Sister Catherine Therese Barrett, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 66 years, died Feb. 20 at Mt. St. Vincent Motherhouse, Wellesley Hills, Mass. She was 88. Formerly known as Sister Mary Katherine, she was missioned at Resurrection-Ascension, Rego Park, first as a teacher, 1945-56, and later as principal, 1962-68.  She also taught at Our […]

Sister M. Joanella Ryan, I.H.M., of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Feb. 15, 2012, at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. She was 94. Born in Brooklyn as Mary (Marian) Mary Ellen McGowan Ryan, she entered the IHM congregation in 1934, and made her final profession of […]

Father Donnelly Served 47 Years in East Elmhurst A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Eugene G. F. Donnelly, who spent 59 years as a parish priest in Queens, was celebrated Feb. 15 at Our Lady of Fatima Church, East Elmhurst. He died Feb. 12 in the parish rectory at the age of 91. Bishop […]

Sister Mary Loyola Engel, C.I.J., formerly Adelaide Frances, a member of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus (Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor) for 81 years, died Jan. 2 at the motherhouse. She was 104. She entered the congregation in 1930. As a religious, she graduated from Mary Immaculate Hospital School of Nursing, Jamaica, and […]

Sister Mary Vitoline Wolf, S.S.N.D., a lifelong teacher who served more than 40 years at The Academy of the Holy Angels in Demarest, N.J., died of heart disease on Jan. 20 at Lourdes Health Care Center in Wilton, Conn.  She was 97 years old and had been a professed member of the School Sisters of […]

Sister Clare Cecilia Rapp, C.S.J., a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 55 years, died Jan. 6 at Calvary Hospital at Lutheran Medical Center, Sunset Park, after a three-year battle with cancer. She was 73. Born Clara Barbara, she entered the congregation from Our Holy Redeemer parish, Freeport. She […]

Sister Mary Josephine Gorman, O.S.U., who entered the Congregation of the Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk in 1933 and professed her final vows eight years later, died Jan. 2 at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, L.I. She was 94. Born in Manhattan, she attended Manhattan College. She ministered for many years as a teacher. Among her assignments were […]

Former Military Chaplain Dead at 86  Father James F. Heffernan, a retired Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, died on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at Sunrise of Woodcliff Lake in upstate New York. He was 86 and formerly resided in Poughkeepsie. Born in Brooklyn, he attended Cathedral College, and Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington. He was ordained by […]

Brother Lawrence Brother Lawrence Seward (Xavier), S.C., who was in his 52nd year of religious life as a Brother of the Sacred Heart, died on Nov. 21, at Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, L.I. A native of Council Bluffs, Iowa, he entered the Brothers of the Sacred Heart in 1957, and pronounced his perpetual vows in […]