Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, who founded and directed Georgetown University’s Center for the Advanced Study of Ethics and was a former president of The Catholic University of America, died June 13. He was 92.

Considered one of the most prominent founders of the field of bioethics and an early pioneer in teaching humanities in medical schools, he was the author of more than 600 published articles in medical science, philosophy and ethics and author or co-author of 23 books.

Pellegrino, who would have turned 93 on June 22, was a former director of Georgetown’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics. He also founded and directed the university’s Center for Clinical Bioethics, which just this year was renamed the Edmund D. Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics.

He received his bachelor’s of science degree from St. John’s University, Jamaica, and his medical degree from N.Y.U. He served residencies in medicine at Bellevue, Goldwater Memorial and Homer Folks Tuberculosis Hospitals.

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On the evening before the funeral Mass, a vigil Mass was celebrated at Our Lady of Hope Church, Middle Village, where Bishop Sullivan had celebrated Sunday Mass for more than 50 years. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez was the main celebrant. Among the priests in attendance were Msgr. Joseph Nagle, who preached at the funeral; Father Michael Carrano, pastor of Our Lady of Hope and homilist at the Vigil Mass; and Msgr. Nicholas Sivillo, pastor emeritus. Photos © Ed Wilkinson

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Sister Peggy

Sister Margaret Mary (Peggy) Keegan, S.S.N.D., who taught school for many years in New Jersey and Baltimore before becoming a school librarian, died of respiratory failure on June 14 at Maria Health Care Center in Baltimore.

She was 81 and was celebrating her 60th jubilee this summer as a professed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame.

Margaret Mary Keegan was born in Brooklyn. In 1950, at age 18, she graduated from the School Sisters of Notre Dame’s Aspiranture in Fort Lee, N.J., and two months later entered the congregation from her home parish of St. Anselm, Bay Ridge. In 1952, as a novice, she was given the religious name Mary Auxilia. She professed her first vows in 1953 and her final vows in 1959. Years later, she resumed using her baptismal name and was commonly known as Sister Peggy.

She taught in schools in Camden, N.J., and Baltimore, before becoming a school librarian in 1974. As a librarian, Sister Peggy also served at schools in Baltimore. In 1987, she was assigned to Loyola-Notre Dame Library, the joint library serving Loyola University Maryland and Notre Dame of Maryland University.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated June 19 in the chapel at Villa Assumpta, Baltimore. Burial was at Villa Maria Cemetery in Glen Arm, Md.

Sister Julianne

Sister Julianne Spiess, S.S.N.D., who was a Catholic school educator for more than 30 years before adopting a ministry of parish outreach, died of congestive heart failure at Lourdes Health Care Center in Wilton, Conn., June 16.

She was 80 and marking her 60th jubilee this summer as a professed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame.

Julianne Olga Spiess was born in Brooklyn. She attended St. Matthias School, Ridgewood, where she first met the School Sisters of Notre Dame. She professed her first vows in 1953 and her final vows in 1959 and was given the religious name Mary Rita.

She taught elementary school in Camden, N.J.; Cumberland, Md.; Baltimore; and Philadelphia.

In 1971, she earned a bachelor’s degree in education from what was then the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and later a master’s in counseling from Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J.

She spent a year as a counselor-consultant with the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 1976-77, before being named a high school guidance counselor in Baltimore, 1977-84.

In 1988, she returned to the Diocese of Brooklyn to serve at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Ridgewood, where she coordinated parish outreach, including service to seniors, from 1988 to 1997. She also coordinated parish outreach at St. John of God in Central Islip, L.I., 1997-2006, until moving to Bohemia, L.I., where she was in community service to St. John Nepomucene until only months before her death.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated at the chapel at Villa Notre Dame in Wilton. Burial followed at St. Mary Cemetery in Bethel, Conn.

Sister Julianne is survived by three sisters, Veronica Cesareo of Lakewood, N.J., Rita Roussey of Woodbridge, N.J., and Frances Merz of Roslyn, L.I.; and a brother, Ted Spiess of Marietta, Ga.

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Sister M. Angela

Sister Mary Angela Coughlin, C.S.J., 90, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 73 years, died June 18.

Born as Veronica, she entered the congregation in 1941 from Blessed Sacrament parish, Cypress Hills, and received the religious name Sister Mary Angela.

She taught primary grades at St. Anthony of Padua, Greenpoint, 1942-44; St. Vincent de Paul, Williamsburg, 1944-48; Immaculate Conception B.V.M., Brooklyn, 1948-53; Holy Child, Richmond Hill, 1953-55; St. John of God, Central Islip, L.I., 1955-60; Our Lady of Lourdes, Bushwick, 1960-63; St. John the Evangelist, Park Slope, 1963-64; St. Agnes, Cobble Hill, 1964-65; and St. Ephrem, Dyker Heights, 1965-75.

She worked in parish ministry, 1975-77, and served as a Resource Room teacher at St. Joseph, Hewlett, L.I., 1977-2005, before retiring to St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held in Sacred Heart Chapel, Brentwood, June 21. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery.

Sister M. Theresa

Sister Mary Theresa Galvin, C.S.J., a member the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 71 years, died June 15.

She entered the congregation in 1943 from St. Clement Pope, S. Ozone Park.

She obtained a bachelor’s degree in history from Manhattan College, the Bronx, and a master’s degree in Asian Studies from St. John’s University, Jamaica.

Formerly known as Sister John Ignatia, her ministries in the Brooklyn Diocese included Mary’s Nativity, Flushing, 1944-51; St. Agnes, Cobble Hill, 1951-53; St. Athanasius, Bensonhurst, 1953-54; St. Clare, Rosedale, 1954-57 and 1965-68; Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, 1957-64; Holy Family, Flushing, 1964-65; and St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn, 1968-95.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held in St. Patrick’s Church, Long Island City, June 19. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.

