Sister Madeline Therese DiCarlo, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 64 years, who ministered at Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, Sunset Park, for 38 years, died Dec. 11. She attended Visitation B.V.M. School, Red Hook, and St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn, before entering the congregation in 1951 from her home parish of Visitation. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business education from St. John’s […]
Sister Margaret Most, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 74 years, died in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, Jan. 20. She entered the congregation in 1941 from St. Michael, Sunset Park. After earning her bachelor’s degree in English from Manhattan College, she received a master’s in speech education from Columbia University Teachers College, Manhattan, and Brooklyn College. Formerly known as Sister Margaret […]
Dear Editor: I disagree with Albert Licata’s referral (Jan. 24, Readers’ Forum) to Kirel I, starring Anthony Quinn in the movie, “Shoes of the Fisherman,” as being the “first non-Italian Pope, in this case, a Russian.” In both his novel and the movie, Australian writer, Morris West, portrays Kirel I as the first elected Ukrainian Pope. However, I […]
Dear Editor: I am originally from St. Nicholas of Tolentine parish in the Bronx, and was so blessed to meet several Carmelite priests from Kerala there in the late 1950s. I am traveling to India next month, specifically to Kerala, and am hoping to at least visit the monastery from which they came. The three […]
It seems that just about every time Pope Francis makes wonderfully “shocking” statements, there are those in the Church who try to slice and dice the value of his words by adding phrases such as “taking his words out of context,” “not what the Church teaches,” “this is what the Pope really means,” and so on.
Dear Editor: As the late Father James Dunne often told the story – when he was a teenager, he attended Cathedral Prep in Brooklyn and when the young men went to confession, they would have to identify themselves as seminarians.
Dear Editor: Great photos and coverage in The Tablet of the March for Life in Washington, D.C., and Pro Vita Mass celebrated by Bishop DiMarzio. Wonderful news, too, that DeSales Media sponsored 10 busses to the March! The Diocese of Brooklyn is on the move – just wonderful. Also, St. John’s University’s Campus Ministry had […]
It’s no secret that one of the biggest complaints which is lodged against our priests is a perceived poor quality of homiletic skill. This is, at times, compounded with the comment: “Father preaches so long and then realizes the time and rushes through the rest of the Mass.” We are proud of our priests. The […]
Sister Marguerite Mahoney, S.C., a member of the Sisters of Charity of New York, died Jan. 27, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, N.J. She was 87. Born on Staten Island, she worked for three years before enter- ing the Sisters in 1949 and taking the religious name, Sister Angelita. Locally, she taught at St. […]
Sister Marie Kevin MacDonald, S.C., a member of the Sisters of Charity of New York for 62 years, died Jan. 26, at St. Joseph Hospital, Yonkers. Born in Manhattan, she entered the congregation in 1952. She taught locally at St. Rita School, Long Island City, 1985- 86, and St. Gabriel, East Elmhurst, 1989-90. She is […]
