Sister Rose Eileen McGinn, O.P., of Dominican Convent, Sparkill, N.Y., died Aug. 5, in Siena Hall, Sparkill. She was 95 and a member of the community for 77 years.
In the Diocese of Brooklyn, she taught at St. Mary Magdalene, Springfield Gardens, 1939-41; and was principal at Mary Queen of Heaven, Flatlands, 1974-85.
From 1969 to 1974, she taught at St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill. From 1985 to 2002, she was a staff member of Nazareth R.H.S., East Flatbush.
Burial was in St. Agnes Cemetery, Sparkill.
Father Anthony M. Trapani, who was born in Brooklyn and ordained in 1973 for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, died Aug. 8. He was 71.
The funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Patrick’s parish, Bay Shore, L.I. Burial was in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Southold, L.I.
Sister Renee Canitrot, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 66 years, died Aug. 6. She was 86.
She entered the congregation from St. Vincent Ferrer parish, Manhattan, in 1946 and a year later received the habit and her religious name Sister Maria Hostia.
She cared for boys at St. Vincent’s Home, Brooklyn Heights, 1948-51. She then taught at Fourteen Holy Martyrs, Bushwick; St. Joseph, Long Island City; Corpus Christi, Woodside; St. Nicholas, Williamsburg; and St. Mark, Sheepshead Bay.
In addition to teaching on Long Island, she also served the poor at Maryhouse, part of the Catholic Worker movement in Manhattan 1976-77; Christus House, Brooklyn, 1977-78; and Blessed Sacrament parish, Newark, N.J., 1987-90.
In 1993, her French ancestry enabled her to be part of a team exploring a Dominican presence in Fanjeaux, France.
For a time, she embraced a more fully contemplative way of life at Mother of Perpetual Help Monastery in Esopus, N.Y., and served in Lamp Ministries, the Bronx, 2000-04.
Interment was in Amityville.
Sister Beatrice Patricia Murphy, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 54 years, died Aug. 8. She was 86.
She entered the congregation from St. Mary Star of the Sea parish, Carroll Gardens, in 1958.
A year later, she received the habit and her religious name Sister Mary Gilchrist.
She taught in St. Pancras, Glendale, 1960-64; Most Holy Trinity, Williamsburg, 1964-71; and Sacred Heart, East Glendale, 1971-74.
She was assistant principal at Incarnation, Queens Village, 1974-78, and then principal, 1978-90.
After a sabbatical in Burlingame, Calif., she became a pastoral minister in St. Margaret parish, Middle Village, 1991-2002, where visiting shut-ins was at the heart of her ministry. She resided at Sacred Heart Convent, East Glendale, from 1971 to the present.
She is survived by her siblings, Ann, Joe and Jim Murphy.
Burial was in the Sisters’ Cemetery, Amityville.
Sister Mary Josephine Hill, D.C., a Daughter of Charity, Province of St. Louise, Miss., for 64 years, died July 30. She was 96.
Following a 21-year career in health care, she began her second career at St. John’s Parish Center, Bedford-Stuyvesant, 1971-2000, where she worked in the direct service with the needy and vulnerable. She and five companions opened a mission in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
She initiated the nursing aide training program at St. John’s and taught full-time in this special ministry. She was able to create links with nearby nursing homes where her students received practical experience and later obtained employment. The program continues today.
Burial followed at St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.