Deacon Lionel Knight, 92, a retired deacon from St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Jamaica, died March 17.
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Charity Sister Miriam Thomas Collins Dead at 80
A member of the Sisters of Charity of N.Y. for 63 years, died March 20.
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Sister Clement Marie Fay, O.P., of Dominican Convent, Sparkill, N.Y., died March 7 in Siena Hall. She was 89. Born in Glendale, she entered the congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary in Sparkill in 1955 and received the name Sister Clement Marie, professing her final vows in 1962. She was an elementary teacher and […]
Former Educator and Queens Pastor Dead at 88
A Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Thomas J. Gradilone, a senior priest, was celebrated March 14 in the chapel at Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, Douglaston. He died March 12. He was 88. Born in Ridgewood, he attended Cathedral College, Brooklyn; and Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington. He was ordained June 3, 1950 by Bishop Thomas […]
Former NCEA President Dead at 81
Sister Kieran Hartigan, R.S.M., 81, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 63 years, died Feb. 26. Born in Glen Cove, L.I., she attended St. Patrick’s School, Glen Cove, and Our Lady of Mercy Academy, Syosset. She entered the Sisters of Mercy on Sept. 8, 1950 and professed her final vows on […]
Obituaries – March 15
Father Matthew C. Flood, S.J., a Jesuit for 67 years and a priest for 53 years, died March 7 at Murray-Weigel Hall, the Bronx. He was 85. Born in the Bronx, he attended Xavier H.S., Manhattan, and entered the Society of Jesus at St. Andrew-on-Hudson in 1946. He attended Woodstock College, Woodstock, Md., and Bellarmine […]
Obituaries – March 1, 2014
Sister Ann Dyer, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 74 years, died Feb. 13. She entered the congregation from Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, Sunset Park, and she studied at Manhattan College, and Rivier College, Nashua, N.H. Formerly known as Sister Catherine Elizabeth, she taught at Transfiguration, Williamsburg, […]
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Father Joseph R. Rooney, S.J., a Jesuit priest for 47 years, died on Feb. 3, at Murray-Weigel Hall, the Bronx. He was 79 years old and a member of the Society of Jesus for 60 years. Born in Jackson Heights, he attended Xavier H.S., Manhattan; Mount St. Michael Academy, the Bronx; and St. Francis College, […]
Former Queens Pastor Was a Passionist Priest
Father Thomas Joyce, C.P., former pastor of Immaculate Conception Monastery parish, Jamaica Estates, died Feb. 7 at Immaculate Conception Monastery. He was 73. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Feb. 12 at the church. A native of Pittsburgh, he entered the Passionists in 1961 and was ordained a priest in 1969. He was assigned […]
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Sister Patricia Lawless, C.S.J., formerly Sister Mary Laurentine, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 57 years, died at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood on Jan. 10. She entered the congregation in 1957 from St. Ephrem parish, Dyker Heights. She earned her bachelor’s degree in education from Brentwood College; a master’s […]