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Obituary: Sister Mary Joseph Lorigan, R.S.M.

February 6, 2013, 1:46 pm
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OBIT_SrMJLoriganRSMSister Mary Joseph Lorigan, R.S.M., a member of the Sisters of Mercy, for 73 years, died Jan. 20 at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood, L.I.  She was 92.
She entered the Sisters of Mercy from Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, South Ozone Park, in 1940, after having graduated from P.S. 159 and Bayside H.S.
She taught at St. Agatha School, Cobble Hill, 1943-47; St. Therese of Lisieux, East Flatbush, 1956-59; and served as principal and superior at St. Therese, 1961-67; Our Lady of Mercy, Hicksville, L.I., 1959-61; and St. Joseph the Worker, Patchogue, L.I., 1967-80.
As a childcare worker and accountant, she ministered at Mercy Home, 1980-2000, and then retired to St. Agatha Convent, Sunset Park. 
In her retirement, she could be found ministering at the Daily Worker, a homeless shelter, at CHIPS, praying with fellow dialysis patients and visiting the lonely.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at the Sisters of Mercy Convent, Whitestone, Jan. 24 by Father Michael Perry, pastor of Our Lady of Refuge, Flatbush. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery, Flatbush.
 

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Longtime Vatican Diplomat, Italian Cardinal Giovanni Cheli, Dead at 94

February 13, 2013, 6:46 am
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Italian Cardinal Giovanni Cheli dies at age 94 Italian Cardinal Giovanni Cheli, a longtime Vatican diplomat and retired head of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers, died in Rome Feb. 8 at the age of 94.
He had celebrated the 70th anniversary of his priestly ordination in July, presiding over a Mass in Asti, the northern Italian diocese for which he was ordained in 1942.
He worked at Vatican embassies in Guatemala, Spain and Italy before being assigned to the Vatican Secretariat of State. From 1973 to 1986, he lived in New York and served as the first head of the Vatican’s permanent observer mission to the United Nations. He was ordained an archbishop in 1978.
In 1986, he was named pro-president of the then-Pontifical Commission for Migrants and Travelers and became president of the office when it became a council.
 

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Flushing Writer, Politician and Financial Consultant, James Francis O’Donnell Is Dead at 85

February 13, 2013, 6:47 am
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James Francis O’Donnell, 85, of Flushing, writer, politician, and financial consultant, died Feb. 3 at Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Conn., surrounded by family and friends.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Feb. 9 at Mary’s Nativity Church, Flushing.
Born at St. Mary’s Hospital, Brooklyn, he attended All Hallows H.S., the Bronx, and Fordham University, where he received a master’s degree in medieval history.
After military service in Korea, he worked as copy boy and cub correspondent for the New York Daily News at the United Nations. He then served as private confidential aide to Queens County District Attorney Frank D. O’Connor. 
He also served as special assistant to City Council President O’Connor and a special assistant to the future Mayor of New York City, Comptroller Abraham Beame. 
In 1965, he marched with Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. 
He was a public relations executive with the Long Island Lighting Company from 1970 to 1977, where he won several awards for his professional writing. He then became an advertising and public relations manager for Mutual of America Insurance Co., where he was also a sales consultant until his retirement in 1994.
An active parishioner of Mary’s Nativity, he served as a trustee and president of the Parish Council. In 1999, the parish’s Holy Name Society awarded him a Lifetime Achievement Award. 
He was a director and also a vice president of the Queens County Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Knights of Malta, the American Irish Historical Society of New York, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, the  St. John’s University Council, and the President’s Clubs of St. John’s University and Fordham University.
Many of his letters to the editor appeared in The Tablet.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Elaine Bruck O’Donnell, and their four beloved children, Mary Mongelli of Belle Harbor, Amy O’Donnell of Wilton, Conn., Anne Galinsky of Madison, Conn., and James E. O’Donnell of Northport, L.I. 
Burial was at Mount St. Mary’s Cemetery,  Flushing.

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Obituary – Sister Julie Marie Romaine, C.S.J.

