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, […]
Sister Margaret Mary Kane, I.H.M., (formerly known as Sister St. Margaret Mary) of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died April 23 at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. She was 73. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., she entered the I.H.M. congregation in 1956, and made her temporary profession of vows in 1959 and her […]
Sister Ruth Stahl, S.S.N.D., who was a school teacher and principal in three states for nearly 50 years, died at Lourdes Health Care Center in Wilton, Conn, May 5. She was 82 and had been a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 61 years. Born in Irvington, N.J., she entered the order […]
Father Peter D. Goldbach, C.M., a Vincentian priest for 69 years, died April 30. He was 101. Born in Brooklyn, he attended Mary Immaculate Seminary in Northampton, Pa., and was ordained June 3, 1944 at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia. He joined the faculty of St. John’s University in 1955. He taught philosophy […]
Father Thomas Catania, The Tablet’s award-winning Scriptures columnist, a member of the faculty at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, L.I., and a parish priest in Richmond Hill, died April 29 at North Shore Hospital, Manhasset, L. I. He was 63. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated May 6 at Holy Child Jesus Church, Richmond Hill. […]
Sister Thomas Marie Callahan (Anna), S.C., a native of Brooklyn and a member of the Sisters of Charity of New York for 72 years, died May 2. She was 92. She attended St. Mary Star of the Sea School, Court St., and Bay Ridge H.S. before entering the Sisters of Charity. She earned a bachelor’s […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. James J. Cooney, was celebrated May 8 in the chapel at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. He died May 6 at the age of 81. Born in Brooklyn, he attended St. Mary’s College, St. Mary, Ky.; and Mount St. Mary Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md. He was ordained May 30, 1964 […]
Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian of Shanghai, a prominent and controversial figure in the Chinese Catholic Church, died April 27 of pancreatic cancer. He was 96. In a 2007 article in The Atlantic monthly, he was described as “arguably the most influential and controversial figure in Chinese Catholicism of the last 50 years.” In the early […]
Retired Bishop Arthur J. O’Neill of Rockford, Ill., died April 27 at his residence. He was 95 and recently celebrated 70 years in the priesthood. He was appointed bishop of Rockford Aug. 19, 1968, becoming the first native-born priest of the diocese to serve as its bishop. He served in the position for more than […]
