A staggered group of seven ecology interns and Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) volunteers lived on the 212-acre Brentwood property between the end of May and the beginning of August — pursuing their passions and making the Earth a greener place, one row of plants at a time.
Maria Regina Residence, a fully accredited and licensed residential health care facility in Brentwood, L.I., will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2017. As part of the celebratory events, a one-day conference, “Women, Faith and Finance,” will be offered there Jan. 18.
When Pope Francis published his encyclical Laudato Si’, about caring for all of God’s creation, members of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, were ecstatic. The pope’s words reinforced something that they have been doing for years at their motherhouse in Brentwood, L.I. Two of the sisters, Mary Lou Buser, and Heather Ganz, who happens to be the youngest member of the Order, maintain and nourish a Garden Ministry that was begun in 1986.
Sister John Joseph Dunphy, C.S.J., former guidance counselor at Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, died July 21 at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood.
Sister Julie Marie Romaine, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 65 years, died Jan. 29. She entered the congregation in 1948 from St. Lawrence parish, Sayville, L.I., and earned a bachelor of business administration degree from the St. John’s University School of Commerce. She served in St. Francis of […]
Sister St. Bonaventure Kelly, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 65 years, died Jan. 18. She entered the congregation in 1948 from St. Lawrence parish in Sayville, L.I. She earned a bachelor of business administration degree in education from St. John’s University, Jamaica, in 1962, and a master’s in […]
Sister Margaret Mary Ford, C.S.J., a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 66 years, died Nov. 19. She entered the congregation in 1947, from St. Teresa of Avila parish, Prospect Heights. She attended the Catholic University of Puerto Rico and was an educator in Puerto Rico for 30 […]
During a congregation-wide meeting of Sisters and Associates on “Acting from a Contemplative Perspective” held at the motherhouse in Brentwood, L.I., nearly 70 of the 250 attendees demonstrated for immigration reform by standing on Brentwood Rd. adjacent to St. Joseph Convent to express their solidarity with their immigrant neighbors. Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of […]