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Laura D’Antonio, 88, the mother of Father Ron D’Antonio of St. Athanasius parish, Bensonhurst, died July 3 at SS. Joachim and Anne Nursing Home, Coney island.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated July 8 at St. Athanasius Church.

Other survivors include her son, William of Eden Prairie, Minn. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph, and daughter, Carolyn.

Burial was in Calverton National Cemetery, L.I.

Sister Kathleen Wahl, S.S.N.D., 82, a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 60 years, died on July 6 at Lourdes Health Care Center in Wilton, Conn. Her religious name was Sister Mary Delphine.

She volunteered for missionary service in Africa where she spent 17 years teaching at Christ the King School and Bishop Juwle H.S., both in Zwedru, Liberia, and two years at Notre Dame Secondary School in Sunyani, Ghana. Before moving to Villa Notre Dame, Wilton Conn. in 2005, she was on the staff of St. Vincent Services and also volunteered at Methodist Hospital, both in Brooklyn.

She moved to Lourdes Health Care Center in 2012.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated July 10. Burial was at St. Mary Cemetery, Bethel, Conn.

Sister Eileen Kearns, R.S.H.M., previously known as Sister Seamus, died July 6 at Marymount Convent, Tarrytown, N.Y. She was 76 and had been a member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary for 58 years.

Born in Co. Roscommon, Ireland, she entered the congregation in 1953. She made her final vows in Tarrytown on Aug. 28, 1960.

Locally, she taught at St. Mary’s School, Long Island City, 1969-70; at St. Pius X, Rosedale, 1970-80; St. Catharine of Alexandria, Brooklyn, 1985-89), and again at St. Pius X, 1989-97).

She taught in Rome, Italy, first at Istituto Marymount, 1997-2007, and then at Marymount International School, 2007-2012.

Sister Eileen is survived by her sister, Thecla Sforza of Jackson Heights, and by sisters and brothers living in Ireland and England.

Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery, White Plains, N.Y.

Dr. Bernard J. Cooke, an internationally renowned theologian, author, and lecturer, died May 31, on his 91st birthday at the Village at Incarnate Word in San Antonio.

His professional specialization were sacramental theology (religious symbol and ritual), New Testament, religious psychology and history of theological method.

He was the chairman and a professor in the department of theology at Marquette University, where in 1963 he inaugurated the first Ph.D. program in the nation to train Catholic laypeople for careers in theological scholarship and teaching.

He is survived by his wife Dr. Pauline Turner and daughter, Kelly Turner-Cooke, and his brothers David Cooke of Elk Grove, Calif., and Tom Cooke of Oakland, Calif.

Thomas M. O’Rourke, Ph.D., retired director and teacher of forensic psychiatry at SUNY Downstate, died July 13.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Peter of Alcantara Church, Port Washington, L.I.

He was a 1963 graduate of Cathedral Prep, Brooklyn.

Eldridge Russell Bell, 91, father of Christopher Bell, founder of Good Counsel homes that help homeless pregnant and parenting mothers and babies, died July 6, at the age of 91 in Lawnwood Medical Center, Fort Pierce, Fla., after a severe stroke.

He had been an active member of the Knights of Columbus Alfred E. Smith Council in Elmont, L.I., for 55 years. He was the recipient of their Knight of the Year Award for his service as well as made a Life Member.

He was a long-time usher at St. Boniface Church, Elmont, a volunteer in the parish food pantry, a member of the Italian-American Club, a volunteer for Meals-on-Wheels, as well as a helper for various other church and civic organizations.

He is survived by his children, William, Antoinette Witt, Christopher and David.

Retired Auxiliary Bishop Thad J. Jakubowksi of Chicago died July 14 at St. Mary of Providence Home, where he lived. He was 89.

A funeral Mass was scheduled for July 19 at Holy Name Cathedral.

Bishop Jakubowksi had served as co-vicar for senior priests since 2003.

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Msgr. Celsus O. Collini, former episcopal vicar, diocesan missionary and parish pastor, died July 19 at a private family residence.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Monday, July 22, at Queen of Peace Church, Kew Gardens, where he had been pastor.

A native of Trent, Italy, he attended Cathedral College, Brooklyn, and Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington, L.I. He was ordained May 31, 1947 by Bishop Thomas E. Molloy at St. James Pro-Cathedral, Downtown Brooklyn.

He served as an assistant at Sacred Heart, Fort Greene, 1947-56; Our Lady of Miracle, Canarsie, 1956-57; and St. Brendan, Midwood, 1957-68.

In 1968, he was named the founding pastor of the diocesan mission of San Pedro, Coronel, Oveido, Paraguay, where he served until 1972.

When he returned to the diocese, he was assigned to St. Barbara’s parish, Bushwick, where he was pastor from 1973 to 1978.

From 1978 to 1984, he was the episcopal vicar for Vicariate C.

He also served as pastor at Queen of Peace, Kew Gardens, 1984-94. He then retired from active duty.

He was named a monsignor in 1981.

In the 1970s, Msgr. Collini also was a member of the Diocesan Priests’ Senate and the Diocesan Commission on Ministry at the Seminary.

Retired Auxiliary Bishop Guy Sansaricq was the main celebrant of the funeral Mass. Special concelebrants included Msgrs. Steven Ferrari and Edward Wetterer and Fathers John Gildea and James L. Tighe.

In his homily, Msgr. Ferrari said, “There is so much – so many memories and stories we could all share. But let me suggest that the qualities we may remember most about Chet may perhaps all begin with the letter ‘H.’ I like to think of him as the president of the ‘6 H Club:’ humility, holiness, humor, honesty, heart and honor.

