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Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, who founded and directed Georgetown University's Center for the Advanced Report of Ethics and was a former president of The Catholic University of America, died June thirteen. He was 92.
Considered one of the most prominent founders of the field of bioethics and an early pioneer in teaching humanities in medical schools, he was the author of more than than 600 published articles in medical science, philosophy and ethics and writer or co-author of 23 books.
Pellegrino, who would have turned 93 on June 22, was a former director of Georgetown's Kennedy Plant of Ethics. He also founded and directed the academy'due south Eye for Clinical Bioethics, which just this year was renamed the Edmund D. Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics.
He received his available'south of science caste from St. John's University, Jamaica, and his medical degree from N.Y.U. He served residencies in medicine at Bellevue, Goldwater Memorial and Homer Folks Tuberculosis Hospitals.
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Bishop Sullivan's Vigil Mass in Heart Village (with slideshow)
On the evening before the funeral Mass, a vigil Mass was celebrated at Our Lady of Hope Church, Middle Village, where Bishop Sullivan had celebrated Sunday Mass for more than 50 years. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez was the principal celebrant. Amidst the priests in omnipresence were Msgr. Joseph Nagle, who preached at the funeral; Begetter Michael Carrano, pastor of Our Lady of Hope and homilist at the Vigil Mass; and Msgr. Nicholas Sivillo, pastor emeritus.Photos © Ed Wilkinson
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Sis Peggy
Sis Margaret Mary (Peggy) Keegan, S.Southward.Due north.D., who taught school for many years in New Jersey and Baltimore before condign a school librarian, died of respiratory failure on June 14 at Maria Health Care Heart in Baltimore.
She was 81 and was celebrating her 60th jubilee this summer as a professed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
Margaret Mary Keegan was born in Brooklyn. In 1950, at age 18, she graduated from the School Sisters of Notre Dame'southward Aspiranture in Fort Lee, Northward.J., and two months later entered the congregation from her home parish of St. Anselm, Bay Ridge. In 1952, as a novice, she was given the religious name Mary Auxilia. She professed her beginning vows in 1953 and her final vows in 1959. Years subsequently, she resumed using her baptismal name and was normally known as Sis Peggy.
She taught in schools in Camden, Due north.J., and Baltimore, before becoming a school librarian in 1974. As a librarian, Sis Peggy also served at schools in Baltimore. In 1987, she was assigned to Loyola-Notre Dame Library, the articulation library serving Loyola University Maryland and Notre Dame of Maryland University.
A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated June 19 in the chapel at Villa Assumpta, Baltimore. Burial was at Villa Maria Cemetery in Glen Arm, Md.
Sis Julianne
Sister Julianne Spiess, S.S.Due north.D., who was a Catholic school educator for more xxx years earlier adopting a ministry of parish outreach, died of congestive eye failure at Lourdes Wellness Intendance Center in Wilton, Conn., June xvi.
She was lxxx and marking her 60th jubilee this summertime as a professed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
Julianne Olga Spiess was born in Brooklyn. She attended St. Matthias Schoolhouse, Ridgewood, where she first met the School Sisters of Notre Dame. She professed her starting time vows in 1953 and her final vows in 1959 and was given the religious proper name Mary Rita.
She taught simple school in Camden, Due north.J.; Cumberland, Md.; Baltimore; and Philadelphia.
In 1971, she earned a bachelor'southward degree in education from what was so the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and later a primary'south in counseling from Seton Hall University, Due south Orange, N.J.
She spent a twelvemonth as a counselor-consultant with the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 1976-77, before being named a high schoolhouse guidance counselor in Baltimore, 1977-84.
In 1988, she returned to the Diocese of Brooklyn to serve at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Ridgewood, where she coordinated parish outreach, including service to seniors, from 1988 to 1997. She also coordinated parish outreach at St. John of God in Key Islip, L.I., 1997-2006, until moving to Bohemia, L.I., where she was in community service to St. John Nepomucene until only months earlier her death.
A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated at the chapel at Villa Notre Dame in Wilton. Burial followed at St. Mary Cemetery in Bethel, Conn.
Sister Julianne is survived past three sisters, Veronica Cesareo of Lakewood, Due north.J., Rita Roussey of Woodbridge, Due north.J., and Frances Merz of Roslyn, 50.I.; and a brother, Ted Spiess of Marietta, Ga.
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Sister M. Angela
Sister Mary Angela Coughlin, C.S.J., ninety, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 73 years, died June 18.
Built-in equally Veronica, she entered the congregation in 1941 from Blessed Sacrament parish, Cypress Hills, and received the religious name Sister Mary Angela.
She taught chief grades at St. Anthony of Padua, Greenpoint, 1942-44; St. Vincent de Paul, Williamsburg, 1944-48; Immaculate Conception B.5.G., Brooklyn, 1948-53; Holy Child, Richmond Hill, 1953-55; St. John of God, Central Islip, L.I., 1955-60; Our Lady of Lourdes, Bushwick, 1960-63; St. John the Evangelist, Park Slope, 1963-64; St. Agnes, Cobble Hill, 1964-65; and St. Ephrem, Dyker Heights, 1965-75.
She worked in parish ministry building, 1975-77, and served as a Resource Room teacher at St. Joseph, Hewlett, L.I., 1977-2005, before retiring to St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held in Sacred Center Chapel, Brentwood, June 21. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery.
Sister Yard. Theresa
Sister Mary Theresa Galvin, C.S.J., a fellow member the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 71 years, died June 15.
She entered the congregation in 1943 from St. Clement Pope, S. Ozone Park.
She obtained a bachelor's degree in history from Manhattan College, the Bronx, and a master's degree in Asian Studies from St. John'due south University, Jamaica.
Formerly known as Sister John Ignatia, her ministries in the Brooklyn Diocese included Mary'southward Nativity, Flushing, 1944-51; St. Agnes, Cobble Colina, 1951-53; St. Athanasius, Bensonhurst, 1953-54; St. Clare, Rosedale, 1954-57 and 1965-68; Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, 1957-64; Holy Family, Flushing, 1964-65; and St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn, 1968-95.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held in St. Patrick'south Church, Long Isle City, June 19. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.
