The Rev. Joseph Fitzgerald, Olympian, on spiritual quest to recruit priests
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Father Joseph Fitzgerald conducts Ash Wednesday Mass at Holy Trinity High School in 2011.
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Father Joseph Fitzgerald at St. Pius Catholic Church in Plainview on Nov. 1, 2014. The Olympian has taken on another calling -- to recruit more priests in the Diocese of Rockville Centre.
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Joseph Fitzgerald shoots over Russia's Sergei Pogorelov and Lev Voronin during the Olympic team handball event in Atlanta on July 25, 1996.
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The Rev. Joseph Fitzgerald coaching the freshmen football team at Holy Trinity High School in Hicksville in October 2011.
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The Rev. Joseph Fitzgerald during a moment of silence while speaking to seventh- and eighth-graders during their retreat at St. Pius Catholic Church in Plainview on Nov. 1, 2014.
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Seventh- and eighth-graders share a moment of silence with the Rev. Joseph Fitzgerald during a retreat at St. Pius Catholic Church in Plainview on Nov. 1, 2014.

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