“He enjoyed telling jokes and long stories, over and over again. He had a sharp memory for details. I don’t know how he could remember all that stuff! And he knew how to laugh – even laugh at himself and make others feel comfortable.

“In 1997, as he was celebrating his 50 years of priesthood, his golden jubilee, he wrote an article in the quarterly magazine published by the churches of the Val Rendena in the diocese of Trento, Italy. He wrote lovingly in Italian of those 50 years as God’s servant, a priest. He made sure a few years ago when he asked me to preach at his funeral that I get hold of that issue of the ‘Campane di Rendena,’ which means the church bells of the Rendena Valley, to use in my homily. I was able to get the magazine from Chet’s family. I want to translate a few sentences he wrote:

“How many times must I say that God has loved me and spoiled me. He has given me the health and the capability to be of help in several parishes in the Diocese…I recognize my weakness. I am a church person; and if my bishop calls me, I respond, maybe not well and not too quickly, but he speaks for the Church, my Church, and I listen and respond.”

Msgr. Collini is survived by his sister, Constance Maffei-Kaiser of Flushing.

Burial was in St. John’s Cemetery, Middle Village.

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Msgr. Gerald J. Langelier, 78, pastor emeritus of Our Lady of Mercy parish, Forest Hills, died Friday, July 19. He was found dead in the swimming pool of his private residence in Southhold, L.I.

A Mass of Christian Burial at the church was scheduled for July 19.

Born in Long Island City, Msgr. Langelier attended LaSalle Academy, Manhattan; Cathedral College, Brooklyn; and Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington, L.I. He was ordained June 3, 1961 by Bishop Bryan J. McEntegart at St. James Pro-Cathedral, Downtown Brooklyn.

He served as an assistant at St. Mary Star of the Sea, Far Rockaway, 1961-62; Blessed Sacrament, Jackson Heights, 1962-65; and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Kensington, 1966-79.

From 1979 to 1984, he was the Episcopal Vicar for Vicariate D while residing at Resurrection-Ascension rectory, Rego Park.

In 1984, he was named pastor of Our Lady of Mercy and served there until 2007 when he retired.

Msgr. Langelier also served as a member of the Permanent Diaconate Advisory Board, the Diocesan Priests Personnel Board, the Diocesan Pastoral Council and the Diocesan Assignment Board.

Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto was the main celebrant of the funeral Mass. Special concelebrants included Msgrs. Ronald Richardson, John E. Mahoney, Joseph Nugent, Edward A. Ryan, John A. McGuirl, John Rowan and Father John J. Fullum. Msgr. Richardson preached the homily.

Msgr. Mahoney said that Msgr. Langelier was one of the parish priests at Blessed Sacrament, Jackson Heights, who helped guide his own vocation.

“Wherever he was, he was well loved by the people,” recalled Msgr. Mahoney. “He was kind, gentle, compassionate and very understanding. He also was very intelligent and a very pastorally-minded priest.

“He certainly was a very dedicated priest who always was concerned about other priests in the many things he was asked to do for the diocese.”

Msgr. Langelier is survived by his brother Robert of St. Petersburg, Fla. Burial was in Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing.

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Brother Peter Clifford, F.S.C., a former member of the faculty at Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene, died Tuesday, July 23 at De La Salle Hall in Lincroft, N.J. He was 88.

Born in the Bronx, he entered the Christian Brothers in Barrytown, N.Y., in 1943. He made his first vows in 1944 and his final vows in 1950.

He studied history at Catholic University in Washington, D.C.; education at Manhattan College; and history at Fordham University. In 1968, he received a C.A.S. degree in educational administration from Harvard University. In 1970, he received an Ed.D. in educational administration, also from Harvard.

After several teaching assignments in Manhattan, he served as principal at St. Cecilia School, Greenpoint, 1951-54. He then spent five years as a missionary in the Philippines, as the academic dean of De La Salle College in Manila.

Returning to the U.S., he worked as a teacher and administrator at St. Augustine D.H.S., Park Slope, and Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., from 1962 to 1965.

He also worked for the Diocesan Catholic Schools Office in Brooklyn, from 1968 to 1971, and as the executive secretary for secondary schools at the National Catholic Education Association in Washington, D.C., from 1971 to 1974.

Brother Peter began his ministry to higher education as academic dean at St. John’s University, Jamaica, from 1974 to 1976.

He also served for two years as an assistant in higher education for the U.S. Catholic Conference in Washington, D.C. His last college connection was as president of St. Mary’s College in Leavenworth, Kan., 1989-94.

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Sister Catherine Marie Tuohy, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 69 years, died July 9.

She entered the congregation in 1944 from Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, Sunset Park.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology/math/ physics from St. Joseph’s College, Clinton Hill, and a master’s degree in science education from St. John’s University, Jamaica. From 1963 to 1970, she received grants and studied summers at the University of Michigan, Lake Forest College, Pace College and the University of California-Berkley.

Formerly known as Sister St. Alphonsus, she taught at St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Richmond Hill, 1946-48; Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, 1953-54; St. Francis Xavier Academy, Park Slope, 1954-59; St. Brendan D.H.S., Midwood, 1959-60; Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, 1960-63; Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, 1963-68, and Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, L.I., 1968-82.

She served as an assistant in finances for Catholic Medical Center, Jamaica, 1982-85 and 1986-92, and a pastoral minister at Calvary Hospital, the Bronx, 1985-86, before retiring to St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held in Maria Regina Chapel July 12. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.

Sister Muriel Keegan, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 80 years, died July 3, in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood.

She entered the congregation in 1934 from St. Rose of Lima parish, Parkville.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in Latin from Manhattan College, the Bronx, and a master’s degree in education/psychology from Medaille College, Buffalo, N.Y.