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Laura D'Antonio, 88, the mother of Father Ron D'Antonio of St. Athanasius parish, Bensonhurst, died July 3 at SS. Joachim and Anne Nursing Home, Coney isle.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated July 8 at St. Athanasius Church.
Other survivors include her son, William of Eden Prairie, Minn. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph, and daughter, Carolyn.
Burying was in Calverton National Cemetery, Fifty.I.
She volunteered for missionary service in Africa where she spent 17 years education at Christ the Male monarch Schoolhouse and Bishop Juwle H.S., both in Zwedru, Liberia, and ii years at Notre Dame Secondary School in Sunyani, Ghana. Before moving to Villa Notre Dame, Wilton Conn. in 2005, she was on the staff of St. Vincent Services and besides volunteered at Methodist Hospital, both in Brooklyn.
She moved to Lourdes Wellness Care Center in 2012.
A Mass of Christian burying was historic July ten. Burial was at St. Mary Cemetery, Bethel, Conn.
Sis Eileen Kearns, R.S.H.M., previously known as Sis Seamus, died July half-dozen at Marymount Convent, Tarrytown, North.Y. She was 76 and had been a member of the Religious of the Sacred Centre of Mary for 58 years.
Born in Co. Roscommon, Ireland, she entered the congregation in 1953. She made her final vows in Tarrytown on Aug. 28, 1960.
Locally, she taught at St. Mary's School, Long Island City, 1969-seventy; at St. Pius Ten, Rosedale, 1970-80; St. Catharine of Alexandria, Brooklyn, 1985-89), and again at St. Pius X, 1989-97).
She taught in Rome, Italian republic, first at Istituto Marymount, 1997-2007, and then at Marymount International School, 2007-2012.
Sister Eileen is survived past her sister, Thecla Sforza of Jackson Heights, and by sisters and brothers living in Ireland and England.
Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery, White Plains, N.Y.
Dr. Bernard J. Cooke, an internationally renowned theologian, writer, and lecturer, died May 31, on his 91st birthday at the Village at Incarnate Word in San Antonio.
His professional specialization were sacramental theology (religious symbol and ritual), New Testament, religious psychology and history of theological method.
He was the chairman and a professor in the department of theology at Marquette University, where in 1963 he inaugurated the first Ph.D. program in the nation to train Catholic laypeople for careers in theological scholarship and education.
He is survived by his wife Dr. Pauline Turner and daughter, Kelly Turner-Cooke, and his brothers David Cooke of Elk Grove, Calif., and Tom Cooke of Oakland, Calif.
Thomas Grand. O'Rourke, Ph.D., retired director and teacher of forensic psychiatry at SUNY Downstate, died July 13.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Peter of Alcantara Church, Port Washington, L.I.
He was a 1963 graduate of Cathedral Prep, Brooklyn.
Eldridge Russell Bell, 91, begetter of Christopher Bong, founder of Good Counsel homes that help homeless significant and parenting mothers and babies, died July 6, at the age of 91 in Lawnwood Medical Center, Fort Pierce, Fla., after a severe stroke.
He had been an active member of the Knights of Columbus Alfred E. Smith Quango in Elmont, L.I., for 55 years. He was the recipient of their Knight of the Year Honor for his service as well equally made a Life Member.
He was a long-time usher at St. Boniface Church, Elmont, a volunteer in the parish food pantry, a member of the Italian-American Guild, a volunteer for Meals-on-Wheels, as well as a helper for various other church and civic organizations.
He is survived past his children, William, Antoinette Witt, Christopher and David.
Retired Auxiliary Bishop Thad J. Jakubowksi of Chicago died July 14 at St. Mary of Providence Home, where he lived. He was 89.
A funeral Mass was scheduled for July 19 at Holy Name Cathedral.
Bishop Jakubowksi had served every bit co-vicar for senior priests since 2003.
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Msgr. Collini Served as Pastor, Vicar, Missionary
Msgr. Celsus O. Collini, former episcopal vicar, diocesan missionary and parish pastor, died July 19 at a private family residence.
A Mass of Christian burying was celebrated Monday, July 22, at Queen of Peace Church, Kew Gardens, where he had been pastor.
A native of Trent, Italy, he attended Cathedral College, Brooklyn, and Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington, L.I. He was ordained May 31, 1947 past Bishop Thomas E. Molloy at St. James Pro-Cathedral, Downtown Brooklyn.
He served every bit an assistant at Sacred Heart, Fort Greene, 1947-56; Our Lady of Miracle, Canarsie, 1956-57; and St. Brendan, Midwood, 1957-68.
In 1968, he was named the founding pastor of the diocesan mission of San Pedro, Coronel, Oveido, Paraguay, where he served until 1972.
When he returned to the diocese, he was assigned to St. Barbara's parish, Bushwick, where he was pastor from 1973 to 1978.
From 1978 to 1984, he was the episcopal vicar for Vicariate C.
He also served every bit pastor at Queen of Peace, Kew Gardens, 1984-94. He and so retired from active duty.
He was named a monsignor in 1981.
In the 1970s, Msgr. Collini also was a member of the Diocesan Priests' Senate and the Diocesan Commission on Ministry at the Seminary.
Retired Auxiliary Bishop Guy Sansaricq was the main celebrant of the funeral Mass. Special concelebrants included Msgrs. Steven Ferrari and Edward Wetterer and Fathers John Gildea and James L. Tighe.
In his homily, Msgr. Ferrari said, "There is and then much – and so many memories and stories we could all share. But allow me propose that the qualities we may remember most almost Chet may perhaps all begin with the alphabetic character 'H.' I similar to think of him as the president of the '6 H Club:' humility, holiness, sense of humour, honesty, heart and accolade.
"He enjoyed telling jokes and long stories, over and again. He had a sharp memory for details. I don't know how he could remember all that stuff! And he knew how to laugh – even express mirth at himself and make others feel comfortable.
