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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sister Margaret Mary Quinn, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I.. for 75 years, died June 9. She was 95. She entered the congregation in 1938 from Our Lady of Angels parish, Bay Ridge. Her background in history began when she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in History/Modern European History from St. John’s […]
Father James R. Carney, a Jesuit for 69 years and a priest for 56 years, died May 28 at Murray-Weigel Hall, the Bronx. He was 87. Born in Manhattan, he attended Regis H.S. and his life as a Jesuit priest revolved around Regis. In 1958, he began his long, unbroken association with Regis until his […]
Brother Robert Smith, O.S.F., a member of the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn for 66 years, died June 10, after a brief hospitalization. He was 84. Born in Brooklyn as John D. Smith, he attended St. Patrick’s elementary school, Bay Ridge, and St. Francis Prep, Brooklyn. He entered the Franciscan Novitiate in 1947 and was first […]
Sister Clarice Beattie, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 77 years, died May 17. She was 97. Born Violet Ellen in Quebec, Canada, she was young when her family moved to St. Fidelis parish, College Point. She attended the Dominican Juniorate, Water Mill, L.I., before entering the congregation in 1936. One year later, […]
Sister Ann Elizabeth Lockwood, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 56 years, died May 30. She was 74. She entered the congregation on Sept. 8, 1956, from St. Luke’s parish, Whitestone. One year later, she received the habit and her religious name, Sister Richard Lawrence. In 1958, she pronounced her vows. She […]
Sister Anne Richard Jones, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 60 years, died April 20. She was 83. She entered the congregation in 1952 from St. Luke parish, Whitestone. In 1953, she received the habit and her religious name, Sister Anne Richard. One year later, she pronounced her religious vows. From 1954 to […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Kevin J. O’Donoghue, pastor emeritus of St. Cecilia parish, Greenpoint, was celebrated May 24 in the chapel at Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, Douglaston. He died May 20 at Long Island Jewish Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Brooklyn, he attended Cathedral College and Immaculate Conception Seminary, […]