Formerly known as Sister Mary Simplicia, she taught at Mary’s Nativity, Flushing, 1938-40 and 1954-57; St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Richmond Hill, 1940-54; St. Brendan, Midwood, 1957-59; Most Holy Trinity, East Hampton, L.I., 1959-63; and St. John of God, Central Islip, L.I., 1963-66.

She was principal both at Ascension, Elmhurst, 1966-72, and St. Patrick, Smithtown, L.I., 1972-95.

For the last 18 years, she served as assistant to the superior as part of the Pastoral Team at Maria Regina Residence.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held in Maria Regina Chapel July 8. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery, Brentwood.

Sister Anna James Markey, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 74 years, died July 16 at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley, Mass. She was 95.

She taught fourth and fifth grades at Our Lady of Angels School, Bay Ridge, 1939-52.  She also ministered in St. Aidan’s, Williston Park, L.I.; Staten Island; Massachusetts and Nova Scotia before retiring to Mount St. Vincent in 2006.

A funeral Mass was celebrated at Mount St. Vincent on July 18. Interment followed at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Needham, Mass.

Indian Cardinal Simon Pimenta, who led the Archdiocese of Bombay for more than 18 years, died July 19 at the age of 93.

He was known for trying to keep his sprawling and diverse archdiocese united and active, establishing parishes in the city’s slums and trying to counter widespread contraception campaigns by promoting natural family planning.

He served as a papally appointed synod president during the 1990 Synod of Bishops on priestly formation and led the Indian bishops’ conference for six years.

He was ordained a priest of Bombay in 1949. Pope Paul VI named him an auxiliary bishop for the archdiocese in 1971 and coadjutor of Bombay in 1977. He became archbishop in 1978 and was named a cardinal 10 years later by Blessed Pope John Paul II. He retired in 1996 at the age of 76.

His death leaves the College of Cardinals with 203 members, 112 of whom are under the age of 80 and therefore eligible to vote in a conclave.

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A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Martin “Marty” Borcherding, 66, as celebrated July 22 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, New Iberia, La. Bishop Michael Jarrell was the main celebrant.

He died July 18 at Consolata Nursing Home.

A native of Brooklyn, he attended Cathedral Prep, Brooklyn and Elmhurst; Cathedral College, Douglaston; and Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans. He was ordained for the Diocese of Lafayette, La., by Bishop Gerard Frey on May 19, 1973.

He served as an administrator and pastor in several parishes in the Diocese of Lafayette. He also served on the Council of Priests, Clergy Personnel Advisory Board and the Bishop’s Development Council.

Immediate survivors include his three sisters, Barbara Jesset and Christine Blome of Abbeville, La., and Therese O’Connor of Whitestone, N.Y.; two brothers, Stephen, of Elmont, L.I., and James, of New Iberia.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Rita Keating, mother of Cathedral Club of Brooklyn board member Frank Keating, was celebrated July 29 at Our Lady of Angels Church, Bay Ridge.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Emile Griffith, 75, former three-division boxing champion, will be celebrated Aug. 3 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, West Hempstead, L.I. Burial was at St. Michael’s Cemetery, East Elmhurst.

Walter G. Lawson, the father of Father Walter G. Lawson, a Claretian Missionary of the Province of Central America, who is presently serving at Our Lady of Sorrows parish, Corona, died July 22 in Panama.

A memorial Mass was celebrated July 30 at Our Lady of Sorrows.

Sister Edith Fondecchia, I.H.M., (formerly known as Sister Editha) of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died July 24 at Our Lady of Peace Residence, Scranton, Pa. She was 86.

She entered the I.H.M. Congregation in 1945 and made her final profession in 1951.

In the Brooklyn Diocese, she taught at St. Ephrem, Dyker Heights, 1953-60 and 1972-81; and Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Forest Hills, 1964-67. She also taught at Cathedral H.S., Manhattan, 1981-83 and 1985-2004.

From 2004 until 2009, she was a prayer minister at St. Ephrem Convent in Brooklyn.

Burial was in St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow, Pa.

Father Charles (Chuck) Gallagher, S.J., 86, a Jesuit for 67 years and a priest for 55 years, died July 21. He was a pioneer and leader in bringing and adapting Marriage Encounter to American couples.

Born in Manhattan, he attended Regis H.S., and in 1945, he entered the Society of Jesus.

He was ordained to the priesthood on June 21, 1958 at the Fordham University Church. His priestly apostolic life focused on retreat ministry and ministry to couples and families. From 1981 until his death, he resided at St. Peter’s University, Jersey City, N.J., though much of his time was spent on the road around the world engaged in Marriage Encounter and Parish Renewal programs.

He is survived by his sister Therese Sweeney of Manhattan. Burial was at the Jesuit cemetery in Auriesville, N.Y.

Former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Lindy Boggs, whose career in public service spanned 60 years, including four years in Rome during which she served as a staunch advocate for human trafficking victims, died July 27 at her home in Chevy Chase, Md. She was 97.

Her funeral Mass was scheduled for Aug. 1 in New Orleans at St. Louis Cathedral, where she was an active parishioner.

She served nine terms as the first woman from Louisiana to be elected to Congress. She retired in January, 1991, and in 1997, President Bill Clinton appointed her U.S. ambassador to the Vatican when she was 81 years old. She held the post until 2001.

After learning of her death, New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond said, “We thank God for her life of faith and her life of service to the people of Louisiana and beyond.”

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Sister Vianney Stewart, R.S.H.M., died Aug. 2 at Marymount Convent, Tarrytown, N.Y. She was 91 and had been a Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary for 73 years.

She was born Katherine Stewart in Co. Galway, Ireland.