"In 1997, as he was celebrating his 50 years of priesthood, his golden jubilee, he wrote an article in the quarterly magazine published past the churches of the Val Rendena in the diocese of Trento, Italia. He wrote lovingly in Italian of those l years as God'south servant, a priest. He made sure a few years ago when he asked me to preach at his funeral that I get agree of that issue of the 'Campane di Rendena,' which means the church bells of the Rendena Valley, to use in my homily. I was able to get the mag from Chet's family. I want to translate a few sentences he wrote:
"How many times must I say that God has loved me and spoiled me. He has given me the health and the adequacy to be of help in several parishes in the Diocese…I recognize my weakness. I am a church person; and if my bishop calls me, I answer, possibly not well and not too quickly, merely he speaks for the Church, my Church building, and I listen and respond."
Msgr. Collini is survived past his sister, Constance Maffei-Kaiser of Flushing.
Burial was in St. John'southward Cemetery, Middle Village.
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Msgr. Langelier, Former Vicar and Queens Pastor
Msgr. Gerald J. Langelier, 78, pastor emeritus of Our Lady of Mercy parish, Forest Hills, died Fri, July nineteen. He was plant dead in the pond pool of his private residence in Southhold, L.I.
A Mass of Christian Burial at the church was scheduled for July 19.
Born in Long Island Metropolis, Msgr. Langelier attended LaSalle Academy, Manhattan; Cathedral Higher, Brooklyn; and Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington, L.I. He was ordained June three, 1961 by Bishop Bryan J. McEntegart at St. James Pro-Cathedral, Downtown Brooklyn.
He served as an assistant at St. Mary Star of the Sea, Far Rockaway, 1961-62; Blessed Sacrament, Jackson Heights, 1962-65; and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Kensington, 1966-79.
From 1979 to 1984, he was the Episcopal Vicar for Vicariate D while residing at Resurrection-Rise rectory, Rego Park.
In 1984, he was named pastor of Our Lady of Mercy and served there until 2007 when he retired.
Msgr. Langelier too served as a fellow member of the Permanent Diaconate Advisory Board, the Diocesan Priests Personnel Board, the Diocesan Pastoral Council and the Diocesan Assignment Board.
Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto was the main celebrant of the funeral Mass. Special concelebrants included Msgrs. Ronald Richardson, John E. Mahoney, Joseph Nugent, Edward A. Ryan, John A. McGuirl, John Rowan and Father John J. Fullum. Msgr. Richardson preached the homily.
Msgr. Mahoney said that Msgr. Langelier was one of the parish priests at Blessed Sacrament, Jackson Heights, who helped guide his own vocation.
"Wherever he was, he was well loved by the people," recalled Msgr. Mahoney. "He was kind, gentle, compassionate and very understanding. He also was very intelligent and a very pastorally-minded priest.
"He certainly was a very dedicated priest who e'er was concerned most other priests in the many things he was asked to exercise for the diocese."
Msgr. Langelier is survived by his brother Robert of St. Petersburg, Fla. Burial was in Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing.
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Brother Peter Clifford, FSC
Brother Peter Clifford, F.Due south.C., a quondam member of the faculty at Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene, died Tuesday, July 23 at De La Salle Hall in Lincroft, N.J. He was 88.
Born in the Bronx, he entered the Christian Brothers in Barrytown, Due north.Y., in 1943. He made his start vows in 1944 and his final vows in 1950.
He studied history at Catholic Academy in Washington, D.C.; instruction at Manhattan College; and history at Fordham University. In 1968, he received a C.A.S. degree in educational administration from Harvard University. In 1970, he received an Ed.D. in educational administration, also from Harvard.
After several education assignments in Manhattan, he served as principal at St. Cecilia School, Greenpoint, 1951-54. He then spent 5 years as a missionary in the Philippines, as the academic dean of De La Salle College in Manila.
Returning to the U.South., he worked as a teacher and administrator at St. Augustine D.H.South., Park Slope, and Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., from 1962 to 1965.
He also worked for the Diocesan Catholic Schools Office in Brooklyn, from 1968 to 1971, and equally the executive secretary for secondary schools at the National Catholic Education Association in Washington, D.C., from 1971 to 1974.
Brother Peter began his ministry to college education as academic dean at St. John'south University, Jamaica, from 1974 to 1976.
He as well served for two years as an banana in higher didactics for the U.Due south. Catholic Conference in Washington, D.C. His concluding college connectedness was as president of St. Mary's College in Leavenworth, Kan., 1989-94.
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Sister Catherine Marie Tuohy, C.Southward.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 69 years, died July nine.
She entered the congregation in 1944 from Our Lady of Perpetual Aid parish, Sunset Park.
She earned a available'south degree in biology/math/ physics from St. Joseph'south College, Clinton Hill, and a master's degree in scientific discipline education from St. John's University, Jamaica. From 1963 to 1970, she received grants and studied summers at the University of Michigan, Lake Woods College, Pace College and the Academy of California-Berkley.
Formerly known as Sister St. Alphonsus, she taught at St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Richmond Hill, 1946-48; Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, 1953-54; St. Francis Xavier Academy, Park Gradient, 1954-59; St. Brendan D.H.Southward., Midwood, 1959-60; Catholic Academy of Puerto Rico, Ponce, 1960-63; Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, 1963-68, and Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, L.I., 1968-82.
She served equally an banana in finances for Cosmic Medical Center, Jamaica, 1982-85 and 1986-92, and a pastoral minister at Calvary Infirmary, the Bronx, 1985-86, before retiring to St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held in Maria Regina Chapel July 12. Burying followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.
Sister Muriel Keegan, C.Due south.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 80 years, died July iii, in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood. 
She entered the congregation in 1934 from St. Rose of Lima parish, Parkville.
She earned a bachelor's degree in Latin from Manhattan Higher, the Bronx, and a chief's degree in didactics/psychology from Medaille College, Buffalo, Due north.Y.
Formerly known equally Sister Mary Simplicia, she taught at Mary's Birth, Flushing, 1938-40 and 1954-57; St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Richmond Colina, 1940-54; St. Brendan, Midwood, 1957-59; Most Holy Trinity, East Hampton, Fifty.I., 1959-63; and St. John of God, Central Islip, L.I., 1963-66.
