A funeral Mass was celebrated at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters’ motherhouse in Monroe, Mich., for Sister Margaret Brennan, an Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister who served as president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) in 1972.
Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan, an early critic of U.S. military intervention in Vietnam who for years challenged the country’s reliance on military might, died April 30 at the Jesuit residence on the campus of Fordham University, the Bronx. He was 94.
Elmhurst resident and longtime parishioner at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Astoria, Mr. Tu Vu, 79, died April 21 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx after a year-long illness. A funeral Mass is scheduled for April 30 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.
Sister Mary Clare Kolczynski, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I. for 73 years, died April 23. She was 92.
Marie Rose Ulysses, the sister of Deacon Francois Innocent, a retired deacon of the diocese, died April 17.
Julia Martinez Perez, mother-in-law of Deacon Louis A. Gonzalez, a retired deacon of the diocese, died April 19.
Sister Julia Murphy, O.P., a member of the Dominican Sisters of Amityville, L.I., for 65 years, died April 19 at the age of 86.
Father William Galvin, M.M., a native of Kew Gardens who was celebrating his 60th year as a Maryknoll priest, died April 21 at Mission St. Teresa in Maryknoll, N.Y. He was 86.
Sister Mary Fritz, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 66 years, died April 4, in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood.
Sister Mary Cecilia Giannitti, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 72 years, died March 23 at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood.