She taught at St. Catharine of Alexandria, Brooklyn, 1940-51; and the Academy of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Sag Harbor, L.I., 1951-55, before being assigned to Colombia, South America. She also taught again at St. Catharine of Alexandria, 1981-94.

She was a member of the staff at Cormaria Retreat House, Sag Harbor, 1998-2000, and a parish volunteer at St. Catharine of Alexandria, 2000-05.

Immediate survivors include one sister, Sister Declan Stewart, M.S.H.R., of Dublin. Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery, White Plains, N.Y.

Sister Catherine Donelan, S.C., a Sister of Charity – Halifax, for 75 years, died July 21 at Mount Saint Vincent, Wellesley, Mass. She was 94.

Sister Catherine was a member of the first graduating class at St. Sebastian School, Woodside.

Formerly known as Sister James Michael, she taught at Resurrection-Ascension School, Rego Park, 1941-54, and Bishop Reilly H.S., Fresh Meadows, 1969-70.

She served in the Brooklyn Diocese as provincial treasurer of the Sisters of Charity – Halifax and as a volunteer at Women Helping Women.

She also ministered at St. Elizabeth parish, Melville, L.I., as well as in Massachusetts, Bermuda and Nova Scotia. She retired to St. Barnabas Convent, Bellmore, L.I., in 2009 and resided there until June, 2013.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated July 26 at St. Barnabas parish, Bellmore. Interment followed at St. John’s Cemetery, Middle Village

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Sister Rose Eileen McGinn, O.P., of Dominican Convent, Sparkill, N.Y., died Aug. 5, in Siena Hall, Sparkill. She was 95 and a member of the community for 77 years.

In the Diocese of Brooklyn, she taught at St. Mary Magdalene, Springfield Gardens, 1939-41; and was principal at Mary Queen of Heaven, Flatlands, 1974-85.

From 1969 to 1974, she taught at St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill. From 1985 to 2002, she was a staff member of Nazareth R.H.S., East Flatbush.

Burial was in St. Agnes Cemetery, Sparkill.

Father Anthony M. Trapani, who was born in Brooklyn and ordained in 1973 for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, died Aug. 8. He was 71.

The funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Patrick’s parish, Bay Shore, L.I. Burial was in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Southold, L.I.

Sister Renee Canitrot, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 66 years, died Aug. 6. She was 86.

She entered the congregation from St. Vincent Ferrer parish, Manhattan, in 1946 and a year later received the habit and her religious name Sister Maria Hostia.

She cared for boys at St. Vincent’s Home, Brooklyn Heights, 1948-51. She then taught at Fourteen Holy Martyrs, Bushwick; St. Joseph, Long Island City; Corpus Christi, Woodside; St. Nicholas, Williamsburg; and St. Mark, Sheepshead Bay.

In addition to teaching on Long Island, she also served the poor at Maryhouse, part of the Catholic Worker movement in Manhattan 1976-77; Christus House, Brooklyn, 1977-78; and Blessed Sacrament parish, Newark, N.J., 1987-90.

In 1993, her French ancestry enabled her to be part of a team exploring a Dominican presence in Fanjeaux, France.

For a time, she embraced a more fully contemplative way of life at Mother of Perpetual Help Monastery in Esopus, N.Y., and served in Lamp Ministries, the Bronx, 2000-04.

Interment was in Amityville.

Sister Beatrice Patricia Murphy, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 54 years, died Aug. 8. She was 86.

She entered the congregation from St. Mary Star of the Sea parish, Carroll Gardens, in 1958.

A year later, she received the habit and her religious name Sister Mary Gilchrist.

She taught in St. Pancras, Glendale, 1960-64; Most Holy Trinity, Williamsburg, 1964-71; and Sacred Heart, East Glendale, 1971-74.

She was assistant principal at Incarnation, Queens Village, 1974-78, and then principal, 1978-90.

After a sabbatical in Burlingame, Calif., she became a pastoral minister in St. Margaret parish, Middle Village, 1991-2002, where visiting shut-ins was at the heart of her ministry. She resided at Sacred Heart Convent, East Glendale, from 1971 to the present.

She is survived by her siblings, Ann, Joe and Jim Murphy.

Burial was in the Sisters’ Cemetery, Amityville.

Sister Mary Josephine Hill, D.C., a Daughter of Charity, Province of St. Louise, Miss., for 64 years, died July 30. She was 96.

Following a 21-year career in health care, she began her second career at St. John’s Parish Center, Bedford-Stuyvesant, 1971-2000, where she worked in the direct service with the needy and vulnerable. She and five companions opened a mission in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

She initiated the nursing aide training program at St. John’s and taught full-time in this special ministry. She was able to create links with nearby nursing homes where her students received practical experience and later obtained employment. The program continues today.

Burial followed at St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.

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A Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Joseph Funaro, retired pastor of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs parish, Forest Hills, was celebrated Aug. 17 at the church. He died Aug. 14 at New York Medical Hospital Queens after a prolonged illness. He was 76.

Born in Brooklyn, he attended New Utrecht H.S., Bensonhurst; St. Jerome’s College, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; and St. Vincent’s Seminary, Latrobe, Pa.

He was ordained May 29, 1965 by Bishop Bryan J. McEntegart at St. James Pro-Cathedral, Downtown Brooklyn.

He served as an associate at Our Lady of Grace parish, Howard Beach, 1965-73, and then was assigned to Catholic Charities as the director of communications. As director of the Diocesan Theater Guild, he directed 25 musical productions that raised funds for Catholic Charities.

He was named a monsignor in 1988.

In 1989, he was named pastor of Assumption parish, Brooklyn Heights, where he served until 2000 when he became pastor at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs. He officially retired in 2012 but continued to serve as parish administrator for the new pastor, Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez.

