The New York State Catholic Conference has produced a video and a new website to tackle questions and concerns, offer clarity and compassion and serve as an education resource for Catholics nationwide.
Month: February 2015
Sister Mary Elizabeth Shea, R.S.M.
Sister Mary Elizabeth Shea, R.S.M. a Sister of Mercy, South Central Community, died in St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 6. She was 84. Born in New York, she graduated from Bayside H.S., Bayside. She entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1950 and professed perpetual vows six years later. Sister Liz, as she was known, attended Misericordia University, Dallas, Pa. Locally, […]
Sister Margaret Patricia Ryan, C.S.J.
Sister Margaret Patricia Ryan, C.S.J., 94, a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 75 years, died Jan. 25, in St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood. She entered the congregation in 1940 from Immaculate Heart of Mary, Kensington. She went on to earn her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Latin from Manhattan College, Manhattan, and St. John’s […]
Sister Mary Rosina Dalton, R.S.M.
Sister Mary Rosina Dalton, R.S.M., 80, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas, Mid-Atlantic Community, for 60 years, died Sept. 28. Born in Brooklyn, she attended Holy Innocents School in Flatbush, and Mercy Juniorate H.S., Fort Greene, before entering the novitiate in Syosset, L.I., in 1954. She professed her final vows on Sept. 5, 1959. She attended St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, and earned certification as a […]
Sister Mary Kilian Sullivan, R.S.M.
Sister Mary Kilian Sullivan, R.S.M., 79, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas, Mid-Atlantic Community, for 58 years, died at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood, L.I., Feb. 3. Born Florence Sullivan, she attended St. Teresa of Avila School, Prospect Heights, and Catherine McAuley H.S., Flatbush, before entering the novitiate in Syosset, L.I., in 1957. She professed her final vows on Sept. 5, 1962. She attended St. Francis […]
Deacons In Training Hone Homiletic Skills
At American Martyrs Church in Bayside, the next class of diocesan permanent deacons is learning the art of giving a proper homily.
Sister Eleanor Dobson, R.S.M.
Sister Eleanor Dobson, R.S.M., 84, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas, Mid-Atlantic Community, for 65 years, died Nov. 3, 2014. Born in Brooklyn, she went to St. Thomas Aquinas School, Flatlands, and St. Brendan D.H.S., Midwood, before entering the Sisters of Mercy Novitiate, Syosset, L.I., in 1949. She professed her final vows on Sept. 4, 1954. […]
Sister M. Mechtilda Rafalowska S.C.F.N.
Sister M. Mechtilda Rafalowska, C.S.F.N., who spent 26 years of her 62-year ministry at St. Stanislaus Kostka, Greenpoint, died Sept. 10, 2014 at IHM Convent in Monroe, Conn. A native of Ansonia, Conn., she joined the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth in 1926. In the Diocese of Brooklyn, she taught at St. Stanislaus Kostka, 1929-33; St. Stanislaus, Ozone […]
Pope Says Women Must Have Greater Roles in the Church
“I am convinced of the urgency of offering space to women in the life of the church and to welcoming them, taking into account specific and changing cultural and social sensitivities,” Pope Francis said.
Black Catholics Boast Rich Biblical Tradition
Black Catholics have been part of the Church since Biblical times, said a visiting bishop as the diocese marked Black History Month.