Sister Cecilia Catherine Batten, S.C., 81, a Sister of Charity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 62 years, died Dec. 7 in Drummond Hall, Parkland Estates, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Locally, she taught fifth grade at Our Lady Help of Christians, Midwood, 1954-57.She ministered in various parts of Nova Scotia until her retirement to Caritas Residence, Halifax, […]
A Mass of Christian burial for Msgr. Cornelius T. Kneafsey, the retired pastor of Our Lady of the Cenacle, Richmond Hill, was celebrated in the chapel at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, on Dec. 30. He died Dec. 24 at New York Medical Center, Flushing. He was 81. Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto was the main […]
Sister Carol Ann Swan, S.C., 79, a Sister of Charity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 58 years, died Dec. 12 at Mount St. Vincent, Wellsley Hills, Mass. Formerly known as Sister William Margaret, she spent 35 years of her religious life ministering in the Brooklyn and Rockville Centre dioceses. She taught fifth and sixth grades at […]
Sister M. Ann Veronica Helbig, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 63 years, died on the feast of the Solemnity of Mary, Jan. 1. She was 82. Born Florence Helbig in South Ozone Park, she recognized her call to religious life as a teenager and completed her high school education at the […]
Sister Noreen Butler, O.P., 82, a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 64 years, died Dec. 11. Born in New York to Irish immigrants, she met the Dominican Sisters at St. Agnes Academic H.S., College Point. She entered the con- gregation on Sept. 8, 1950. Formerly known as Sister Denis Patrick, her early ministry […]
Deacon Carlo V. Mellace, 70, for- mer director of the diocesan Italian Apostolate, died Dec. 29, in Calabria, Italy, where he was spending Christmas with his siblings. A funeral Mass followed by his burial took place there on Dec. 31. Born in Olivadi, Italy, he earned his doc- torate in economics and attained the rank […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Kevin M. Kearney, a partner in the law firm of Wingate, Kearney and Cullen, was celebrated Jan. 7 at St. Francis de Sales Church, Belle Harbor. The main celebrant of the funeral Mass was Msgr. Otto L. Garcia, a long- time friend. Kearney, 61, died Jan. 3 after a […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Moral theologian William E. May, who taught theology for decades and wrote numerous books and scholarly articles, died Dec. 13 at age 86 surrounded by members of his family in a Maryland suburb of Washington. His funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 20 at Holy Redeemer parish in Kensington, Md., followed by burial […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father James M. Dunne, former pastor of St. Camillus parish, Rockaway Park, was celebrated Dec. 22 at the church. He died Dec. 18. Born in Brooklyn, he attended Cathedral College; Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington; and Catholic University, Washington, D.C. He was ordained June 3, 1961 by Bishop Bryan J. […]
Jesuit Father Vincent McNally died on his 97th birthday, Nov. 29, at Murray-Weigel Hall, the Bronx. Born in Brooklyn, he attended Brooklyn Prep. After one year at Fordham University, he joined the Society of Jesus in 1935. A priest for 66 years, he was ordained in June, 1948 at Weston College, Weston, Mass. Following his […]
