WASHINGTON (CNS) – William A. Ryan, whose career as a journalist and communicator with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops covered more than 40 years, died July 25 at the age of 79. He retired as deputy director of communications at the USCCB in 2007 and had served a period as interim director of the […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for retired NYPD detective Douglas A. LeVien Jr., was celebrated at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, Aug. 5. He died July 30. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, LeVien spent over 44 years in law enforcement and served as executive assistant to former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes. LeVien is […]
Gladys Kelly Hirten, 88, the mother of Father Timothy J. Hirten, a priest of the Brooklyn Diocese currently on active duty as a U.S. Air Force chaplain in the Middle East, died July 28 at her home in Bellemore, L.I. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Aug. 4 at St. Barnabas Church, Bellemore. In […]
Deacon Francis Pittie, 78, a retired deacon from Brooklyn who was living in Florida, died July 17 at his home. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated July 27 at St. Rose of Lima, Parkville.
Sister Mary Lucilla Bernier, S.C., (Frances Helen Bernier), a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 83 years, died June 22 at Mount Saint Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass., at the age of 103.
Sister Kathryn Slevin, C.S.J., formerly Sister Agnes Patricia, died June 26, in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, L.I. A member of the congregation for 56 years, she entered in 1960 from St. Camillus parish, Rockaway Beach.
Sister Maureen Gleason, C.S.J., formerly Sister Miriam Assumpta, died June 9, in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, L.I. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1956.
Sister Nirmala Joshi, who succeeded Blessed Teresa of Kolkata as superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, died early June 23 in Kolkota at age 81.
Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, the head of the Armenian Catholic Church since 1999, died of a heart attack in Lebanon.
George Hoffman, 101, was a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, a member of the Bishop’s Court of Honor, member of the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and the Catholic Teachers Association of NYC.