February 13, 2013, 6:47 am
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OBIT_JMRomaineCSJSister 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 Assisi, Crown Heights, 1950-53; St. Camillus, Rockaway Beach, 1953-61; St. Frances de Chantal, Wantagh, L.I., 1961-69; St. Francis de Sales, Belle Harbor, 1969-71; Academy of St. Joseph, Brentwood, 1971-79; and Sacred Heart, Cutchogue, L.I., 1979-88.
She was payroll manager in the C.S.J. Financial Office, 1988-97, and assistant superior at St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood, 1997-2010, before retiring. 
A Mass of Christian Burial took place in Sacred Heart Chapel, Brentwood, Feb. 2. Interment followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.
 

 

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Obituary: Anne J. Pitaro Was Longtime Diocesan Educator

February 20, 2013, 6:25 am
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OBIT_APitaro_cmykLongtime Catholic school educator Anne J. Pitaro, 85, of Greenwich, Conn., died Feb. 8 from complications of lymphoma. 
She worked in the Catholic schools of the Diocese of Brooklyn for 29 years as both teacher and principal at the former St. Elizabeth School in Ozone Park. 
Born in Ozone Park, she graduated from Nativity B.V.M. School; Bishop McDonnell H.S., Crown Heights; Hunter College, Manhattan; and Fordham University, where she earned a master’s degree in education.
She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Nicholas L. Pitaro, retired New York Supreme Court Justice; five children: Edmund, Angela, Regina, Nicholas, and Gregory; and eight grandchildren: Adrian, Margaret, Nora, Elizabeth, Paul, Gabriel, Isabel and Nicholas.
Donations may be sent in Pitaro’s memory to the scholarship fund of Futures In Education, 310 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215.

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Obituary: Dr. Billings Was a Pioneer in Family Planning

February 20, 2013, 6:39 am
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MELBOURNE, Australia (CNS) – Dr. Evelyn Billings, who with her husband, John, pioneered research that led them to develop a form of natural family planning supported by the Catholic Church, died Feb. 16 after a short illness. She was 95.
The Australian pediatrician joined her physician-husband’s team in 1965 as he was researching a more reliable method to prevent pregnancies than the rhythm method, known as the “calendar” method, which was developed in the 1930s.
By the late 1960s, the research team had established the procedures for identifying fertile days, and teaching centers began to be set up around the world.
The method, known as the Billings ovulation method, allows women to monitor periods of fertility through close examination of naturally occurring physiological signs and use that information to prevent pregnancy or space births.
Methods of natural family planning, or NFP, are approved by the Church as a morally acceptable way for Catholic couples to plan their families.
Evelyn Billings co-wrote “The Billings Method” with medical journalist Ann Westmore in 1980. It has since undergone seven new or revised editions, 16 printings, and has been translated into 22 languages.
According to the World Organization of Ovulation Method Billings, women in more than 100 countries practice the method.
Billings and her husband, who died in 2007, were among 40 founding members named by Blessed John Paul II to the Pontifical Academy for Life in 1994. She was one of just five women.
In 2002, the Billingses were named international Catholic physicians of the year by the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations.
“We don’t talk about abstinence; we talk about fertile time of the cycle as a positive time when couples can get together, discuss things and make decisions whether to welcome a baby or not,” Evelyn Billings said in a 1992 interview.

 

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Obituary: Sister Mary Berard D’Amato, O.S.F.

February 27, 2013, 7:41 am
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Sister Mary Berard D’Amato, O.S.F., 89, died in Assisi House, Aston, Pa., on Feb. 23. She had been a religious sister for 73 years.
Born as Mary D’Amato, she grew up in Jersey City, N.J. She entered the Franciscan Sisters of Ringwood (a congregation that later merged with the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia) in 1940 and professed her first vows in 1942. 
Her sister, Sister Concepta D’Amato, now deceased, also entered the congregation.
Sister Berard taught for 11 years in the Diocese of Brooklyn at St. Benedict School, Bedford-Stuyvesant, 1961-62, and at Holy Family School, Park Slope, 1950-60.
 

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Obituary: Sister Catherine Peter Gallagher, M.S.B.T.

