reside at St Jude's Rectory in Mastic Beach beginning September 1, 2009.