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Father Patrick G. Burns
Father Burns A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Father Patrick G. Burns at St. Michael Church, Sunset Park, Dec. 21. He died Dec. 14 at Holy Name of Jesus rectory, Windsor Terrace, where he...
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Sister Flora Marinelli, C.S.J.
Sister Flora Sister Flora Marinelli, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 57 years, died Nov. 30 in hospice care at St. Patrick’s Convent, Long Island City. She entered the...
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Sister Maria Victoria Karp, C.S.J.
Sister M. Victoria Sister Maria Victoria Karp, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 75 years, died Nov. 29 at the Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood. She entered the...
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Sister Maureen Coyne, O.P.
Sister Maureen Sister Maureen Coyne, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 56 years, died Dec. 17. She was 74. She was raised in Woodside and graduated from St. Sebastian School, where she was...
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Sister Wendy Beckett, Art Critic and British TV Star, Dies at Age 88
Carmelite Sister Wendy Beckett poses with an unidentified admirer during a book signing at St. Pauls Bookshop in London in mid-July. An art historian and writer, Sister Wendy said her two recently...
View ArticleFranklin Edmundo Penafiel
Franklin Edmundo Penafiel, the brother of Father Romel Penafiel, a priest of the Diocese of Loja, Ecuador, who is currently ministering as parochial vicar at Blessed Sacrament, Jackson Heights, died...
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Sister Mary Miguel Ortiz, R.S.M.
Sister M. Miguel Sister Mary Miguel Ortiz, R.S.M., 77, a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 60 years, died suddenly on Nov. 26, after being hit by a car. She...
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Ghanaian Priest Remembered For Ministry in Dyker Heights
Father Soley A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Father Andrew K. Soley, C.S.Sp., at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Dyker Heights, Jan. 7. Father Soley, a priest of the Congregation of the...
View ArticleFather Robert Blyman
Father Robert Blyman, a priest of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, L.I., died on Jan. 5. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Our Lady of Mercy Church, Hicksville, Jan. 11. Bishop John Barres...
View ArticleBishop Joseph Lawson Howze
Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze, the founding bishop of the Diocese of Biloxi, Miss., and the first black bishop in the 20th century to head a U.S. diocese, died Jan. 9. He was 95. As head of the Biloxi...
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Sister Joyce Hummel, O.P.
Sister Joyce Sister Joyce Hummel, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic for 62 years, died Jan. 9. She was 80. Born in Hempstead, L.I., she grew up in Farmingdale. She attended Queen of the...
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Sister Eileen McGowan, D.W.
Sister Eileen Sister Eileen McGowan, D.W., 92, a Daughter of Divine Wisdom for 72 years, died Nov. 26 at her residence, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Convent in Sound Beach, L.I. After her graduation from...
View ArticleSister Rita Cummings, S.C.
Sister Rita Cummings, S.C., 102, a Sister of Charity-Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 81 years, died Jan. 6 at Elizabeth Seton Residence, Wellesley Hills, Mass. Locally, she ministered as a first-grade...
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Sister Helen Edward Dodd, D.C.
Sister Helen Edward Sister Helen Edward Dodd, D.C., 94, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul for 72 years, died Jan. 8 at St. Louise House, Albany. Born in Brooklyn, she graduated from St....
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Sister Helen Karpowicz, O.P.
Sister Helen Sister Helen Karpowicz, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic of Amityville, L.I., for 60 years, died Dec. 22. She was 80. She attended St. Joseph School and Dominican Commercial H.S., both in...
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Sister Patricia Ann Seaman, C.S.J.
Sister Patricia Ann Sister Patricia Ann Seaman, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 71 years, died Jan. 3 at Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood. She entered the congregation in 1948 from St....
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Sister Mary Louise Maier, C.S.J.
Sister Mary Louise Sister Mary Louise Maier, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 72 years, died Dec. 28 at the Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood. She entered the congregation in 1947 from...
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Sister Richard Maureen Rowan C.S.J.
Sister Richard Maureen Sister Richard Maureen Rowan C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 78 years, died Jan. 5 at the St. Joseph Renewal Center, Brentwood. Born as Catherine Hyacinth Rowan to...
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Sister Elizabeth O’Neill, C.S.J.
Sister Elizabeth Sister Elizabeth O’Neill, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 57 years, died Dec. 27. She entered the congregation in 1962 from Corpus Christi, Woodside. She earned a...
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Sister Marie de Montfort Shields, C.S.J.
Sister Marie Sister Marie de Montfort Shields, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 72 years, died Jan. 10 at the Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood. She entered the congregation in 1947 from...
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