Sister Mary Miguel Ortiz, R.S.M., 77, a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 60 years, died suddenly on Nov. 26, after being hit by a car.
Obituaries
Franklin Edmundo Penafiel
Franklin Edmundo Penafiel, the brother of Father Romel Penafiel, a priest of the Diocese of Loja, Ecuador, who is currently ministering as parochial vicar at Blessed Sacrament, Jackson Heights, died Jan. 2 in Florida.
Sister Wendy Beckett, Art Critic and British TV Star, Dies at Age 88
Sister Wendy Beckett, who gained fame in the 1990s for television shows and books explaining art, died Dec. 26 in Norfolk, England, at the age of 88.
Sister Maureen Coyne, O.P.
Sister Maureen Coyne, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 56 years, died Dec. 17. She was 74.
Sister Maria Victoria Karp, C.S.J.
Sister Maria Victoria Karp, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 75 years, died Nov. 29 at the Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood.
Sister Flora Marinelli, C.S.J.
Sister Flora Marinelli, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 57 years, died Nov. 30 in hospice care at St. Patrick’s Convent, Long Island City.
Father Patrick G. Burns
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Father Patrick G. Burns at St. Michael Church, Sunset Park, Dec. 21. He died Dec. 14 at Holy Name of Jesus rectory, Windsor Terrace, where he was in residence while ministering with the diocesan Office of Parish Giving. He was 57.
Sister Mary Ann Carotenuto, C.S.J.
Sister Mary Ann Carotenuto, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 60 years, died Dec. 8 at the Maria Regina Residence.
Lucille Joseph
Lucille Joseph, the mother of Father Lucon Rigaud, parochial vicar of St. Nicholas of Tolentine parish, Jamaica, died Dec. 15 in her home country of Haiti.
Sister Marguerite Francis Armstrong, S.C.
Sister Marguerite Francis Armstrong, S.C., a Sister of Charity-Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 71 years, died July 24 at Mount St. Vincent in Wellesley Hills, Mass. She was 90.