Sister Mary Elizabeth Shea, R.S.M. a Sister of Mercy, South Central Community, died in St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 6. She was 84. Born in New York, she graduated from Bayside H.S., Bayside. She entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1950 and professed perpetual vows six years later. Sister Liz, as she was known, attended Misericordia University, Dallas, Pa. Locally, […]
Sister Margaret Patricia Ryan, C.S.J., 94, a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 75 years, died Jan. 25, in St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood. She entered the congregation in 1940 from Immaculate Heart of Mary, Kensington. She went on to earn her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Latin from Manhattan College, Manhattan, and St. John’s […]
Sister Mary Rosina Dalton, R.S.M., 80, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas, Mid-Atlantic Community, for 60 years, died Sept. 28. Born in Brooklyn, she attended Holy Innocents School in Flatbush, and Mercy Juniorate H.S., Fort Greene, before entering the novitiate in Syosset, L.I., in 1954. She professed her final vows on Sept. 5, 1959. She attended St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, and earned certification as a […]
Sister Mary Kilian Sullivan, R.S.M., 79, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas, Mid-Atlantic Community, for 58 years, died at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood, L.I., Feb. 3. Born Florence Sullivan, she attended St. Teresa of Avila School, Prospect Heights, and Catherine McAuley H.S., Flatbush, before entering the novitiate in Syosset, L.I., in 1957. She professed her final vows on Sept. 5, 1962. She attended St. Francis […]
Sister Eleanor Dobson, R.S.M., 84, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas, Mid-Atlantic Community, for 65 years, died Nov. 3, 2014. Born in Brooklyn, she went to St. Thomas Aquinas School, Flatlands, and St. Brendan D.H.S., Midwood, before entering the Sisters of Mercy Novitiate, Syosset, L.I., in 1949. She professed her final vows on Sept. 4, 1954. […]
Sister M. Mechtilda Rafalowska, C.S.F.N., who spent 26 years of her 62-year ministry at St. Stanislaus Kostka, Greenpoint, died Sept. 10, 2014 at IHM Convent in Monroe, Conn. A native of Ansonia, Conn., she joined the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth in 1926. In the Diocese of Brooklyn, she taught at St. Stanislaus Kostka, 1929-33; St. Stanislaus, Ozone […]
Bishop Cosmas Shi Enxiang of Yixian, 94, a member of the so-called underground Catholic Church in China, who has not been seen since his arrest in 2001, has died, according to a relative. Born in Hebei province, Bishop Shi was arrested April 13, 2001, Good Friday, at his niece’s home in Beijing. He was held […]
Deacon Winston M. Mayers, 91, a retired deacon of Christ the King parish, Springfield Gardens, died Jan. 30. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday, Feb. 9, at 11 a.m. Viewing will be at the parish at 9 a.m. He was ordained to the diaconate on April 9, 1988. He is survived by his […]
Edward P. Scharfenberger, of Warwick, N.Y., formerly of Ridgewood, died Jan. 21 at his home. He was 94. He was the father of Bishop Edward Scharfenberger of Albany. Born in Brooklyn, was married for 68 years to Elaine (Magdal) Scharfenberger. He served with the U.S. Army during World War II as a paratrooper and a First Lieutenant in field artillery and […]
Sister Rosemary Napolitano, O.S.F., formerly Sister Mary Conrad, died in Assisi House on Jan. 30. She was 72. Born in Jersey City, she entered the Franciscan Sisters of Ringwood, a congregation that later merged with the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, and professed her first vows in 1961. Her eight years of ministry in […]
