Sister Catherine Marie Tuohy, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 69 years, died July 9. She entered the congregation in 1944 from Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, Sunset Park. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology/math/ physics from St. Joseph’s College, Clinton Hill, and a master’s degree in […]
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Brother Peter Clifford, FSC
Brother Peter Clifford, F.S.C., a former member of the faculty at Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene, died Tuesday, July 23 at De La Salle Hall in Lincroft, N.J. He was 88. Born in the Bronx, he entered the Christian Brothers in Barrytown, N.Y., in 1943. He made his first vows in 1944 and his final […]
Msgr. Langelier, Former Vicar and Queens Pastor
Msgr. Gerald J. Langelier, 78, pastor emeritus of Our Lady of Mercy parish, Forest Hills, died Friday, July 19. He was found dead in the swimming pool of his private residence in Southhold, L.I. A Mass of Christian Burial at the church was scheduled for July 19. Born in Long Island City, Msgr. Langelier attended […]
Msgr. Collini Served as Pastor, Vicar, Missionary
Msgr. Celsus O. Collini, former episcopal vicar, diocesan missionary and parish pastor, died July 19 at a private family residence. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Monday, July 22, at Queen of Peace Church, Kew Gardens, where he had been pastor. A native of Trent, Italy, he attended Cathedral College, Brooklyn, and Immaculate Conception […]
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Laura D’Antonio, 88, the mother of Father Ron D’Antonio of St. Athanasius parish, Bensonhurst, died July 3 at SS. Joachim and Anne Nursing Home, Coney island. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated July 8 at St. Athanasius Church. Other survivors include her son, William of Eden Prairie, Minn. She was predeceased by her husband, […]
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Sister Mary Angela Coughlin, C.S.J., 90, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 73 years, died June 18. Born as Veronica, she entered the congregation in 1941 from Blessed Sacrament parish, Cypress Hills, and received the religious name Sister Mary Angela. She taught primary grades at St. Anthony of Padua, Greenpoint, […]
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Sister Margaret Mary (Peggy) Keegan, S.S.N.D., who taught school for many years in New Jersey and Baltimore before becoming a school librarian, died of respiratory failure on June 14 at Maria Health Care Center in Baltimore. She was 81 and was celebrating her 60th jubilee this summer as a professed member of the School Sisters […]
Bishop Sullivan’s Vigil Mass in Middle Village (with slideshow)
On the evening before the funeral Mass, a vigil Mass was celebrated at Our Lady of Hope Church, Middle Village, where Bishop Sullivan had celebrated Sunday Mass for more than 50 years. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez was the main celebrant. Among the priests in attendance were Msgr. Joseph Nagle, who preached at the funeral; Father […]
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Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, who founded and directed Georgetown University’s Center for the Advanced Study of Ethics and was a former president of The Catholic University of America, died June 13. He was 92. Considered one of the most prominent founders of the field of bioethics and an early pioneer in teaching humanities in […]
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Sister Catherine Byrne, C.S.J., formerly Sister Mary Raphaella, a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 78 years, died June 9. She was 96. She entered the congregation in 1935 from Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Red Hook. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from St. John’s University in Jamaica, and a master’s degree […]