Men carry a statue of St. Alphonsa during a rosary procession July 19 that took place in observance of the feast of St. Alphonsa at Our Lady of the Snows Church, Floral Park. More than 300 people, with the majority of the faithful being Catholics of Indian ancestry, participated in the procession and the special Mass that preceded it. St. Alphonsa (1910-1946) ministered as a Franciscan Clarist religious sister and is the first woman of Indian or…
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