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 […]

Brother Joseph Moloney, O.S.F., a member of the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn for 58 years, died Sept. 11 at Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn Heights. He entered the Brothers in 1954 from Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, Sunset Park. He received the Franciscan habit in 1955 and took the name Lucian. A graduate of […]

Sister Ann Patricia Kelly, C.S.J., a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 62 years, died Aug. 9 in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood. She entered the Congregation in 1950 from Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish, Astoria. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in social studies from St. John’s University, […]

Margaret O’Gara, a past president of both the North American Academy of Ecumenists and the Catholic Theological Society of America, died Aug. 16 after a two-year battle with cancer. She was 65. Her funeral Mass was scheduled for Aug. 23 at St. Basil Church in Toronto. She was to be buried in Breckenridge, Minn. O’Gara, […]

Henry Herx, who spent 35 years of his working life reviewing movies and television for the Catholic Church, died Aug. 15 at his home in the Newark, N.J., suburb of Ramsey of complications from liver cancer. He was 79. In addition to reviewing thousands of films and TV shows, Herx also taught classes in film […]