She was principal both at Ascension, Elmhurst, 1966-72, and St. Patrick, Smithtown, 50.I., 1972-95.
For the last 18 years, she served as assistant to the superior as part of the Pastoral Team at Maria Regina Residence.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held in Maria Regina Chapel July 8. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.
Sister Anna James Markey, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 74 years, died July xvi at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley, Mass. She was 95.
She taught fourth and fifth grades at Our Lady of Angels School, Bay Ridge, 1939-52. She also ministered in St. Aidan'southward, Williston Park, L.I.; Staten Island; Massachusetts and Nova Scotia earlier retiring to Mount St. Vincent in 2006.
A funeral Mass was historic at Mountain St. Vincent on July xviii. Interment followed at St. Mary'southward Cemetery, Needham, Mass.
Indian Cardinal Simon Pimenta, who led the Archdiocese of Bombay for more than xviii years, died July nineteen at the age of 93.
He was known for trying to keep his sprawling and diverse archdiocese united and active, establishing parishes in the city's slums and trying to counter widespread contraception campaigns by promoting natural family planning.
He served as a papally appointed synod president during the 1990 Synod of Bishops on priestly formation and led the Indian bishops' conference for six years.
He was ordained a priest of Mumbai in 1949. Pope Paul Vi named him an auxiliary bishop for the archdiocese in 1971 and coadjutor of Bombay in 1977. He became archbishop in 1978 and was named a cardinal 10 years later past Blest Pope John Paul 2. He retired in 1996 at the age of 76.
His death leaves the Higher of Cardinals with 203 members, 112 of whom are under the age of 80 and therefore eligible to vote in a caucus.
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A Mass of Christian Burial for Male parent Martin "Marty" Borcherding, 66, as historic July 22 at St. Peter'southward Catholic Church, New Iberia, La. Bishop Michael Jarrell was the master celebrant.
He died July 18 at Consolata Nursing Abode.
A native of Brooklyn, he attended Cathedral Prep, Brooklyn and Elmhurst; Cathedral College, Douglaston; and Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans. He was ordained for the Diocese of Lafayette, La., by Bishop Gerard Frey on May 19, 1973.
He served as an administrator and pastor in several parishes in the Diocese of Lafayette. He also served on the Quango of Priests, Clergy Personnel Advisory Lath and the Bishop's Development Council.
Immediate survivors include his three sisters, Barbara Jesset and Christine Blome of Abbeville, La., and Therese O'Connor of Whitestone, N.Y.; two brothers, Stephen, of Elmont, 50.I., and James, of New Iberia.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Rita Keating, female parent of Cathedral Social club of Brooklyn board member Frank Keating, was celebrated July 29 at Our Lady of Angels Church, Bay Ridge.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Emile Griffith, 75, former three-partition boxing champion, will exist celebrated Aug. 3 at St. Thomas the Campaigner Church, West Hempstead, L.I. Burial was at St. Michael's Cemetery, East Elmhurst.
Walter Grand. Lawson, the begetter of Father Walter G. Lawson, a Claretian Missionary of the Province of Central America, who is presently serving at Our Lady of Sorrows parish, Corona, died July 22 in Panama.
A memorial Mass was celebrated July 30 at Our Lady of Sorrows.
Sister Edith Fondecchia, I.H.M., (formerly known as Sister Editha) of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Middle of Mary, died July 24 at Our Lady of 
Peace Residence, Scranton, Pa. She was 86.
She entered the I.H.M. Congregation in 1945 and made her final profession in 1951.
In the Brooklyn Diocese, she taught at St. Ephrem, Dyker Heights, 1953-60 and 1972-81; and Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Forest Hills, 1964-67. She also taught at Cathedral H.S., Manhattan, 1981-83 and 1985-2004.
From 2004 until 2009, she was a prayer minister at St. Ephrem Convent in Brooklyn.
Burial was in St. Catherine'southward Cemetery, Moscow, Pa.
Father Charles (Chuck) Gallagher, South.J., 86, a Jesuit for 67 years and a priest for 55 years, died July 21. He was a pioneer and leader in bringing and adapting Marriage Encounter to American couples.
Built-in in Manhattan, he attended Regis H.S., and in 1945, he entered the Lodge of Jesus.
He was ordained to the priesthood on June 21, 1958 at the Fordham University Church. His priestly apostolic life focused on retreat ministry building and ministry to couples and families. From 1981 until his death, he resided at St. Peter'southward University, Bailiwick of jersey City, North.J., though much of his time was spent on the road effectually the world engaged in Wedlock Encounter and Parish Renewal programs.
He is survived past his sister Therese Sweeney of Manhattan. Burying was at the Jesuit cemetery in Auriesville, N.Y.
Onetime U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Lindy Boggs, whose career in public service spanned 60 years, including four years in Rome during which she served as a staunch advocate for human being trafficking victims, died July 27 at her domicile in Chevy Chase, Medico. She was 97.
Her funeral Mass was scheduled for Aug. 1 in New Orleans at St. Louis Cathedral, where she was an active parishioner.
She served 9 terms equally the first woman from Louisiana to be elected to Congress. She retired in Jan, 1991, and in 1997, President Bill Clinton appointed her U.S. ambassador to the Vatican when she was 81 years old. She held the postal service until 2001.
After learning of her death, New Orleans Archbishop Gregory One thousand. Aymond said, "We thank God for her life of faith and her life of service to the people of Louisiana and beyond."
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Sis Vianney Stewart, R.S.H.M., died Aug. ii at Marymount Convent, Tarrytown, N.Y. She was 91 and had been a Religious of the Sacred Eye of Mary for 73 years.
She was born Katherine Stewart in Co. Galway, Ireland.
She taught at St. Catharine of Alexandria, Brooklyn, 1940-51; and the Academy of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Sag Harbor, L.I., 1951-55, earlier being assigned to Colombia, South America. She likewise taught again at St. Catharine of Alexandria, 1981-94.
