Sister Mary Angela Coughlin, C.S.J., 90, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 73 years, died June 18.
Born as Veronica, she entered the congregation in 1941 from Blessed Sacrament parish, Cypress Hills, and received the religious name Sister Mary Angela.
She taught primary grades at St. Anthony of Padua, Greenpoint, 1942-44; St. Vincent de Paul, Williamsburg, 1944-48; Immaculate Conception B.V.M., Brooklyn, 1948-53; Holy Child, Richmond Hill, 1953-55; St. John of God, Central Islip, L.I., 1955-60; Our Lady of Lourdes, Bushwick, 1960-63; St. John the Evangelist, Park Slope, 1963-64; St. Agnes, Cobble Hill, 1964-65; and St. Ephrem, Dyker Heights, 1965-75.
She worked in parish ministry, 1975-77, and served as a Resource Room teacher at St. Joseph, Hewlett, L.I., 1977-2005, before retiring to St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held in Sacred Heart Chapel, Brentwood, June 21. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery.
Sister Mary Theresa Galvin, C.S.J., a member the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 71 years, died June 15.
She entered the congregation in 1943 from St. Clement Pope, S. Ozone Park.
She obtained a bachelor’s degree in history from Manhattan College, the Bronx, and a master’s degree in Asian Studies from St. John’s University, Jamaica.
Formerly known as Sister John Ignatia, her ministries in the Brooklyn Diocese included Mary’s Nativity, Flushing, 1944-51; St. Agnes, Cobble Hill, 1951-53; St. Athanasius, Bensonhurst, 1953-54; St. Clare, Rosedale, 1954-57 and 1965-68; Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, 1957-64; Holy Family, Flushing, 1964-65; and St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn, 1968-95.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held in St. Patrick’s Church, Long Island City, June 19. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.
Dearest Sister,
You were relentless in making Jesus take notice of me. You always had an agenda for me, and you made your agenda His. After almost 55 years, I have never forgotten you and have always kept you in my heart and in my prayers. I’ve dedicated my entire life to Him in every way, and I hope that all the good I have done in my life will be a testimony to your life as Jesus’ spouse and help to pave the path into paradise for you. In no way can I ever thank you for your love and concern as my best teacher ever, but I know He will.
Until we meet again in Him,
Joseph P. Lespier
Our Lady of Sorrows, ‘62