February 27, 2013, 7:42 am
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OBIT_SrCPGallagherMBSTSister Catherine Peter Gallagher M.S.B.T., a member of the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity (Trinitarian Sisters), for 62 years, died on Jan. 28.
Baptized as Eileen, she entered the Trinitarian Sisters from Immaculate Conception Church, Astoria, in 1950, after having graduated from Immaculate Conception Elementary School and St. Jean Baptiste H.S., Manhattan.
She served in both religious education and social service ministries. Her last mission was St. Vincent Services, Brooklyn, where she served for 24 years before retiring in 2008. In retirement, she continued to live in St. Anselm’s parish, Bay Ridge, where she shared her experience and training in social work and religious education. 
A Mass of Christian Burial took place in the M.S.B.T. Motherhouse Chapel, Philadelphia, Jan. 31. Burial followed in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Philadelphia.  
 

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Obituary: Sister Margaret Gay, O.S.U.

February 27, 2013, 7:43 am
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Obit srmargaretgaySister Margaret (Maggie) Gay, O.S.U., died Feb. 1, at Brookhaven Hospital. She was 80. 
Born  in Hartford, Conn., she entered the congregation of the Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk in 1952 and professed her final vows six years later.
She taught at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ozone Park, from 1966 to 1969, and at St. Maurice in Stamford, Conn., from 1971 to 1977. 
She served her community for many years providing housekeeping and meal preparation in the Province’s retreat centers in Oyster Bay and Blue Point, both L.I.
She is survived by her brother, Father James Gay of California, and was pre-deceased by her brothers, Father John Gay and David Gay.  
 

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Obituary: Sister Ann E. Fitzpatrick, C.S.J.

February 27, 2013, 7:45 am
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OBIT_SrAEFitzpatrickCSJSister Ann E. Fitzpatrick, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 70 years, died Feb. 10 in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood. 
She entered the congregation from Holy Family parish, Park Slope, in 1943.  She attended St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, and earned her master’s degree and doctorate in education administration from St. John’s University, Jamaica.
Formerly known as Sister Charles Veronica, she taught at St. Pascal Baylon, St. Albans, 1945-49; St. Augustine, Park Slope, 1949-65; St. John the Evangelist, Park Slope, 1965-66; St. Thomas Aquinas, Park Slope, 1966-68; and was principal at St. Virgilius, Broad Channel, 1970-71.
Other ministries included assistant to the dean at St. John’s University, Jamaica, 1969-70; an administrator in Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), L.I., 1971-81; an administrator in the teacher center at Hofstra University, Hempstead, L.I., 1981-82. 
In the Diocese of Metuchen, N.J., she worked to establish the Office of Superintendent of Schools, holding the position of deputy superintendent for six years.
From 1988 through 2001, she served as the associate dean of the Graduate School of Education at the College of New Rochelle, instituting programs on behalf of the college.
Her early work in the primary grades gave her the impetus to write a series of children’s books, which were religious in nature. 
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Feb. 16 in Maria Regina Chapel. Interment followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood. 
 

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Obituary: Sister Irene Poirier, S.C.

March 13, 2013, 7:09 am
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OBIT_SrPoirierSCSister Irene Poirier, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 66 years died on March 4 at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass. She was 88.
Formerly known as Sister Anne Regina, she taught fifth grade and was responsible for school accounts at Resurrection-Ascension School, Rego Park, 1955-63.
She spent the rest of her years ministering in Nova Scotia, Canada. In 2008, she retired to Caritas Residence, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 8. Interment followed at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. 
 

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Obituary: Father Walter O’Brien, O.F.M. Cap.

March 13, 2013, 7:09 am
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OBIT_OBrien_ofmcapFather Walter O’Brien, O.F.M. Cap., died in Yonkers, N.Y., on Sunday, March 3, at the age of 100. For over 82 years, he served as a Capuchin friar and at the time of his death was the oldest living member of the order in the U.S.
Born in Manhattan, he entered the Capuchins in 1930 and was ordained to the priesthood on June 20, 1937.
Among his parish assignments were St. Michael, East New York, 1938-42 and 1946-52; St. John the Baptist, Manhattan, 1952-57 and 1964-81; and Sacred Heart, Yonkers, 1981-82.
During WWII, he volunteered as a U.S. Army chaplain and served in the South Pacific, Japan and Korea. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
He also served on the Provincial Council as councilor and advisor in Province matters.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 8 at Sacred Heart Church, Yonkers. 
 

