Dr. Philip A. Franco, of Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish, Williamsburg, is a native of Brooklyn. He and Tara have been married for 11 years and they have three sons.

The principal of St. Margaret’s School, Middle Village, he is active in his parish as an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist, and a member of the Vocations Committee and the Feast Committee.

A Mass of thanksgiving will be celebrated at Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Saturday, May 30, at 5 p.m.