Sister Anne Josephine Brennan, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 61 years, died Feb. 20.

She entered the congregation from St. Joan of Arc, Jackson Heights, in 1954. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in English from St. Joseph College, Clinton Hill, 1967; a master’s in religious education from LaSalle University, Philadelphia, Pa., 1974 and a doctorate in sacred theology in adult spirituality from San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1987.

Formerly Sister St. Agatha, she taught elementary school at St. Michael, Flushing, 1956-58; St. Gabriel, East New York, 1958-67, and St. Elizabeth Catechetics Center, South Huntington, L.I., 1967-81.

From 1981 to 1986, she taught adult education at Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J.

Together with Sister Janice Brewi, C.S.J., she co-founded the Mid-Life Directions Center, N.J., where faith and spirituality retreats, workshops and seminars were scheduled.

She and Sister Janice also published several books together, including “Mid-Life Psychological/Spiritual Perspectives,” “Celebrate Mid-Life Jungian Archetypes” and “Mid-Life Spirituality, Mid-Life Directions: Praying, Playing Sources of New Dynamism.”

An honorary Doctor of Laws degree was conferred upon her by Assumption University.

She retired in 2005.

A Mass of Christian Burial took place in Sacred Heart Chapel, Brentwood, Feb. 25. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.