She was a member of the staff at Cormaria Retreat Business firm, Sag Harbor, 1998-2000, and a parish volunteer at St. Catharine of Alexandria, 2000-05.
Immediate survivors include one sister, Sister Declan Stewart, M.S.H.R., of Dublin. Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery, White Plains, North.Y.
Sister Catherine Donelan, S.C., a Sister of Charity – Halifax, for 75 years, died July 21 at Mount Saint Vincent, Wellesley, Mass. She was 94. 
Sis Catherine was a member of the first graduating form at St. Sebastian School, Woodside.
Formerly known as Sister James Michael, she taught at Resurrection-Ascension Schoolhouse, Rego Park, 1941-54, and Bishop Reilly H.S., Fresh Meadows, 1969-seventy.
She served in the Brooklyn Diocese as provincial treasurer of the Sisters of Clemency – Halifax and every bit a volunteer at Women Helping Women.
She also ministered at St. Elizabeth parish, Melville, L.I., as well as in Massachusetts, Bermuda and Nova Scotia. She retired to St. Barnabas Convent, Bellmore, L.I., in 2009 and resided there until June, 2013.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated July 26 at St. Barnabas parish, Bellmore. Interment followed at St. John's Cemetery, Middle Village
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Sis Rose Eileen McGinn, O.P., of Dominican Convent, Sparkill, N.Y., died Aug. v, in Siena Hall, Sparkill. She was 95 and a member of the community for 77 years.
In the Diocese of Brooklyn, she taught at St. Mary Magdalene, Springfield Gardens, 1939-41; and was principal at Mary Queen of Sky, Flatlands, 1974-85.
From 1969 to 1974, she taught at St. Thomas Aquinas Higher, Sparkill. From 1985 to 2002, she was a staff member of Nazareth R.H.S., Due east Flatbush.
Burial was in St. Agnes Cemetery, Sparkill.
Father Anthony M. Trapani, who was born in Brooklyn and ordained in 1973 for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, died Aug. 8. He was 71.
The funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Patrick's parish, Bay Shore, L.I. Burial was in St. Patrick'southward Cemetery, Southold, L.I.
Sister Renee Canitrot, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 66 years, died Aug. 6. She was 86.
She entered the congregation from St. Vincent Ferrer parish, Manhattan, in 1946 and a twelvemonth subsequently received the habit and her religious name Sister Maria Hostia.
She cared for boys at St. Vincent'south Home, Brooklyn Heights, 1948-51. She so taught at Fourteen Holy Martyrs, Bushwick; St. Joseph, Long Island Metropolis; Corpus Christi, Woodside; St. Nicholas, Williamsburg; and St. Mark, Sheepshead Bay.
In addition to teaching on Long Island, she also served the poor at Maryhouse, function of the Catholic Worker movement in Manhattan 1976-77; Christus Business firm, Brooklyn, 1977-78; and Blessed Sacrament parish, Newark, N.J., 1987-90.
In 1993, her French ancestry enabled her to exist part of a team exploring a Dominican presence in Fanjeaux, France.
For a fourth dimension, she embraced a more fully contemplative manner of life at Mother of Perpetual Help Monastery in Esopus, Due north.Y., and served in Lamp Ministries, the Bronx, 2000-04.
Interment was in Amityville.
Sis Beatrice Patricia Irish potato, O.P., a Sis of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 54 years, died Aug. viii. She was 86.
She entered the congregation from St. Mary Star of the Sea parish, Carroll Gardens, in 1958.
A year later, she received the habit and her religious name Sister Mary Gilchrist.
She taught in St. Pancras, Glendale, 1960-64; About Holy Trinity, Williamsburg, 1964-71; and Sacred Heart, E Glendale, 1971-74.
She was assistant principal at Incarnation, Queens Village, 1974-78, and then principal, 1978-ninety.
Afterward a sabbatical in Burlingame, Calif., she became a pastoral minister in St. Margaret parish, Middle Village, 1991-2002, where visiting close-ins was at the centre of her ministry building. She resided at Sacred Centre Convent, East Glendale, from 1971 to the present.
She is survived past her siblings, Ann, Joe and Jim Spud.
Burial was in the Sisters' Cemetery, Amityville.
Sister Mary Josephine Colina, D.C., a Daughter of Charity, Province of St. Louise, Miss., for 64 years, died July 30. She was 96.
Following a 21-twelvemonth career in wellness care, she began her 2d career at St. John's Parish Heart, Bedford-Stuyvesant, 1971-2000, where she worked in the directly service with the needy and vulnerable. She and five companions opened a mission in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
She initiated the nursing aide grooming program at St. John's and taught total-time in this special ministry. She was able to create links with nearby nursing homes where her students received practical experience and afterwards obtained employment. The program continues today.
Burial followed at St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, North.Y.
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Msgr. Funaro Believed In Possibility
A Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Joseph Funaro, retired pastor of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs parish, Forest Hills, was historic Aug. 17 at the church. He died Aug. fourteen at New York Medical Hospital Queens after a prolonged disease. He was 76.
Built-in in Brooklyn, he attended New Utrecht H.S., Bensonhurst; St. Jerome's College, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; and St. Vincent'due south Seminary, Latrobe, Pa.
He was ordained May 29, 1965 by Bishop Bryan J. McEntegart at St. James Pro-Cathedral, Downtown Brooklyn.
He served as an acquaintance at Our Lady of Grace parish, Howard Beach, 1965-73, and and so was assigned to Catholic Charities as the director of communications. As director of the Diocesan Theater Lodge, he directed 25 musical productions that raised funds for Catholic Charities.
He was named a monsignor in 1988.
In 1989, he was named pastor of Assumption parish, Brooklyn Heights, where he served until 2000 when he became pastor at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs. He officially retired in 2012 just connected to serve every bit parish administrator for the new pastor, Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez.
Earlier he was ordained a priest, Msgr. Funaro worked every bit a cartoonist for Paramount Pictures. He illustrated Casper the Friendly Ghost, Little Audrey, Popeye, Wimpy, Baby Huey, Catnip and Herman.
