Sister Rosemary Lesser, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 67 years, died Jan. 4. She entered the congregation in 1948 from St. Benedict Joseph Labre parish, Richmond Hill. She began studies in deaf education at St. John’s University, Jamaica, and Boston University, followed by certification in advanced methods in deaf education at Canisius College, Buffalo; […]
Sister Catherine Anita Kelly, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 74 years, died Jan. 1. She entered the congregation in 1941 from St. Pius V parish, Jamaica. She earned her bachelor’s degree in math from Manhattan College, 1954, and received several grants in math from colleges and universities, including Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Penn., and St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights. A teacher […]
Father Richard McBrien, 78, noted theologian and prolific writer who served on the faculty of Notre Dame University, South Bend, Ind., for almost three decades, died Jan. 25 in his native Connecticut, where he had recently returned. He had been ill for the past several years. His popular works included “Catholicism,” “Lives of the Saints” […]
Lydia Garcia, 94, a Catholic schoolteacher in the Diocese of Brooklyn for 23 years, died Jan. 9. Starting as a volunteer at Our Lady of Good Counsel, Bushwick, in 1960, she began teaching third grade at the school full-time in 1964. When Our Lady of Good Counsel closed in 1973, she taught third grade at […]
Father Joachim “Addi” von Kerssenbrock, S.J., 85, died in his room at Murray-Weigel Hall, Bronx, on Jan. 7. He was a Jesuit for 65 years and a priest for 55 years. Born in Poland, he was ordained to the priesthood on July 31, 1959. For 15 years he served as a mis- sionary in Zimbabwe. […]
Sister Mary Elizabeth Marciano, O.Carm., a member of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, Germantown, N.Y., for 49 years, died Jan. 7. She was 66. Born in Brooklyn, she entered the congregation on Sept. 8, 1966 and took her final vows on June 28, 1975. Her first mission was St. Joseph’s Manor, Trumbull, Conn., 1969-79, where she served while […]
Sister Rita M. Tomasulo, a Franciscan Sister of Allegany, N.Y., for 68 years, died Nov. 13 in the Healthcare Center of the St. Elizabeth Motherhouse in Allegany. She was 89. Born in Brooklyn, she attended St. Peter School, Cobble Hill, and Girls’ Commercial H.S., Prospect Heights, before entering the Franciscan Sisters in 1946. Her first […]
Sister Mary Albertus Haggerty (Kathryn Agnes), S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 80 years, died Jan. 1 at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass. She was 101. Locally, she taught sixth grade at Resurrection-Ascension School in Rego Park, 1951-55. She later served as president of the Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, […]
Father James P. Sinnott, M.M., a native of Brooklyn, died Dec. 23 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Seoul, South Korea. He was 85 years old and a Maryknoll priest for 54 years. He attendedSt. Malachy’sSchool, East New York; Brooklyn Prep; and then went to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He attended State University College of Medicine in Manhattan until he was drafted […]
Sister Claire O’Neill, C.I.J., a member of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus (Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor), Rockville Centre, L.I., for 57 years, died Dec. 27 at the congregation’s infirmary, Villa St. Joseph, Rockville Centre. She entered the congregation in 1957 and received the religious name Sister Mary Martinus. She made her final […]
