Sister Mary Lawrence O’Keeffe, C.I.J., a member of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus, Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor, for 71 years, died June 2. She was 96.
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Sister Mary Albert Thompson, C.S.J.
Sister Mary Albert Thompson, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 76 years, has passed away.
Sister Jean de Sales Tito, C.S.J.
Sister Jean de Sales Tito, C.S.J., a nurse who was a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 68 years, has died.
Sister Eileen Patricia Haggerty, C.S.J.
Sister Eileen Patricia Haggerty, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 73 years, died June 27 in Maria Regina Residence, the sisters’ nursing home. Formerly known as Sister Maria Prague, she entered the congregation in 1945 from St. Thomas Aquinas parish, Flatlands. Her ministries included Holy Child Jesus, Richmond Hill, 1947-1951; […]
Sister Carole Therese Fitzpatrick, C.S.J.
Sister Carole Therese Fitzpatrick, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood for 64 years died June 28 while residing in Maria Regina Residence, the sisters’ nursing home.
Sister Barbara Doyle, C.S.J.
Sister Barbara Doyle, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 63 years died July 4 while residing in Maria Regina Residence, the sisters’ nursing home.
Sister Jean Patrick Cody, C.S.J.
Sister Jean Patrick Cody, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 68 years, died May 22 at the Maria Regina Residence, the sisters’ nursing home.
The True Danger With Wealth
by Father Patrick Longalong“For what profit comes to man from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which he has labored under the sun?”
A Visit to Emmett Till’s Coffin
by Effie CaldarolaOver 60 years ago, a young African American boy named Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Mississippi after an encounter with a white woman in a country store on a dusty road on a hot, humid Southern day.
The Homily and Eucharist Are Connected
St. Mary Magdalene’s feast day this past year was greeted not only with the sing-ing of the Gloria at Mass, but also with a “Twitter-storm.” Father James Martin — a Jesuit priest who’s one of the most famous and influential priests in the United States — released the following tweet on July 22: