Sister Mary Beata Gerrity, R.S.M., a Sister of Mercy for 53 years, died in Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, L.I., Oct. 27. She was 70. Born in Brooklyn, Sister Beata attended St. Teresa of Avila School, Prospect Heights, and then Catherine McAuley H.S., Flatbush, before entering the Sisters of Mercy on Sept. 7, 1959. She earned her […]
Sister Maria Kim Brech, M.M., educator and missioner to Guatemala for nearly 40 years, died peacefully on Nov. 1, at Maryknoll Sisters Residential Care III. She was 88 and had served as a Maryknoll Sister for 67 years. Born in Brooklyn, she felt the call to missionary life at age 19, while working as a […]
Sister Therese Schnurr, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 63 years, died Oct. 23 at Mt. St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass. She was 85. She entered the congregation from Our Lady Help of Christians parish, Midwood. Formerly known as Sister Cecilia Therese, she taught first, second and third grade at Resurrection-Ascension, Rego Park, 1950-54; […]
Sister James Maureen Egan, G.N.S.H., a member of the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart, Yardley, Pa., for 66 years, died on Oct. 24, at St. Joseph’s Manor, Meadowbrook, Pa. She was 86. She entered the Grey Nuns in 1946 from St. Joan of Arc parish, Jackson Heights. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English […]
Sister Mary McCormack, S.S.N.D., 92, who taught school for 34 years in New York state and Massachusetts and spent another three decades in administrative ministries, died Oct. 14 at Lourdes Health Care Center, Wilton, Conn. She had been a professed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 72 years. Born in Massachusetts, her […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Anthony C. Casey was celebrated Oct. 25 in the chapel at Queen of Peace Residence, Queens Village, where he had been living since 2007. He died Oct. 22 at Queen of Peace Residence. He was 78. A native of Limerick, Ireland, he attended St. John’s College, Waterford, […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Francis J. Byrnes, a senior priest of the diocese, was celebrated Oct. 17 in the chapel at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. He died Oct. 10 at SS. Joachim and Anne Nursing Home, Coney Island. He was 87. Born in Brooklyn, Father Byrnes attended Cathedral College, and Immaculate Conception […]
Sister Mary Vincent O’Neill, S.C.N., a Sister of Charity for 67 years, died Oct. 8. She was 87. She entered the Vincentian Sisters of Charity, Pittsburgh, Pa., from St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Jamaica, in 1945. The Vincentian Sisters merged with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Ky., in 2008. She attended Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, and […]
Sister Margaret McCarthy, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 73 years, died Sept. 15 at Mt. St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass., at the age of 92. Formerly known as Sister John Vianney, she was missioned at Resurrection-Ascension, Rego Park, teaching second through fifth grades, 1940-46; Bishop Reilly H.S., Fresh Meadows, 1963-69; and St. Francis […]
Italian Cardinal Fortunato Baldelli, retired head of a Vatican court and a former Vatican diplomat, died Sept. 20 in Rome at the age of 77. A funeral was celebrated Sept. 22 in St. Peter’s Basilica. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, presided over the Mass. Cardinal Baldelli had spent 43 years serving […]
