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Sister Bernard Loretto Carr, C.S.J.
Sister Bernard 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...
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Sister Kathleen Hanrahan, S.C.
Sister Kathleen Sister Kathleen Hanrahan, S.C., 94, who entered the Sisters of Charity of New York in 1938, died March 22 at St. Patrick’s Home, the Bronx. Her only assignment in the Brooklyn Diocese...
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Sister Claire McRudin
Sister Claire Sister Claire McRudin, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 64 years, died at Mount St. Vincent, Wellsley Hills, Mass., March 31. She was 84. Formerly known as Sister John Kevin, she...
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Joseph Stile, Active in Brooklyn Church and Community, Dies at 97
Mr. Stile Joseph Stile, 97, a lifelong resident of Brooklyn, who was involved in many church and community activities, died peacefully on March 28. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on April 1...
View ArticleRobert Blair Kaiser, Reporter Who Covered Vatican II
Robert Blair Kaiser, whose award-winning coverage of the Second Vatican Council for Time magazine played a significant role in informing Americans about the council, died April 2 in hospice care in...
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Maura Ann Carroll, Longtime Teacher at Mary, Queen of Heaven
Ms. Carroll Maura Ann Carroll, a longtime parishioner and teacher at Mary, Queen of Heaven parish, Old Mill Basin, died April 3. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Mary, Queen of Heaven...
View ArticleBishop William B. Friend
Retired Bishop William B. Friend of Shreveport, Louisiana, died April 2 at his residence in Coral Springs, surrounded by family members. He was 83. His funeral Mass was to be celebrated April 14 at the...
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Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, Former Archbishop of Montreal
Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, who served as Cardinal-Archbishop of Montreal for 22 years, died April 8 in Montreal’s Marie-Clarac Hospital. He was 78. He was diabetic, and his health had been in...
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Msgr. Sivillo Was Totally Dedicated to Ministry
Msgr. Sivillo A Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Nicholas W. Sivillo, was celebrated Tuesday, April 14 at Our Lady of Hope Church, Middle Village, where he had been pastor from 1988 to 2009. He died...
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Cardinal George, 78, dies after long fight with cancer
Cardinal George on Jan. 30 in Chicago after receiving the Gaudium et Spes Award from the Knights of Columbus. CHICAGO (CNS) — Cardinal Francis E. George, the retired archbishop of Chicago who was the...
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Sister Patrick Regina Sullivan, S.C.
Sister Regina Sister Patrick Regina Sullivan, S.C., 90, a native of Manhattan, died April 24 at St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx. Born as Catherine, she attended Sacred Heart School in the Bronx and...
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Sister Mary Ann Walsh, R.S.M.
Sister Mary Ann Sister Mary Ann Walsh, R.S.M., who went from hometown schoolteacher to Vatican correspondent, died April 28 in her hometown of Albany, after a battle with cancer. Sister Mary Ann, 68,...
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Former Brooklyn Pastor Was Capuchin for 60 Years
Father Fabiano, O.F.M. Cap. Father Philip J. Fabiano, O.F.M. Cap., a member of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars of the Province of St. Mary, died on May 4, at the Leo House, Manhattan. He was 78. Born...
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Former High School Principal Dies Following Surgery
Robert M. Muccigrosso, 73, longtime Catholic educator and Bay Ridge resident, died May 13 following bypass surgery. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Anselm Church, Bay Ridge, May 16. A...
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Maryknoller From Brooklyn Dies After 60 Years as Priest
Father James M. Gilligan, M.M., 87, a Maryknoll priest who only this month marked his 60th anniversary of ordination, died May 17. Born in Brooklyn, he attended P.S. 193, and graduated from St. John’s...
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Father Davis Chronicled Black Catholics in US
ST. MEINRAD, Ind. (CNS) – A funeral Mass was celebrated May 21 at St. Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad for Benedictine Father Cyprian Davis, who died May 18 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. He was 84....
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Elena J. Papa, Longtime Teacher at St. Mary Mother of Jesus
Elena J. Papa, 93, a longtime parishioner and teacher in St. Mary Mother of Jesus parish, Bensonhurst, died May 1. She taught fourth and fifth grades in St. Mary Mother of Jesus School for 25 years...
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Sister St. Timothy Connolly, C.S.J.
Sister St. Timothy Connolly, C.S.J. a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 72 years, died May 1, in Brentwood. She entered the congregation in 1943 from O.L. Mercy, Forest Hills....
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Deacon Ramon Genaro Diaz
A Mass of Christian Burial for Deacon Ramon Genaro Diaz, 74, was celebrated on Saturday, May 23, at the Immaculate Conception Monastery Church, Jamaica Estates, where he had served since his ordination...
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Sister Angela Esposito, C.S.J.
Sister Angela Esposito, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 70 years, died May 11 at Maria Regina Residence. She entered the congregation in 1946 from St. Thomas Aquinas...
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