Religious sisters and brothers marking significant anniversaries in religious life were honored at a Jubilee Mass by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, May 22.
Sisters of St. Dominic
Tablet TALK: Graduation for St. Andrew’s Finance Director
This week’s TabletTALK features a special graduate from St. Andrew Avellino, Flushing; an Ecuadorian feast in Elmhurst; honors for an assistant principal in Fort Greene and much more.
Sisters’ Nite on SJU Campus
As an ongoing response to the Year of Consecrated Life, St. John’s University’s Campus Ministry and the Vincentian Vocation Office commemorated the World Day of Prayer for Vocations by hosting Sisters’ Nite April 17.
Sister Mary Margaret Wainman, O.P.
Sister Mary Margaret Wainman, O.P., (formerly Sister Maureen Maeve) a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., who ministered as a teacher and nurse in the U.S. and Puerto Rico for 73 years, died Nov. 7.
Local Religious Remember Their Roots in the Diocese
The seven original religious communities that served the people of Brooklyn and Queens were honored at a Mass of thanksgiving in Downtown Brooklyn.
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.
Sister Katherine Louise Lappeus, O.P.
Sister Katherine Louise Lappeus, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 69 years, died Feb. 27. She was 92. Born in Albany, she was adopted at age three and grew up in Massachusetts. After high school, she became a licensed practical nurse at Glen Falls Hospital, Glen Falls, N.Y., and went to work […]
Sister Margaret Wenzel, O.P.
Sister Margaret Wenzel, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 76 years, died Feb. 27. She was 96. Born in Brooklyn, she was raised in St. Martin of Tours parish in Bushwick. After attending the Dominican Sisters’ H.S. Juniorate, she entered the congregation on Sept. 8, 1938. She pronounced her vows on Aug. 17, […]
Sister Mary Noemi Kreppein, O.P.
Sister Mary Noemi Kreppein, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 75 years, died Jan. 21. She was 97. Born in Brooklyn and baptized Elizabeth, she was the first of three sisters to become Sisters of St. Dominic. She entered the Amityville Dominican Congregation in 1939 from St. Cecilia parish, Greenpoint. In 1943, […]
Sister M. Ann Veronica Helbig, O.P.
Sister M. Ann Veronica Helbig, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 63 years, died on the feast of the Solemnity of Mary, Jan. 1. She was 82. Born Florence Helbig in South Ozone Park, she recognized her call to religious life as a teenager and completed her high school education at the […]