Jesuit Father Fernando Cardenal, who worked for years to promote education in Nicaragua, died Feb. 20 after complications from an abdominal operation. He was 82.
Obituaries
Obituary: Sister M. Josephine Thibodeau, S.C.
Sister Mary Josephine Thibodeau, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 72 years, died at Caritas Residence, Halifax, Feb. 13. She was 91.
Obituary: Frances Marie Brophy
Frances Marie Brophy, 82, who worked as the assistant librarian at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington, L.I., died after having suffered a stroke a few weeks ago.
The God Squad’s Msgr. Hartman Developed Catholic Television on LI
Half of TV and radio’s “The God Squad” and the longtime head of the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s Telecare cable TV station, Msgr. Thomas Hartman died Feb. 16.
Father Candreva Served As Deacon and Priest
Father Art Candreva, I.V. Dei, a member of the Voluntas Dei Institute who served as a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Hope parish, Middle Village, died Feb. 18.
Obituary: Diocesan Employee Carol Ann Fagan
Carol Ann Fagan, payroll and billing manager for the Secretariat for Human and Information Resources of the Diocese of Brooklyn died Feb. 3.
Obituary: Rosemary Oliva
Rosemary Oliva, a member of St. Bernadette’s parish, Dyker Heights, who worked almost four decades at Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, died on Feb. 9.
Obituary: Sister Anne Behre, C.S.J.
Caritas Award winner and local pioneer in deaf education, Sister Anne Behre, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 74 years, died in Brentwood on Jan. 13.
Obituary: Sister Agnes Muriel Freligh, C.S.J.
Sister Agnes Muriel Freligh, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 70 years, died in Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood, on Jan. 30.
Obituary: Sister Muriel Smithwick, C.S.J.
Sister Muriel Smithwick, C.S.J., formerly Sister St. Florence, a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 72 years, died in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, Jan. 14.