A Mass of Christian Burial for Brother Warren Abel, C.F.X., who was principal of Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, from 1982 to 1993, was celebrated Aug. 10 in the chapel of St. John’s Prep in Danvers, Mass. A Xaverian Brother for 63 years, he died Aug. 7 at the Brothers’ residence in Danvers, where he was […]
Sister Margaret Clacherty, R.S.M., a member of the Brooklyn Sisters of Mercy for 75 years, died July 28 at Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, L.I. She was 93. Born in Dumbarton, Scotland, her family immigrated to Brooklyn when she was a child. She attended St. Agatha and Our Lady of Perpetual Help schools, both Sunset Park. After […]
Father Vincent M. Novak, S.J., famed Jesuit religious educator and the first dean of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, died Aug. 6 at Moses Montefiore Hospital, the Bronx. A Jesuit for 69 years, he had celebrated his 88th birthday just three days earlier. Born in Jersey City, N.J., he attended Xavier […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Jerome J. Schmidt was celebrated on Thursday, Aug. 9 at Immaculate Conception Center Chapel, Douglaston. He died Aug. 4 at Bishop Mugavero Residence for senior priests, Douglaston, where he had been living. He was 88. Born in Brooklyn and baptized at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Windsor Terrace, […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Joseph K. Dolan was celebrated Aug. 3 at St. Bernadette Church, Dyker Heights. He died at New York Methodist Hospital, Park Slope, on July 30. He was 81. Born in Brooklyn, he was baptized in St. Ephrem’s Church, Dyker Heights, and attended St. Anselm’s School, Bay Ridge; the […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Henry A. Lang, former pastor of St. Robert Bellarmine parish, Bayside, was celebrated Aug. 1 at the church. He died July 27 in the rectory. He was 92. Born in Brooklyn, Father Lang was baptized in St. Michael’s Church, East New York. He attended St. John’s University, Brooklyn; […]
Sister Maria del Rey Carvajal, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 57 years, died July 13 in Good Shepherd Hospice. She entered the congregation from San Jorge parish, Santurce, Puerto Rico, in 1955. She earned a bachelor’s degree in human services from New York State University in Westbury, L.I., and studied in the […]
A funeral Mass was celebrated July 26 for Jesuit Father Vincent T. O’Keefe, who was the 27th president of the Fordham University, at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan. Father O’Keefe, who headed the Jesuit-run university from 1963 until 1965, died July 22 after a long illness. He was 92. Burial was at the Jesuit […]
Sister Janet Whelan, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 74 years, died July 13 in St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood. She entered the congregation from Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, Sunset Park. She attended St. John’s College, and Providence College, R.I., where she received a master’s degree in theology. Formerly known as Sister […]
Sister Mary Eileen Kenney, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph for 62 years, died July 5 in St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood. She entered the congregation in 1950 from St. Paul parish, Hancock, N.Y. She earned a bachelor’s degree in social studies from St. John’s University, Jamaica, and a master’s in history from Manhattan College. Formerly […]
