STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — What started as a temporary position for a 17-year-old girl has blossomed into a remarkable 70-year musical legacy at a Staten Island church.
This week, Josephine Giordano, 87, celebrated her platinum anniversary as organist and choir master of St. Michael’s R.C. Church in Mariners Harbor at a special Saturday Mass.
The dangerously frigid temperatures did not stop parishioners, family, friends, elected officials, and community leaders from joining Rev. Jack Soler for Mass…