Sister Mary Theresa McGarrity, C.S.J., a member of the Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for nearly 75 years, died in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, May 18. She entered the community in 1940 from Transfiguration, Williamsburg, and went on to attend Manhattan College, and earn a masters from St. John’s University. Formerly Sister Theresa Immaculate, her […]
Joan Sexton, known for her activism in the Catholic peace and justice movement, died May 27 at Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan. She was 89. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated May 30 at St. Boniface Oratory Church, Downtown Brooklyn. A native of New Jersey, she attended Red Bank Catholic H.S., and Manhattanville College. Mrs. […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father John Cullinane, the retired pastor of St. Genevieve, Rockaway Point, was celebrated June 4 at St. Thomas More Church, Breezy Point. He died June 1, one day before his 59th anniversary of ordination. He was 85. Born in Brooklyn, he was baptized at Our Lady of Angels Church, […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Louis Aufiero, 78, who lived at Queen of Peace Residence, Queens Village, was celebrated there June 1. He died May 24 at Queen of Peace, five days before his 50th anniversary of ordination. Born in Williamsburg, he attended St. Nicholas School, Most Holy Trinity H.S., Cathedral College, all […]
Sister Noraleen Murphy, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 69 years, died May 3 in Maria Regina Residence. In 1946 she entered the congregation from the parish of St. Joseph, Brooklyn. She earned her bachelor’s degree in math from the Catholic University of Puerto Rico, 1957; in sociology from […]
Sister Angela Esposito, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 70 years, died May 11 at Maria Regina Residence. She entered the congregation in 1946 from St. Thomas Aquinas parish, Brooklyn. She earned her bachelor’s degree in French from Manhattan College in 1956, and from St. John’s University in 1958. […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Deacon Ramon Genaro Diaz, 74, was celebrated on Saturday, May 23, at the Immaculate Conception Monastery Church, Jamaica Estates, where he had served since his ordination in 2002. He died at his home on Wednesday, May 20. Father Thomas Pettei, Episcopal Vicar of Queens, was the celebrant of the […]
Sister St. Timothy Connolly, C.S.J. a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 72 years, died May 1, in Brentwood. She entered the congregation in 1943 from O.L. Mercy, Forest Hills. She attended Manhattan College, and the Catholic University of Puerto Rico. She taught at O.L. Perpetual Help, Sunset Park, 1945-48; Mary’s […]
Elena J. Papa, 93, a longtime parishioner and teacher in St. Mary Mother of Jesus parish, Bensonhurst, died May 1. She taught fourth and fifth grades in St. Mary Mother of Jesus School for 25 years until she retired in 1982. A funeral Mass was concelebrated by Msgr. Andrew J. Vaccari, St. Mary Mother of […]
ST. MEINRAD, Ind. (CNS) – A funeral Mass was celebrated May 21 at St. Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad for Benedictine Father Cyprian Davis, who died May 18 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. He was 84. Father Davis wrote six books, including “The History of Black Catholics in the United States,” published in 1990. He […]