Bishop Sanchez was the main celebrant of the funeral Mass. Special concelebrants included Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto, Msgr. Edward Scharfenberger, Fathers Frank Passenant, George Cowan, Michael Carrano, January Czudek and Phillip Pizzo, who preached the homily.
"To a higher place all else, Joe Funaro was a good priest," Father Pizzo said. "He left behind a lucrative career to go a priest. He put his whole personality into it.
"Msgr. Funaro fabricated everyone feel skillful about themselves because he knew he was a representative of Jesus Christ.
"He loved putting on plays. Wherever we went someone would come up to him who was in this play or that play.
"He too was a complete fund raiser for Cosmic Charities and and then he put this parish back on the map."
Bishop Sanchez said that Msgr. Funaro was "a faithful priest who gave his all to the parishes he served and to Cosmic Charities which he loved then much."
Deacon Greg Kandra, who preached at the Vigil Mass, said, "To a higher place all else, Joe Funaro was a man of faith. Tremendous, towering faith.
"We heard him express that faith again and over again from this altar in five words that could have been his creed – 'Nothing is impossible with God.'
"Joe Funaro proved that himself once again and once again. He was a man who believed in possibility.
Burial was in Holy Rood Cemetery, Westbury, L.I.
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Old St. Matthias Deacon Dies
Deacon Gerard Yard. Steffens, an incardinated deacon of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died Aug. 15.
A Mass of Christian Burial was historic Aug. 19 at Holy Cross Roman Cosmic Church, Nesconset, L.I.
Deacon Steffens was built-in on July 19, 1942 and was raised in Ridgewood.
He was ordained to the Diaconate on Dec. 2, 1978.
He served in the Diocese of Brooklyn at St. Matthias parish, Ridgewood, until his move to the Diocese of Rockville Middle in 2000, where he ministered at Holy Cross Church building.
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Deacon Edward A. Aigbojie, 73, who has served as a deacon at Queen of All Saints, Fort Greene; St. Fortunata, Brooklyn; and St. Martin de Porres, Bedford-Stuyvesant, since 1992, died Aug. 29.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Sept. 6 at Queen of All Saints Church building.
Father Richard Francis Futie, 58, died Aug. 25 while on vacation in Mexico.
Afterwards graduating from St. Mary H.Due south., Manhassett, 50.I., he attended Cathedral College, Douglaston, and St. Thomas Seminary. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Bridgeport June 26, 1982 at St. Augustine Cathedral, Bridgeport, Conn. He continued his studies at the Pontifical N American College in Rome, and earned his theological degree from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He would later return to Rome to receive doctoral studies in canon law.
In addition to his parish ministries, he served every bit defender of the Marriage Bond on the Diocesan Tribunal in Bridgeport.
He likewise was police chaplain of Stamford in 1998, every bit well equally fleet clergyman for the Stamford Yacht Club in 1999.
Sis Mary Elizabeth Kenny, S.C., a member of the Sisters of Charity for 67 years, died Aug. 27. She was 86. Her religious name was Sister Thomas Maureen.
In the Diocese of Brooklyn, she taught at St. Charles Borromeo, Brooklyn Heights, 1949-53, and at Bishop McDonnell H.S., Crown Heights, 1962-64.
Zambian Central Medardo Mazombwe, retired archbishop of Lusaka and a longtime campaigner for foreign-debt reduction, died Aug. 29. He was 81.
Pope Benedict Xvi had named him to the College of Cardinals in 2010, iv years after the archbishop retired as head of the archdiocese.
The Zambian prelate rose to international prominence in the tardily 1990s as a song advocate for the globe's poor countries, especially those unable to provide for their citizens because they were making massive payments on debt to Kickoff Globe banks.
By 2005, a year before the archbishop's retirement, the Jubilee Zambia Campaign succeeded, and the International Monetary Fund, Earth Bank and the Paris Society canceled all simply $500,000 of Republic of zambia's $vii billion debt.
In a bridge of more than 3 decades, the key served three terms every bit president of the Zambian bishops' conference. From 1979 to 1986, he was head of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa.
His expiry leaves the Higher of Cardinals with 201 members, 112 of whom are under the age of 80 and therefore eligible to vote in a caucus.
Father Giles F. Bello, O.F.M., 84, a professed Franciscan friar for 63 years and a priest for 58 years, died Sept. 2, at Holy Name Friary, Ringwood, N.J.
Born in Long Island City, he attended St. Anastasia Schoolhouse, Douglaston, and graduated from Fort Hamilton H.South., Brooklyn. He also attended Fordham Academy and the Franciscans' St. Joseph Seminary in Callicoon, N.Y.
He was received into the Social club of Friars Minor on Aug. 12, 1949, at St. Bonaventure Friary in Paterson, N.J., where he professed his first vows in 1950. He then studied at St. Stephen Friary, Croghan, N.Y.; St. Anthony Friary, Butler, N.J.; St. Bonaventure University, Allegany, N.Y.; and Holy Name College, Washington, D.C. He made his last profession of vows in that location on Sept. 17, 1953. On June 9, 1955, he was ordained to the priesthood at the Franciscan Monastery in Washington, D.C., by Archbishop Amleto Cicognani, Churchly Delegate.
Following his ordination to the priesthood, he served in parochial ministry building in Little Falls, Due north.J., Manhattan, and East Rutherford, Northward.J. In 1962, he was named director of the lay brothers' preparation program at St. Stephen' Friary in Croghan, besides serving as guardian from 1964 to 1967.
When the brothers' training plan moved to St. Francis Friary in Rye Beach, Northward.H., in 1967, he continued in that location every bit managing director, simply later that yr was named Secretary of the Province, residing at St. Francis of Assisi Friary in Manhattan. He remained in that part until 1973, when he was elected to the Provincial Council, serving until 1979.
He was rector of The Franciscan Establish at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, from 1997 to 2000, retiring in June 2000 to St. Anthony Friary in Butler, N.J.
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Sis Mary Felicia Moore, R.G.S., (Virginia Agnes Moore) died at Skilful Shepherd Centre on Aug. 31, later a brief affliction. She was 90 and had been a Sister of the Adept Shepherd for 67 years.
