Lyn Scheuring

Lyn Scheuring, 80, co-founder and co-director of LAMP Catholic Ministries, died Sept. 20, at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx.

Longtime Educators Honored in Jackson Heights

This week’s Tablet TALK features longtime educators in Queens, an international food fest honoring St. Thomas Aquinas in Brooklyn, issues a call for baby items from a pro-life crisis pregnancy center and much more.

Obituary: Sister Anne Kelly, R.S.M.

Sister Anne Kelly, R.S.M., 89, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 70 years, died Aug. 3 at the Sisters of Mercy Convent in Whitestone.

Obituary: Sister Helen Anne Ebbitt, R.S.M.

Sister Helen Anne Ebbitt, R.S.M., 83, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 65 years, died July 2 at the Sisters of Mercy Convent, Whitestone.

Obituary: Sister Lois Keller, R.S.M.

Sister Lois Keller, R.S.M., 83, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 65 years, died July 3 at Calvary Hospice in Lutheran Hospital, Sunset Park.

Sister Mary Denis Woods, G.N.S.H.,

Obituary: Sister Mary Denis Woods, G.N.S.H.

Sister Mary Denis Woods, G.N.S.H., 89, a native of Jackson Heights, died July 27 in St. Joseph’s Manor in Meadowbrook, Pa., in her 71st year as a Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart.

Obituary: Sister Julia Murphy, O.P.

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.

Obituary: Sister Muriel Smithwick, C.S.J.

Sister Muriel Smithwick, C.S.J., formerly Sister St. Florence, a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 72 years, died in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, Jan. 14.

Sister Margaret’s Joy: Ministry to Immigrants

Nearly six decades after answering the call to religious life in Queens, Sister Margaret Smyth, 75, is still going strong, ministering to Latin-American immigrants on Long Island.