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Obituary — Sister Helen Selaris, C.S.J.

March 27, 2013, 7:33 am
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OBIT_SrHSelarisCSJSister Helen Selaris, C.S.J., a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 67 years, died on March 3.
She entered the congregation in 1942 from St. Rose of Lima parish, Parkville.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in French from St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, and certification in kindergarten education from Fordham University.  
Formerly known as Sister Anne de Beaupre, she taught kindergarten and first grade at St. Martin of Tours, Bushwick, 1943-46; Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, 1946-48; St. Brendan, Midwood, 1948-51; Our Lady of Victory, Floral Park, 1951-57; St. Martha, Uniondale, 1957-61; St. Vincent de Paul, Williamsburg, 1961-65; St. Michael, Sunset Park, 1965-71; St. Mel, Flushing, 1971-84; St. Charles Borromeo, Brooklyn Heights, 1986-90; and St. Agnes Seminary, Marine Park, 1990-92. She served as parish receptionist at St. Andrew Avellino, Flushing, 1984-86.
After residing in St. Edmund Convent, Sheepshead Bay, 1986-2008, she retired to Sacred Heart Convent, Hempstead, L.I. Poor health necessitated a move to Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, in 2010.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held in Maria Regina Chapel, Brentwood, March 7. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.

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Obituary — Former Renault Automobiles Spokeswoman, Sister Joan Anna Marese, C.S.J.

March 27, 2013, 7:34 am
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OBIT_SrJoanAMareseCSJSister Joan Anna Marese, C.S.J., a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 62 years, died March 1.
She entered the congregation in 1957 from St. Michael’s, Sunset Park.
Formerly known as Sister Rosa Mystica, she taught at St. James, Downtown Brooklyn, 1953-60; St. Martha, Uniondale, 1960-61; Our Lady of Victory, Bedford-Stuyvesant, 1961-70; St. Gabriel, East New York, 1970-74; St. Pascal Baylon H.S., St. Albans, 1974-75; and St. Angela Hall Academy H.S., Clinton Hill, 1975-81.
She lived in Brentwood at Maria Regina Residence, 1981-85, and then St. Joseph Convent,  1985-2010.
In the course of her teaching, she attended Delahanty Institute in Brooklyn to study auto mechanics. Certification as a motor vehicle inspector and driver’s education instructor followed. She later became U.S. spokesperson for Renault Automobiles and was asked to make TV appearances on What’s My Line?, To Tell the Truth, AM America, Noon Day Live and several radio shows.
A Mass of Christian Burial took place in Maria Regina Chapel, Brentwood, March 5. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.
 

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Obituary — Sister Joan Patricia McGuirl, C.S.J.

March 27, 2013, 7:37 am
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OBIT_SrJAMcGuirlCSJ_badpicSister Joan Patricia McGuirl, C.S.J., a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 75 years, died Feb. 27.
She entered the congregation in 1938 from St. Rose of Lima parish, Parkville.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in French from St. John’s University and a master’s in French from Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. She also received several grants to further study in French from Central Connecticut State College, Michigan State, Skidmore College and the Foreign Language League in France.
She taught in St. Martin of Tours, Bushwick, 1940-42; St. Teresa of Avila, Prospect Heights, 1942-43; St. Agnes Seminary, Marine Park, 1942-43 and 1943-46; St. Stanislaus, Maspeth, 1946-57; Sacred Heart Academy H.S., Hempstead, 1957-59; St. Francis Xavier Academy, Park Slope, 1959-60; St. Pascal Baylon H.S., St. Albans, 1960-66; and St. Joseph Academy, Brentwood, 1966-93. She remained at St. Joseph Academy, 1993-97, working in the development office.
A Mass of Christian Burial took place in Sacred Heart Chapel, Brentwood, March 2. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.
 

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Obituary — Sister Brigid Marie Crowe, C.S.J.

