"You'd better call me Deacon until Saturday," said John Cornelius with a laugh, during an interview Wednesday at the Rectory of St. Brendan Church in this small, Allegany County community, where he has served as a pastoral associate.
On Saturday in a ceremony in nearby Wellsville, Cornelius, 64, will become a Catholic priest when Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo ordains him.
What sets Cornelius' ordination apart, however, is that he is entering the priesthood as a married man, with three grown daughters.
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David Cruz is a Broadcast Journalist with extensive experience in major market Network Television News, Radio and New Media. Cruz spent twelve successful years at NBC, Los Angeles where he anchored one of the highest-rated daily news programs.
As a broadcaster, Cruz has been nationally-recognized for his groundbreaking news reports including his National Emmy-award winning 2006 MSNBC report on Latino Immigrants, "The New Americans" as well as his work on CNN Spanish Radio as Anchor/Moderator of the nation's first nationally syndicated bilingual
talk radio program, "La Voz de Texas" ("The Voice of Texas"). Now, Cruz continues to develop new media frontiers focusing on multi-platform original content development integrating technology and distribution to access audiences 24/7.
Cruz began his broadcast career with the Spanish International Network as News Director, KWEX TV, the first Spanish language television station in the United States. Since then, he has also worked for CBS, ABC and NBC affiliates and O&O's. Among his foreign assignments, Cruz has covered earthquakes and civil conflicts in Latin America; stories on Latino troops in the U.S. military and Europe; and Asian-Hispanic economic partnerships in China and Japan.
Cruz has received numerous awards including the 2005 Golden Eagle, one of the highest honors bestowed by the media industry in Hollywood for professional achievement. He also received the Liberty Award, the highest distinction given to journalists for news coverage and community involvement in Education by the Latin Voters of America. Cruz is also a twice-recipient of the National Media Award by LULAC, America's oldest and largest civil rights organizations for Latinos and a multiple Emmy-award winner at NBC TV for investigative stories on child predators, and consumer dangers.
Today, Cruz is Executive Producer, BrightFlash Media, a new media development and production company creating niche-specific content in Business, Energy, Health and Lifestyle for cable, online and mobile distribution.
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