Before he was ordained a priest, Msgr. Funaro worked as a cartoonist for Paramount Pictures. He illustrated Casper the Friendly Ghost, Little Audrey, Popeye, Wimpy, Baby Huey, Catnip and Herman.

Bishop Sanchez was the main celebrant of the funeral Mass. Special concelebrants included Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto, Msgr. Edward Scharfenberger, Fathers Frank Passenant, George Cowan, Michael Carrano, Jan Czudek and Phillip Pizzo, who preached the homily.

“Above all else, Joe Funaro was a good priest,” Father Pizzo said. “He left behind a lucrative career to become a priest. He put his whole personality into it.

“Msgr. Funaro made everyone feel good about themselves because he knew he was a representative of Jesus Christ.

“He loved putting on plays.  Wherever we went someone would come up to him who was in this play or that play.

“He also was a consummate fund raiser for Catholic Charities and then he put this parish back on the map.”

Bishop Sanchez said that Msgr. Funaro was “a faithful priest who gave his all to the parishes he served and to Catholic Charities which he loved so much.”

Deacon Greg Kandra, who preached at the Vigil Mass, said, “Above all else, Joe Funaro was a man of faith. Tremendous, towering faith.

“We heard him express that faith again and again from this altar in five words that could have been his creed – ‘­­Nothing is impossible with God.’

“Joe Funaro proved that himself again and again. He was a man who believed in possibility.

Burial was in Holy Rood Cemetery, Westbury, L.I.

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Deacon Gerard K. Steffens, an incardinated deacon of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died Aug. 15.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Aug. 19 at Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, Nesconset, L.I.

Deacon Steffens was born on July 19, 1942 and was raised in Ridgewood.

He was ordained to the Diaconate on Dec. 2, 1978.

He served in the Diocese of Brooklyn at St. Matthias parish, Ridgewood, until his move to the Diocese of Rockville Centre in 2000, where he ministered at Holy Cross Church.

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Deacon Edward A. Aigbojie, 73, who has served as a deacon at Queen of All Saints, Fort Greene; St. Fortunata, Brooklyn; and St. Martin de Porres, Bedford-Stuyvesant, since 1992, died Aug. 29.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Sept. 6 at Queen of All Saints Church.

Father Richard Francis Futie, 58, died Aug. 25 while on vacation in Mexico.

After graduating from St. Mary H.S., Manhassett, L.I., he attended Cathedral College, Douglaston, and St. Thomas Seminary. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Bridgeport June 26, 1982 at St. Augustine Cathedral, Bridgeport, Conn. He continued his studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, and earned his theological degree from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He would later return to Rome to receive doctoral studies in canon law.

In addition to his parish ministries, he served as defender of the Marriage Bond on the Diocesan Tribunal in Bridgeport.

He also was police chaplain of Stamford in 1998, as well as fleet chaplain for the Stamford Yacht Club in 1999.

Sister Mary Elizabeth Kenny, S.C., a member of the Sisters of Charity for 67 years, died Aug. 27. She was 86. Her religious name was Sister Thomas Maureen.

In the Diocese of Brooklyn, she taught at St. Charles Borromeo, Brooklyn Heights, 1949-53, and at Bishop McDonnell H.S., Crown Heights, 1962-64.

Zambian Cardinal Medardo Mazombwe, retired archbishop of Lusaka and a longtime campaigner for foreign-debt reduction, died Aug. 29. He was 81.

Pope Benedict XVI had named him to the College of Cardinals in 2010, four years after the archbishop retired as head of the archdiocese.

The Zambian prelate rose to international prominence in the late 1990s as a vocal advocate for the world’s poor countries, particularly those unable to provide for their citizens because they were making massive payments on debt to First World banks.

By 2005, a year before the archbishop’s retirement, the Jubilee Zambia Campaign succeeded, and the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and the Paris Club canceled all but $500,000 of Zambia’s $7 billion debt.

In a span of more than three decades, the cardinal served three terms as president of the Zambian bishops’ conference. From 1979 to 1986, he was head of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa.

His death leaves the College of Cardinals with 201 members, 112 of whom are under the age of 80 and therefore eligible to vote in a conclave.

Father Giles F. Bello, O.F.M., 84, a professed Franciscan friar for 63 years and a priest for 58 years, died Sept. 2, at Holy Name Friary, Ringwood, N.J.

Born in Long Island City, he attended St. Anastasia School, Douglaston, and graduated from Fort Hamilton H.S., Brooklyn. He also attended Fordham University and the Franciscans’ St. Joseph Seminary in Callicoon, N.Y.

He was received into the Order of Friars Minor on Aug. 12, 1949, at St. Bonaventure Friary in Paterson, N.J., where he professed his first vows in 1950. He then studied at St. Stephen Friary, Croghan, N.Y.; St. Anthony Friary, Butler, N.J.; St. Bonaventure University, Allegany, N.Y.; and Holy Name College, Washington, D.C. He made his final profession of vows there on Sept. 17, 1953. On June 9, 1955, he was ordained to the priesthood at the Franciscan Monastery in Washington, D.C., by Archbishop Amleto Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate.

Following his ordination to the priesthood, he served in parochial ministry in Little Falls, N.J., Manhattan, and East Rutherford, N.J. In 1962, he was named director of the lay brothers’ training program at St. Stephen’ Friary in Croghan, also serving as guardian from 1964 to 1967.

When the brothers’ training program moved to St. Francis Friary in Rye Beach, N.H., in 1967, he continued there as director, but later that year was named Secretary of the Province, residing at St. Francis of Assisi Friary in Manhattan. He remained in that role until 1973, when he was elected to the Provincial Council, serving until 1979.

He was rector of The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, from 1997 to 2000, retiring in June 2000 to St. Anthony Friary in Butler, N.J.

