Retired Prison Chaplain Dies at 82 in Florida

A Mass of Christian Burial for Father John H. Wilkinson, 82, a senior priest of the diocese, was celebrated Nov. 30 in the chapel at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. He died Nov. 23 in Venice, Florida, where he was living in retirement.

Sister Eugenia Held Leadership Positions

Sister Eugenia Calabrese, C.S.J., a member of the Leadership Team of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., since 2006, and former principal of St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn, died Nov. 1. She was in the 60th year of religious life.

Sister Alice Haigney, C.S.J.

Sister Alice Haigney, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 83 years, died Sept. 11 in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood.

Tablet TALK: Zumba for Life in Queens Village

This week’s Tablet TALK extends 100th birthday wishes to a pioneer in education, highlights a Queens school doing zumba for charity, invited readers to a senior art show in Williamsburg and much more.

Sister Bernard Loretto Carr

Sister Bernard Loretto Carr, C.S.J.

Sister Bernard Loretto Carr, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 78 years, died in Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood. She entered the congregation in 1937 from Holy Cross, Flatbush. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from St. John’s University, Jamaica, 1956, and certification in Spanish from Brentwood College. She taught at […]