Sister Catherine (Kay) Crumlish, R.S.M., a member of the Sisters of Mercy, Mid-Atlantic, passed away on Jan.12 in Brooklyn after living with cancer for several years. She was 78.
Author: settinger
The Two Popes
We are in a unique period of history. For the first time in the church’s history, at least in a time period when we are not in schism, we have two popes, one active and one retired.
Catholic Schools Week Listings 2020
A Lesson From China
This past summer, I had the opportunity to travel to China to teach English to a group of nursing students at the Jilin Medical University. The program was sponsored by the Maryknoll Fathers, an American religious order. These missionaries go to distant lands to preach the Gospel and to encourage others to live by its tenets. Maryknoll priests have been ministering in China for over 100 years. For the English language program, they assembled a group of teachers of various ages and backgrounds, including authors, pediatricians, youth ministers, a waitress, and a retired army sergeant.
God Calls Each Person by Name
As the church and world return to the ordinary time of work and life in the afterglow of Christmas, God continues to nourish and inspire through His word. Isaiah, never too far away, continues to bellow the theme that in many ways defines his prophecy-vocation. God calls each person by name to His service, so that we might find there the freedom of being His children.
James B. Wagner
James B. Wagner, father of Christopher Wagner, a deacon at St. Bernard Church, Mill Basin, died on Jan. 11. His funeral Mass was held on Jan. 15 at Resurrection Church, Gerritsen Beach. Burial was at St. Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale, L.I.
Raffaela Fonti
Raffaela Fonti, mother of Father Joseph G. Fonti, pastor of St. Mel’s Church, Flushing, died on Jan. 9. Her funeral Mass was offered on Jan. 14 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Kensington. Burial was at Holy Cross Cemetery, East Flatbush.
Gesner Paris Auguste
Gesner Paris Auguste, mother of Father Jean-Miguel Auguste, pastor of St. Pius X Church, Rosedale, died on Dec. 21. Her funeral Mass was held at Sacred Heart Church, Cambria Heights. Her burial was in Petit-Goave, Haiti.
Sister Helen Marie Kenny, M.M.,
who was a Maryknoll Sister for 70 years and who attended high school at St. Agnes Academy in College Point, died on Jan. 4 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll, N.Y. She was 88.
Sister Veronica McCormack, F.d.L.S
Sister Veronica McCormack, F.d.L.S, a Brooklyn native and a member of the Daughters of Wisdom for 66 years, died on Aug. 28 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Convent in Sound Beach, L.I. She was 86.