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 […]
Sister Kathleen Therese Casey, S.C., 79, a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 59 years, died at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass., on Jan. 24. Locally, she taught fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades at St. Sebastian School in Woodside from 1955 to 1964. She also ministered in Massachusetts, Quebec and Nova Scotia before retiring to Mount St. […]
Sister Mary Patricia Murray, S.C., 96, a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 75 years, died at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass., Jan. 20. Formerly known as Sister Mary of Lourdes, she taught first grade at St. Sylvester School, City Line, 1939-44, and third grade at Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge, 1944-48. She went […]
Sister Helen Cushing, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 77 years, died at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass., Jan. 22. She was 97. Formerly known as Sister Marie Bernard, she taught third and sixth grades at Our Lady Help of Christians School, Midwood, 1937-47, and sixth and seventh grades at Resurrection-Ascension School, Rego Park, 1947-51. She also ministered in Patchogue, L.I.; Massachusetts and […]
Sister Carol Borges, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 65 years, died on Jan. 14. She entered the congregation from the parish of Cure of Ars, Merrick, L.I. She earned a bachelor’s degree in math from the College of Mount St. Vincent, the Bronx, and a master’s in religious education […]
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will celebrate a Memorial Mass in the Chapel of 310 Prospect Park West, Park Slope, for the repose of the soul of Deacon Carlo V. Mellace, on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at noon. Deacon Mellace, 70, who worked as a compliance auditor for the diocesan Office of Fiscal Management, was ordained to the […]
