Retired Cardinal Jozef Glemp of Warsaw, who served as primate of the Catholic Church in Poland during the final years of communism and during the restoration of democracy, died Jan. 23 at the age of 83. Vatican Radio reported that Cardinal Glemp died in a Warsaw hospital; he had undergone surgery almost a year ago […]
Obituaries
Obituary: Sister Madonna Marie Geraghty, O.P.
Sister Madonna Marie Geraghty, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 75 years, died Jan. 17. She was 93. Born and raised in St. Luke parish, Whitestone, she attended the Dominican Juniorate, Water Mill, and 10 years after her older sister, Sister Catherine Marie, O.P., she joined the congregation in 1937. She received the […]
Obituary: Deacon Anthony J. Russo
Deacon Anthony J. Russo, a retired deacon at Guardian Angel parish, Brighton Beach, died Jan. 20 at New York Methodist Hospital, Park Slope. He was 88. Born in Brooklyn, he was baptized in Our Lady of Peace Church, Park Slope, and attended Manual Training H.S., Park Slope, L.I.U. and New York University. After military service […]
Obituary: Sister Madeline Brewi, O.P.
Sister Madeline Brewi, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 85 years, died Jan. 11. She was 101. Born in Babylon, L.I., she had six paternal great aunts who were Sisters of St. Dominic: Sisters Isabella Brewi, Mathia Brewi, M. Cornelia Lang, Immaculata Lang, Casilda Lang, Illuminata Lang; and two paternal cousins: Sisters Maria […]
Obituary: Sister Catherine Stern, O.P.
Sister Catherine Stern, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 76 years, died Dec. 14. She was 94. Born in St. Aloysius parish, Ridgewood, she was one of the first students to attend the Dominican Juniorate, Water Mill, before joining the congregation in 1936. She received the name of her aunt, Sister Constantia. She […]
Obituary: Sister Anne Gillen, O.P.
Sister Anne Gillen, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 74 years, died Jan. 12. She was 92. She attended St. Thomas the Apostle School, Woodhaven, and Dominican Juniorate, Water Mill, L.I. She entered the congregation on Sept. 7, 1938. One year later, she received the habit and her religious name, Sister Thomas More. […]
Obituary: Sister Kathleen Curtin, O.P.
Sister Kathleen Curtin, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 65 years, died Jan. 13. She was 87. She attended St. Agnes Academic H.S., College Point, and then followed her older sister, Sister Dionyse, O.P., into the Dominican Congregation on Sept. 7, 1947. A year later, they were followed by a younger sister, Sister […]
Obituary: Baseball Hall of Famer ‘Stan the Man’ Was 92
ST. LOUIS (CNS) – A funeral Mass was scheduled for Jan. 26 at St. Louis Cathedral Basilica for Stan Musial, the Hall of Fame outfielder-first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals. Musial, a Catholic who played all 22 of his Major-League seasons with the Cardinals, died Jan. 19 at age 92 at his home in […]
Obituary: Sister M. Gabriel Kane, I.H.M.
Sister M. Gabriel Kane, I.H.M., of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died Jan. 17, at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., she entered the I.H.M. Congregation on Feb. 2, 1942. Locally, she taught at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School, in Forest Hills, 1954-55. She […]
Obituary: Sister Kathryn Rolley, I.H.M.
Sister Kathryn Rolley, I.H.M., (formerly known as Sister M. Serena) of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died Jan. 19, at Our Lady of Peace Residence, Scranton. She was 89. Born in Karthaus, Pa., she entered the I.H.M. congregation in 1945, professing final vows on Aug. 2, 1950. Her local teaching assignments […]