Sister Mary Helaine McGill, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 73 years, died Jan. 23. She was 94. Born in Brooklyn as Mary Monica, her father was the architect responsible for designing and directing the building of Good Shepherd Church, Marine Park. He also created the grotto at St. Joseph’s, Monticello, N.Y., […]
Sister Therese Forker, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 69 years, died Jan. 19 at Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood. She was 87. Born in Most Holy Redeemer parish, Freeport, L.I., she became acquainted with the Dominican Sisters at the Dominican Juniorate, Water Mill, L.I. She entered the congregation in 1943. One year later, […]
Sister Muriel Agnes Ott, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 73 years, died Jan. 15. She was 92. Born in Brooklyn as Elizabeth, she heard the call to become a Dominican Sister at a young age. She entered the congregation from the parish of St. Nicholas in Williamsburg, in 1939 and later that […]
Brother Vincent Healy, O.S.F., who was born as John Gerard Healy in Park Slope and spent 67 years as a Brooklyn Franciscan brother, died Feb. 1. He was 87. After graduating from Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Sunset Park, he went on to attend St. Anthony’s Juniorate in Smithtown, L.I. He then entered the […]
Sister Doris Nevitt, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 61 years, died Jan. 16. She was 79. Born in Brooklyn, she became acquainted with the Dominicans at St. Barbara’s Annex, Bushwick, and Bishop McDonnell H.S., Crown Heights. She entered the congregation in 1951, and one year later, she received the habit and her […]
Sister Grace Edward Pappert, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 78 years, died Jan. 13. She was 96. Born Rose Marion in Brooklyn, she entered the congregation in 1934, from Corpus Christi parish, Mineola, L.I. She taught elementary grades at St. Aloysius, Ridgewood, 1936-52; Holy Spirit, New Hyde Park, L.I., 1952-55; St. […]
Sister Celine Kelly, R.S.M., a Sister of Mercy for 73 years, died Jan. 10. She was 90. She attended Holy Family/St. Thomas and Mercy Juniorate H.S. She entered the community in 1940 from St. Thomas Aquinas parish, Flatlands. She taught at St. Brigid, Bushwick, 1943-56; St. Jerome, Flatbush, 1946-57; Bishop McDonnell H.S., Crown Heights, 1960-66. She served […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