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Sister Mary Felicia Moore, R.G.S., (Virginia Agnes Moore) died at Good Shepherd Center on Aug. 31, after a brief illness. She was 90 and had been a Sister of the Good Shepherd for 67 years.

Born in Flushing, she graduated from St. Agnes Academy H.S., College Point. In 1946, she entered the Novitiate of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Peekskill, N.Y. She made her final profession in 1952.

She served in Brooklyn from 1960 to 1965.

She is survived by her brother, Reverend Donald Moore, S.J.

Burial was in Mount Benedict Cemetery, West Roxbury, Mass.

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Father Daniel John Carboy, C.Ss.R., 73, died on Aug. 22, while receiving hospice care at St. John Neumann Residence at Stella Maris, Timonium, Md.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Oct. 5, at 11 a.m. at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park.

Born in Brooklyn, his early years were spent in Our Lady of Angels parish, Bay Ridge, and Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park.

He entered the Redemptorist Order in 1961 and was ordained on June 19, 1966.

He attended St. Mary’s College, the Redemptorist Preparatory Seminary, in North East, Pa. When he finished his novitiate year in Ilchester, Md., he completed his studies at Mount St. Alphonsus, Esopus, N.Y., where he was ordained.

Following parish work in Maryland, he served as an Air Force chaplain in the Archdiocese for the Military Services for 20 years. In 1992, he retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

He returned to parish ministry until 2008 when ill health forced his retirement.

Burial was in the Redemptorist plot in the Edgewater Cemetery, Edgewater, Fla.

Sister Carmela Melucci, M.P.F., 84, died Sept. 11 at St. Joseph Hall, Morristown, N.J.

Born in Muro Lucano, Italy, she entered the Religious Teachers Filippini in 1948 and made her religious profession on Aug. 31, 1952.

After studies at St. John College, Clevelan, Ohio; Middlebury College, Vt.; and Trenton State College, Ewing, N.J.; she was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Perugia in Italy.

Locally, she taught at St. Bernadette, Bensonhurst, 1957-58.

Interment took place at Ave Maria Cemetery, Morristown.

Father Robert W. Donnelly, M.M., a native of Brooklyn, died Sept. 8 at Phelps Memorial Hospital. He was 81 and a Maryknoll priest for 54 years.

After ordination on June 13, 1959, he served in mission assignments in Japan and Hawaii until 1991.

He returned to the U.S. to do mission education and development work but later returned to Hawaii where he served from 1994 to 2004.

In 2007, he moved to the Maryknoll Mission Center, Ossining, N.Y., where he assisted local parishes.

He attended  Our Lady of Angels School, Bay Ridge, and St. Michael’s H.S., Sunset Park, before entering the Maryknoll Seminary.

Burial was in the Maryknoll Society Cemetery, Ossining.

Sister Marianella Amerson, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 68 years, died Aug. 31.

Born in Brooklyn and baptized Doris, she moved to Queens in her youth. She entered the congregation from Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Queens Village, in 1945. One year later, she received the habit and her religious name, Sister Marianella.

She ministered to the Dominican Sisters as a cook and domestic in the following convents: St. Agnes, Rockville Centre, L.I., 1947-48; St. Martin, Amityville, 1948-54; American Martyrs, Bayside, 1954-56; St. Frances de Chantal, Borough Park, 1956-1958; St. Joseph, Sullivan County, L.I., 1958-1961; Incarnation, Queens Village, 1961-63; Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington, L.I., 1963-68; St. Hugh, Huntington Station, L.I., 1968-70; and St. Rose, Melville, L.I., 1970-71.

In 1971, she assumed the position of driver at Queen of the Rosary Motherhouse, Amityville. Many times she was called upon to take her fellow Dominican Sisters to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for treatments.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated in St. Albert Chapel, Amityville. Interment in the Sisters’ Cemetery followed.

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A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Fredi A. Rosales was celebrated Sept. 23 at St. John the Evangelist Church, Park Slope. He died Sept. 18 in the rectory at St. John the Evangelist. He was 72.

Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros was the main celebrant of the funeral Mass. Special concelebrants included Msgrs. Edward Wetterer, Perfecto Vazquez, Joseph Grimaldi and Fathers Joseph G. Fonti, Robert Powers, William McLaughlin and Jorge Dinguis, who preached the homily.

Father Rosales

Born in Havana, Cuba, Father Rosales attended Havana University; St. Thomas University, Miami, and Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington, L.I. He was ordained May 23, 1992 by Bishop Thomas V. Daily.

He served as an assistant at Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, 1992-93; Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jamaica, 1993-95; Our Lady of the Presentation and Our Lady of Loreto, Brownsville, 1995-2001.

He served as administrator of Our Lady of Loreto, 2001-08, and at Guardian Angel, Brighton Beach, 2008-10.

In 2010, he was assigned as an assistant at St. Michael’s, Flushing, where he served until earlier this year when he moved to St. John the Evangelist.

In his homily, Father Dinguis, administrator of St. Patrick, Long Island City, touched on four main points that he’ll always remember about Father Rosales.

“He (Father Rosales) had a love for the priesthood and was very fraternal and paternal, too.

“He said Mass with dignity and reverence.

“He loved to preach, especially about truthfulness and justice.

“Lastly, he loved white rice and black beans. Every time I took him out, that’s what he wanted!”

Father Dinguis also said that Father Rosales was often misunderstood, since his passion was sometimes confused with anger.

“But his passion meant that he was deeply committed to his priesthood,” Father Dinguis said.

Most of all, Father Dinguis will remember Father Rosales as someone who was very fatherly.

“He was a loving father with a firm and very tender hand,” Father Dinguis said.

Burial was in St. John’s Cemetery, Middle Village. There were no immediate survivors.

