Sister Marie Julie Condon, S.S.N.D., who taught school for more than 20 years before adopting a pastoral ministry focusing on the elderly, died of cardiac arrest Nov. 3 at Lourdes Health Care Center, Wilton, Conn. She was 83 and had been a professed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 63 years. Born […]
Father John G. Harfmann, S.S.J., a member of the Josephite Fathers for 50 years, died Oct. 30 at St. Joseph Manor, Baltimore, Md., after a long illness. He was 77. A Mass of Christ the High Priest was celebrated Nov. 7 at St. Peter Claver Church, Baltimore. Born in Brooklyn, he was baptized in Our […]
Sister Mary Terence Rogers, C.S.J., a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 73 years, died in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, Oct. 25. She entered the congregation from St. Benedict Joseph parish, Richmond Hill, in 1940. She studied Spanish at Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, and earned a bachelor’s […]
Sister Mary Ann Crimmins, C.S.J., a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 56 years, died at Good Samaritan Hospital, West Islip, L.I., Oct. 25. She entered the congregation from Our Lady of Angels parish, Bay Ridge, in 1957. She earned a master’s degree in math from Queens College and […]
Sister Anne de Paul Toner, C.S.J., a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 60 years, died in Our Lady of the Snows Convent, North Floral Park, Oct. 2. She entered the congregation from St. Agnes parish, Carroll Gardens, in 1953. After attending Pace College, Manhattan, she began teaching […]
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 […]