March 27, 2013, 7:40 am
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Sister Brigid Marie Crowe, C.S.J., a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 61 years, died March 10.
She entered the congregation in 1953 from St. Ephrem parish, Dyker Heights.  
She earned her bachelor of business administration degree in education from St. John’s University, Jamaica, and a master of library science in education from the State University of New York.
She served at Ascension, Elmhurst, 1954-57; St. Patrick, Long Island City, 1957-58; St. Teresa of Avila, Prospect Heights, 1958-62; St. Mary’s, Maujer St., Williamsburg, 1962-66; St. Vincent de Paul, Williamsburg, 1966; St. John of God, Central Islip, L.I., 1966-67; SS. Cyril and Methodius, Deer Park, L.I., 1969-72; St. Ann, Flushing, 1972-76; and Immaculate Conception, Jamaica, 1976-2009.
In 2009, she retired to Stella Maris Convent, Rockaway Park, where she stayed for a year before moving to St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood. In 2011, she moved to Maria Regina Residence.
A Mass of Christian Burial took place in Maria Regina Chapel, Brentwood, March 13. Interment followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.

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Obituary — Sister Nancy Powell, S.C.

March 27, 2013, 7:43 am
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OBIT_SrNPowellSCSister Nancy Powell, S.C., 81, a Sister of Charity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, for 62 years, died March 14 at Parkstone Enhanced Care, Halifax. 
Formerly known as Sister Anna Charles, she taught sixth grade at Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge, 1954-57.
She spent the rest of her years ministering in Halifax until her retirement to the motherhouse in 1986. 
Poor health required a move to Parkstone Enhanced Care in 2002.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 19. Burial followed at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
 

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Obituary — Sister Mary Feliciana Sacco, C.S.J.

March 27, 2013, 7:43 am
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OBIT_SrSaccoCSJSister Mary Feliciana Sacco, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 65 years, died March 3.
She entered the congregation in 1948 from Ascension parish, Elmhurst. She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in science from St. John’s University, Jamaica.
She taught at St. Michael, Sunset Park, 1950-56; Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park, 1956-59; St. Rose of Lima, Parkville, 1959-61; Stella Maris H.S., Rockaway Park, 1961-65; St. Brendan D.H.S., Midwood, 1965-74; and The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates, 1974-2011.  
In 2011, she retired to St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood. 
A Mass of Christian Burial took place in Sacred Heart Chapel, Brentwood, March 9. Interment followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.
 

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Former Xaverian Teacher Was A Brother for 64 Years

April 3, 2013, 6:36 am
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Brother Ronald A. Bonti, C.F.X., 80, a member of the Congregation of the Brothers of Saint Francis Xavier for nearly 64 years, died March 14 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House.

Born in Brooklyn, he was a graduate of St. Michael’s H.S., Sunset Park. He entered the Xaverian Brothers in September of 1949 and was invested with the holy habit on March 19, 1950, taking the name Brother Vernon.

After earning his degree from Catholic University, Washington, D.C., he taught at Mount St. Joseph H.S., Baltimore, Md., 1955-61, and Flaget H.S., Louisville, Ky., 1961-64.

He served in the Xaverian Mission in Bolivia for more than a decade before returning to the U.S. in 1977. He taught at Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, from 1977 until his retirement in 2006.

He is survived by one sister, Olga Bonti of Brooklyn.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in the chapel of St. John’s Prep, Danvers, Mass., March 16. Burial followed in the Xaverian Brothers’ Cemetery, Danvers.

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Father Vivona, 87, Served 60 Years in the Priesthood

April 3, 2013, 6:42 am
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OBIT_FrAFVivonaA Mass of Christian Burial for Father Anthony F. Vivona was celebrated April 3 in the chapel at St. John’s Cemetery, Middle Village. He died March 31 at Beth Israel Hospital. He was 87 years old and celebrated the 60th anniversary of his ordination in February.

Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto was the main celebrant of the funeral Mass. Father Walter A. Mitchell preached the homily.

Father Vivona attended P.S. 118; Andrew Jackson H.S.; New York School of Music and Art; the Montfort Prep Seminary, Bayshore, L.I.; and St. Louis de Montfort Seminary, Litchfield, Conn.

He was ordained for the Montfort Fathers on Feb. 28, 1953.

He served as an assistant at St. Mary Gate of Heaven Church, Ozone Park, 1963-68; Our Lady of Miracles, Canarsie, 1968-79; and Holy Family, Flatlands, 1979-1996.

He was incardinated into the Brooklyn Diocese in 1971.

Burial was in St. John’s Cemetery.

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