Born in Flushing, she graduated from St. Agnes University H.S., Higher Point. In 1946, she entered the Novitiate of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Peekskill, N.Y. She made her final profession in 1952.
She served in Brooklyn from 1960 to 1965.
She is survived by her brother, Reverend Donald Moore, South.J.
Burial was in Mount Benedict Cemetery, West Roxbury, Mass.
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Father Daniel John Carboy, C.Ss.R., 73, died on Aug. 22, while receiving hospice care at St. John Neumann Residence at Stella Maris, Timonium, Md.
A memorial service will be held Sat, Oct. five, at 11 a.grand. at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Dusk Park.
Born in Brooklyn, his early years were spent in Our Lady of Angels parish, Bay Ridge, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park.
He entered the Redemptorist Order in 1961 and was ordained on June 19, 1966.
He attended St. Mary's College, the Redemptorist Preparatory Seminary, in North East, Pa. When he finished his novitiate yr in Ilchester, Md., he completed his studies at Mountain St. Alphonsus, Esopus, Northward.Y., where he was ordained.
Following parish work in Maryland, he served as an Air Strength clergyman in the Archdiocese for the Armed forces Services for xx years. In 1992, he retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
He returned to parish ministry until 2008 when ill health forced his retirement.
Burying was in the Redemptorist plot in the Edgewater Cemetery, Edgewater, Fla.
Sis Carmela Melucci, M.P.F., 84, died Sept. 11 at St. Joseph Hall, Morristown, N.J.
Born in Muro Lucano, Italian republic, she entered the Religious Teachers Filippini in 1948 and made her religious profession on Aug. 31, 1952.
After studies at St. John College, Clevelan, Ohio; Middlebury College, Vt.; and Trenton Country College, Ewing, Northward.J.; she was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Perugia in Italy.
Locally, she taught at St. Bernadette, Bensonhurst, 1957-58.
Interment took place at Ave Maria Cemetery, Morristown.
Father Robert W. Donnelly, Chiliad.Grand., a native of Brooklyn, died Sept. 8 at Phelps Memorial Infirmary. He was 81 and a Maryknoll priest for 54 years.
After ordination on June 13, 1959, he served in mission assignments in Nihon and Hawaii until 1991.
He returned to the U.Southward. to practise mission education and evolution work but afterwards returned to Hawaii where he served from 1994 to 2004.
In 2007, he moved to the Maryknoll Mission Centre, Ossining, N.Y., where he assisted local parishes.
He attended Our Lady of Angels School, Bay Ridge, and St. Michael's H.S., Sunset Park, earlier entering the Maryknoll Seminary.
Burial was in the Maryknoll Society Cemetery, Ossining.
Sis Marianella Amerson, O.P., a Sis of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 68 years, died Aug. 31.
Built-in in Brooklyn and baptized Doris, she moved to Queens in her youth. She entered the congregation from Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Queens Village, in 1945. One yr later, she received the habit and her religious proper noun, Sister Marianella.
She ministered to the Dominican Sisters as a melt and domestic in the post-obit convents: St. Agnes, Rockville Centre, L.I., 1947-48; St. Martin, Amityville, 1948-54; American Martyrs, Bayside, 1954-56; St. Frances de Chantal, Borough Park, 1956-1958; St. Joseph, Sullivan County, L.I., 1958-1961; Incarnation, Queens Village, 1961-63; Immaculate Formulation Seminary, Huntington, 50.I., 1963-68; St. Hugh, Huntington Station, L.I., 1968-70; and St. Rose, Melville, L.I., 1970-71.
In 1971, she assumed the position of driver at Queen of the Rosary Motherhouse, Amityville. Many times she was chosen upon to have her fellow Dominican Sisters to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Middle for treatments.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in St. Albert Chapel, Amityville. Interment in the Sisters' Cemetery followed.
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Fr. Rosales Remembered As Passionate for Ministry
A Mass of Christian Burial for Male parent Fredi A. Rosales was historic Sept. 23 at St. John the Evangelist Church, Park Gradient. He died Sept. 18 in the rectory at St. John the Evangelist. He was 72.
Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros was the main celebrant of the funeral Mass. Special concelebrants included Msgrs. Edward Wetterer, Perfecto Vazquez, Joseph Grimaldi and Fathers Joseph G. Fonti, Robert Powers, William McLaughlin and Jorge Dinguis, who preached the homily.
Begetter Rosales
Born in Havana, Cuba, Father Rosales attended Havana University; St. Thomas University, Miami, and Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington, Fifty.I. He was ordained May 23, 1992 by Bishop Thomas V. Daily.
He served as an assistant at Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, 1992-93; Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jamaica, 1993-95; Our Lady of the Presentation and Our Lady of Loreto, Brownsville, 1995-2001.
He served as administrator of Our Lady of Loreto, 2001-08, and at Guardian Angel, Brighton Beach, 2008-10.
In 2010, he was assigned every bit an banana at St. Michael'south, Flushing, where he served until earlier this year when he moved to St. John the Evangelist.
In his homily, Father Dinguis, administrator of St. Patrick, Long Island City, touched on iv main points that he'll always remember well-nigh Begetter Rosales.
"He (Father Rosales) had a beloved for the priesthood and was very fraternal and paternal, too.
"He said Mass with dignity and reverence.
"He loved to preach, especially most truthfulness and justice.
"Lastly, he loved white rice and blackness beans. Every time I took him out, that'southward what he wanted!"
Father Dinguis also said that Male parent Rosales was often misunderstood, since his passion was sometimes confused with anger.
"Only his passion meant that he was deeply committed to his priesthood," Father Dinguis said.
Most of all, Father Dinguis will call up Begetter Rosales as someone who was very fatherly.
"He was a loving male parent with a firm and very tender mitt," Father Dinguis said.
Burial was in St. John'due south Cemetery, Middle Village. There were no immediate survivors.
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Begetter James J. DiGiacomo, Due south.J., a popular Jesuit writer and religious educator, died Sept. fifteen at Murray-Weigel Hall, the Bronx. He had been in declining health and was 89 years old. He was a Jesuit for seventy years and a priest for 57 years.