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Father James J. DiGiacomo, S.J., a popular Jesuit writer and religious educator, died Sept. 15 at Murray-Weigel Hall, the Bronx. He had been in declining health and was 89 years old. He was a Jesuit for 70 years and a priest for 57 years.

Born in Brooklyn, he was introduced to the Jesuits in secondary school at Brooklyn Prep, and he entered the community in 1943.

He studied at Woodstock College, Md., 1947-50, and taught as a scholastic. He taught seniors at Gonzaga H.S., Washington, D.C., 1950-53.

He was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Francis X. Spellman at the Fordham University Church, Rose Hill, N.Y., on June 16, 1956.

From 1958 to 1964, he taught Latin, English and religion at Brooklyn Prep. This experience led him to further studies and to over 40 years of teaching religion at the secondary school, college and graduate school level. To gain expertise in the post-Vatican II era of catechetics, he studied at the Institute of Lumen Vitae, Brussels, Belgium.

He then began his long career of teaching religion at Brooklyn Prep, Fordham University, and Fordham Prep. From 1977 to 2003, he taught theology at Regis H.S., Manhattan, while residing at America House. Retiring from the classroom in 2003 but continuing to write and preach, he assisted at Our Lady of Victory Church in Manhattan and at St. Anthony’s parish, Greenpoint. In 2010, his health necessitated a move to Murray-Weigel Hall in the Bronx.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Sept. 23 at the Fordham University Church. Burial followed in the Jesuit Cemetery in Auriesville, N.Y.

Sister M. Jacinta Guinther, I.H.M., of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died at Regional Hospital in Scranton, Pa., Sept. 19.

Born in Honesdale, Pa., as Elizabeth Ann, she entered the I.H.M. Congregation in 1946 and made her final profession of vows in 1954.

Locally, she taught at St. Ephrem School, Dyker Heights, 1960-62 and 1978-86.

She is survived by a brother, Edward, and a sister, Grace Augello, both of Honesdale.

Interment was at St. Catherine’s Cemetery in Moscow, Pa.

Regina Barry, a former Sister of St. Joseph (Sister Mary Jeanine, C.S.J, 1955-75), died Sept. 19.

She is survived by her siblings Veronica Schad and Don Sterling (Betty).

She was predeceased by her husband Donald.

Memorial donations may be made to the Little Sisters of the Poor’s Queen of Peace Residence, Queens Village.

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Sister Mary Schramm, O.S.U., an Ursuline Sister of Tildonk for 55 years, died suddenly Sept. 19, in Bayport, L.I. She was 73.

Born in Richmond Hill, she professed final vows in 1964.

She taught at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ozone Park, 1962-65 and 1978-79. In addition, she served as co-coordinator of PRONTO of L.I.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for James J. Lynch, 97, of Elmhurst.

Born in County Cavan Ireland, he came to New York in 1951.

He worked for the N.Y.C. Board of Education, eventually retiring as custodian engineer and loyal member of the brotherhood of Local 891.

He was a member of St. Adalbert’s Church, Elmhurst.

He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Kathleen (McGoldrick); and their son, James Jr., M.D., of Stewart Manor, L.I., and a member of the Diocesan Review Board.

Sister Ann Margaret McCarthy, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 64 years, died Sept. 13. She entered the congregation from Our Lady of the Cenacle parish, Rego Park, in 1950.

She held a doctorate in education from the University of Georgia, Athens.

Formerly known as Sister John Capistran, she taught from 1952 to 1970 at Immaculate Conception, Jamaica; St. Francis Xavier, Park Slope; St. Angela Hall Academy; Marine Park; St. Benedict Joseph, Richmond Hill; St. Michael’s, Sunset Park; Nativity, Bed-Stuy; and St. Rose of Lima, Rockaway.

She also worked in the Brooklyn Diocesan Office in the Catholic Schools Special Project and later as assistant superintendent.

She spent 10 years as principal of Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst.

She then served as superintendent of schools in the Diocese of Albany, N.Y., 1990-97. The latter part of her ministry was spent as associate dean of education in St. John’s University.

She was a member of the N.Y.S. Public Policy Commission, ultimately serving as president of the N.Y.S. Council of Catholic School Superintendents, 1990-97.

Sister Maureen A. Montgomery, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 62 years, died Sept. 5.

She entered the congregation from St. Francis of Assisi parish, Crown Heights, in 1952. She held degrees in education from St. John’s University; SUNY Plattsburgh and Hofstra University.

Formerly known as Sister Mary Adelaide, she taught at St. Agnes, Cobble Hill, 1954-58; St. Francis Xavier, Park Slope, 1958-61; St. Teresa of Avila, Prospect Heights, 1961-65; Most Precious Blood, L.I.C., 1965-66; St. Ann, Flushing, 1966-70; and Academy of St. Joseph, Brentwood, 1970-74.

She was assistant principal at St. John the Baptist, West Islip, L.I., 1990-94, and treasurer at Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, L.I., 1994-2003.

Sister Catherine Marie Tuohy, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, for 69 years, died July 9.

She entered the congregation in 1944 from Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park.

She received grants and studied summers in the University of Michigan, Lake Forest College, Pace University, N.Y., and University of California-Berkley, 1963-70.

Formerly known as Sister St. Alphonsus, she taught at St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Richmond Hill, 1946-48; Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, 1953-54; St. Francis Xavier Academy H.S., Park Slope, 1954-59; St. Brendan D.H.S., Midwood, 1959-60; Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, 1960-63; Bishop Kearney D.H.S., Bensonhurst, 1963-68; and Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, 1968-82.

She was an assistant in finances at Catholic Medical Center, Jamaica, 1982-85 and 1986-92, and a pastoral minister at Calvary Hospital, the Bronx, 1985-86.

She then retired to St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood.

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