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Obituary: Sister Christine Francis Kennedy, O.P.
Sister Christine Francis Kennedy, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St., Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 64 years, died June 20 at the age of 86. Baptized as Patricia, she was born in Jackson Heights....
View ArticleObituary: Virginia Tighe
Virginia Tighe, the mother of Father James L. Tighe, pastor of Queen of Peace parish, Kew Gardens, died June 25. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated June 29 at St. Patrick and St. Rose of Lima...
View ArticleObituary: Frances J. Slattery
Frances J. Slattery, the sister of Father Joseph M. Nolan, a retired priest of the diocese, died June 6. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated June 10 at St. Anne Church, Garden City, L.I. The post...
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Obituary: Sister Mary Thaddeus Glass, C.I.J.,
Sister Mary Thaddeus Glass, C.I.J., a member of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus, popularly known as the Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor, for 65 years, died at Villa St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I....
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Obituary: Sister Mary William Posthauer, O.P.
Sister Mary William Posthauer, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 81 years, died June 25. She was 99. Sister M. William Born as Agnes in College Point, she lived in...
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Obituary: Sister Miriam Michael Joos, O.P.
Sister Miriam Michael Joos, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 68 years, died July 6. She was 87. Sister Miriam Raised as Maryanna in Blessed Virgin Mary Help of...
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Obituary: Father Richard Skarbek
Father Richard Skarbek, whose ordination in Rome by Pope John II in 1986 at age 54 followed several decades as director of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Ridgemen drum and bugle corps in Sunset Park,...
View ArticleObituary: Clara Cabezas
Clara Cabezas, the sister of Bishop Alfonso Cabezas, C.M., Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia, and a current resident of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died June 24 in Colombia. The post Obituary:...
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Obituary: Italian Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli
Italian Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli, retired archbishop of Florence, died July 9 at the age of 92. Italian Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli, the retired archbishop of Florence, died July 9 at the age of 92....
View ArticleObituary: Edna Murnane
Edna Murnane, 103, a former long-time parishioner of Visitation B.V.M., Red Hook, died July 13. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated July 15 at Our Lady of Angels Church, Bay Ridge. Former...
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Obituary: James ‘Jim’ McElroy
McElroy A Mass of Christian Burial for James “Jim” McElroy, 86, former baseball coach at St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, was celebrated July 22 at Good Shepherd Church, Marine Park. He also was...
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Obituary: Sister Alice Francis Young, C.S.J.
Sister Alice Francis Sister Alice Francis Young, C.S.J., 101, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 84 years, died July 6 in St. Joseph College Convent in...
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Former B’klyn Pastor Dies in California
Father Valencia Father Carlos Valencia, former pastor of Visitation B.V.M. Church, Red Hook, died July 29 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, Calif. He was 58. A Mass of Christian Burial will be...
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Obituary: Sister Mary Denis Woods, G.N.S.H.
Sister Mary Denis Woods, G.N.S.H., 89, a native of Jackson Heights, died July 27 in St. Joseph’s Manor in Meadowbrook, Pa., in her 71st year as a Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart. Sister Mary Denis Born as...
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Obituary: Sister Mary Slaymaker, C.S.J.
Sister Mary Slaymaker, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 73 years, died July 17 in Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood. Sister Mary She entered the congregation in 1944 from Holy...
View ArticleObituary: Deacon Angel Baez
Deacon Angel Baez, 81, a one-year resident of Braemar Living at Wallkill, N.Y., died July 26, following a long illness, at Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown. Born in Comerio, Puerto Rico, he...
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Obituary: Cardinal Franciszek Macharski
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, the retired successor to St. John Paul II as archbishop of Krakow, died Aug. 2 at the age of 89. Cardinal, Macharski (CNS photo/Jacek Bednarczyk,...
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Sister Rosemary Gillen, O.P.
Sister Rosemary Gillen, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 75 years, died July 27. She was 94 years old. Sister Rosemary Born in Brooklyn, she was raised in St. Thomas...
View ArticleObituary: Bishop Edward Daly
Bishop Edward Daly of Derry, known for his tireless advocacy for peace and reconciliation during decades of sectarian tension in Northern Ireland, died Aug. 8 in a hospital in Londonderry, Northern...
View ArticleObituary: Sister Anne Patrick, S.N.J.M.
Sister Anne Patrick, S.N.J.M., a noted theologian and a former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, died July 21 at home in Silver Spring, Md., after a long struggle with cancer....
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