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Obituary: Diocesan Employee Carol Ann Fagan
Fagan Carol Ann Fagan, payroll and billing manager for the Secretariat for Human and Information Resources of the Diocese of Brooklyn and a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish, Williamsburg, died...
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Father Candreva Served As Deacon and Priest
Father Candreva Father Art Candreva, I.V. Dei, a member of the Voluntas Dei Institute who served as a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Hope parish, Middle Village, from 1998 until 2014, died Feb. 18 in...
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Msgr. Hartman Developed Catholic Television on LI
In this 1998 file photo, Msgr. Thomas Hartman and Rabbi Marc Gellman make up “The God Squad,” appearing regularly at that time on ABC. Msgr. Hartman died Feb. 16. (Photo courtesy Catholic News...
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Obituary: Frances Marie Brophy
Frances Marie Brophy, 82, who worked as the assistant librarian at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington, L.I., died after having suffered a stroke a few weeks ago. She worked in the...
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Obituary: Sister Mary Josephine Thibodeau, S.C.,
Sister Mary Josephine Thibodeau, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 72 years, died at Caritas Residence, Halifax, Feb. 13. She was 91. Locally, she ministered as a first-grade teacher...
View ArticleObituary: Jesuit Father Fernando Cardenal
Jesuit Father Fernando Cardenal, who worked for years to promote education in Nicaragua, died Feb. 20 after complications from an abdominal operation. He was 82. Father Cardenal, who was expelled from...
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Obituary: Sister Francis Louise Sheridan, M.S.B.T.
Sister Francis Sister Francis Louise Sheridan, M.S.B.T., a native of Brooklyn who was born as Agnes Theresa Sheridan, died Feb. 14. She was 86. Baptized in St. Agnes parish, Cobble Hill, she entered...
View ArticleObituary: Father Virgilio Elizondo
Father Virgilio Elizondo, a nationally known professor of pastoral and Hispanic theology at the University of Notre Dame and founder of what is today the Mexican American Catholic College in San...
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Obituary: Sister Carmelita Currie, S.C.
Sister Carmelita Sister Carmelita Currie, S.C. (formerly Sister Michael Marie) died on March 8, at Caritas Residence, Halifax, Nova Scotia, at the age of 84. A Halifax Sister of Charity for 66 years,...
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Obituary: Sister Philothea Larisch, O.P.
Sister Philothea Larisch, O.P., 83 and a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville for 58 years, died March 16. Sister Philothea Born in Berlin, Germany as Anneliese, she was raised in an...
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Sister Mary Ruth Hill, C.S.J.
Sister Mary Ruth Hill, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 79 years, died in Bishop Kearney Convent, Feb. 29. Sister Mary Ruth Baptized Elizabeth, she entered the congregation in 1937...
View ArticleObituary: Theresa Gaylord Weber
Theresa Gaylord Weber, the mother-in-law of Deacon Ronald Ronacher of St. Rita’s parish, East New York, died March 18. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 23 at St. Rita’s Church. Burial...
View ArticleObituary: Jean Stamm Portnoy
Jean Stamm Portnoy, the sister of Deacon Peter Stamm of Sacred Heart parish, East Glendale, died March 23 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. All funeral arrangements were held in Saratoga Springs. The post...
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Obituary: Sister Patricia Clare Barry, O.P.
Sister Patricia Clare Barry, O.P., (Sister M. Francis Magdalen), 84, a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 64 years, died March 28. Sister Patricia Born in Brooklyn, she entered...
View ArticleObituary: Lorraine Gilley
Lorraine Gilley, the mother of Father Charles Gilley, I.V. Dei., a priest of the Voluntas Dei Institute, who resides at St. Patrick’s rectory, Long Island City, died March 28. A Mass of Christian...
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Obituary: Sister Mary McKenna, C.S.J.
Sister Mary McKenna, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 80 years, died in St. Joseph’s Convent, on March 18. Sister Mary McKenna, C.S.J. She entered the congregation in 1936 from Our...
View ArticleObituary: Cardinal Georges Cottier, O.P
Cardinal Georges Cottier, O.P., former theologian of the papal household, died March 31 at the age of 93. Sending his condolences to the Swiss cardinal’s sister, Pope Francis said he would be...
View ArticleAfter the ‘G-word’ Has Been Spoken
By George Weigel In the early Church, witnesses to the faith who had been persecuted and tortured but not killed were known as “martyr-confessors.” It’s been one of the great privileges of my life to...
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Obituary: Sister Antoinette Damato, O.P.
Sister Antoinette Damato, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 70 years, died April 5. She was 88. Sister Antoinette Born in Brooklyn, she was a parishioner at St. Nicholas Church,...
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Obituary: Sister Marie Lucy Sullivan, C.S.J.
Sister Marie Lucy Sullivan, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 68 years, died March 23 in her Hempstead, L.I. Sister Marie Lucy She earned a bachelor of business administration degree...
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