Built-in in Brooklyn, he was introduced to the Jesuits in secondary school at Brooklyn Prep, and he entered the customs in 1943.
He studied at Woodstock College, Doc., 1947-l, and taught as a scholastic. He taught seniors at Gonzaga H.S., Washington, D.C., 1950-53.
He was ordained to the priesthood past Central Francis X. Spellman at the Fordham Academy Church, Rose Colina, N.Y., on June 16, 1956.
From 1958 to 1964, he taught Latin, English and religion at Brooklyn Prep. This experience led him to farther studies and to over 40 years of didactics religion at the secondary school, higher and graduate school level. To proceeds expertise in the post-Vatican II era of catechetics, he studied at the Constitute of Lumen Vitae, Brussels, Belgium.
He and so began his long career of instruction religion at Brooklyn Prep, Fordham University, and Fordham Prep. From 1977 to 2003, he taught theology at Regis H.Due south., Manhattan, while residing at America House. Retiring from the classroom in 2003 but continuing to write and preach, he assisted at Our Lady of Victory Church in Manhattan and at St. Anthony'due south parish, Greenpoint. In 2010, his health necessitated a move to Murray-Weigel Hall in the Bronx.
A Mass of Christian Burial was historic Sept. 23 at the Fordham University Church building. Burial followed in the Jesuit Cemetery in Auriesville, Due north.Y.
Sister M. Jacinta Guinther, I.H.M., of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died at Regional Hospital in Scranton, Pa., Sept. 19.
Built-in in Honesdale, Pa., as Elizabeth Ann, she entered the I.H.M. Congregation in 1946 and made her final profession of vows in 1954.
Locally, she taught at St. Ephrem School, Dyker Heights, 1960-62 and 1978-86.
She is survived by a brother, Edward, and a sister, Grace Augello, both of Honesdale.
Interment was at St. Catherine'southward Cemetery in Moscow, Pa.
Regina Barry, a onetime Sister of St. Joseph (Sister Mary Jeanine, C.S.J, 1955-75), died Sept. xix.
She is survived past her siblings Veronica Schad and Don Sterling (Betty).
She was predeceased by her husband Donald.
Memorial donations may be made to the Piffling Sisters of the Poor'southward Queen of Peace Residence, Queens Village.
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Sister Mary Schramm, O.S.U., an Ursuline Sister of Tildonk for 55 years, died suddenly Sept. xix, in Bayport, L.I. She was 73.
Born in Richmond Hill, she professed final vows in 1964.
She taught at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ozone Park, 1962-65 and 1978-79. In addition, she served as co-coordinator of PRONTO of 50.I.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for James J. Lynch, 97, of Elmhurst.
Built-in in County Cavan Republic of ireland, he came to New York in 1951.
He worked for the Due north.Y.C. Board of Pedagogy, eventually retiring as custodian engineer and loyal member of the alliance of Local 891.
He was a fellow member of St. Adalbert'southward Church building, Elmhurst.
He is survived by his wife of l years, Kathleen (McGoldrick); and their son, James Jr., M.D., of Stewart Manor, 50.I., and a fellow member of the Diocesan Review Lath.
Sister Ann Margaret McCarthy, C.Southward.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 64 years, died Sept. xiii. She entered the congregation from Our Lady of the Cenacle parish, Rego Park, in 1950.
She held a doctorate in education from the University of Georgia, Athens.
Formerly known as Sister John Capistran, she taught from 1952 to 1970 at Immaculate Conception, Jamaica; St. Francis Xavier, Park Slope; St. Angela Hall Academy; Marine Park; St. Benedict Joseph, Richmond Hill; St. Michael'due south, Dusk Park; Nativity, Bed-Stuy; and St. Rose of Lima, Rockaway.
She also worked in the Brooklyn Diocesan Office in the Catholic Schools Special Project and subsequently every bit banana superintendent.
She spent 10 years as master of Bishop Kearney H.South., Bensonhurst.
She and so served as superintendent of schools in the Diocese of Albany, N.Y., 1990-97. The latter function of her ministry building was spent every bit associate dean of pedagogy in St. John's University.
She was a member of the Due north.Y.S. Public Policy Commission, ultimately serving as president of the North.Y.S. Council of Catholic School Superintendents, 1990-97.
Sister Maureen A. Montgomery, C.S.J., a fellow member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 62 years, died Sept. 5.
She entered the congregation from St. Francis of Assisi parish, Crown Heights, in 1952. She held degrees in education from St. John'south University; SUNY Plattsburgh and Hofstra University.
Formerly known as Sis Mary Adelaide, she taught at St. Agnes, Cobble Hill, 1954-58; St. Francis Xavier, Park Gradient, 1958-61; St. Teresa of Avila, Prospect Heights, 1961-65; Most Precious Blood, L.I.C., 1965-66; St. Ann, Flushing, 1966-70; and University of St. Joseph, Brentwood, 1970-74.
She was assistant chief at St. John the Baptist, W Islip, L.I., 1990-94, and treasurer at Sacred Center University, Hempstead, Fifty.I., 1994-2003.
Sister Catherine Marie Tuohy, C.S.J., a fellow member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, for 69 years, died July nine.
She entered the congregation in 1944 from Our Lady of Perpetual Assist, Sunset Park.
She received grants and studied summers in the University of Michigan, Lake Forest Higher, Stride University, N.Y., and University of California-Berkley, 1963-70.
Formerly known as Sister St. Alphonsus, she taught at St. Bridegroom Joseph Labre, Richmond Hill, 1946-48; Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, 1953-54; St. Francis Xavier Academy H.Due south., Park Slope, 1954-59; St. Brendan D.H.South., Midwood, 1959-60; Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, 1960-63; Bishop Kearney D.H.S., Bensonhurst, 1963-68; and Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, 1968-82.
She was an assistant in finances at Catholic Medical Center, Jamaica, 1982-85 and 1986-92, and a pastoral government minister at Calvary Hospital, the Bronx, 1985-86.
She then retired to St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood.
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