Father Carmen La Mazza, M.M., who was born in Jersey City, N.J., and raised in Brooklyn, died March 24 in El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, Calif.
Obituaries
Obituary: Sister Marie Lucy Sullivan, C.S.J.
Sister Marie Lucy Sullivan, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 68 years, died March 23 in her Hempstead, L.I.
Obituary: Sister Antoinette Damato, O.P.
Sister Antoinette Damato, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 70 years, died April 5.
After the ‘G-word’ Has Been Spoken
In the early Church, witnesses to the faith who had been persecuted and tortured but not killed were known as “martyr-confessors.”
Obituary: Cardinal Georges Cottier, O.P
Cardinal Georges Cottier, O.P., former theologian of the papal household, died March 31 at the age of 93.
Obituary: Sister Mary McKenna, C.S.J.
Sister Mary McKenna, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 80 years, died in St. Joseph’s Convent, on March 18.
Obituary: Lorraine Gilley
Lorraine Gilley, the mother of Father Charles Gilley, I.V. Dei., a priest of the Voluntas Dei Institute, who resides at St. Patrick’s rectory, Long Island City, died March 28.
Obituary: Sister Patricia Clare Barry, O.P.
Sister Patricia Clare Barry, O.P., (Sister M. Francis Magdalen), 84, a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 64 years, died March 28.
Obituary: Jean Stamm Portnoy
Jean Stamm Portnoy, the sister of Deacon Peter Stamm of Sacred Heart parish, East Glendale, died March 23 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Obituary: Theresa Gaylord Weber
Theresa Gaylord Weber, the mother-in-law of Deacon Ronald Ronacher of St. Rita’s parish, East New York, died March 18.