Obituary published May 31
Sister Margaret Joseph Gilligan, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 69 years, died May 13 at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass. She was 91. She entered the Sisters of Charity...
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Obituaries published May 17
Sister Margaret MacDonald, S.C., 87, a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 62 years, died April 29 at Caritas Residence in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Formerly known as Sister Ann Christine, she taught third...
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Celia Golden, 93, the mother of State Sen. Marty Golden, died June 15. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated June 18 at St. Anselm’s Church, Bay Ridge. A native of County Cavan, Ireland, she was a...
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Obituary: Sister Mary Aneta Gics, S.S.N.D.
Sister Mary Aneta Sister Mary Aneta Gics, S.S.N.D., a Catholic school educator who later ministered in pastoral care and administrative support, died June 14 of complications from a stroke at Lourdes...
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Obituary: Mercy Sister Margaret Sargona
Sister Margaret Sister Margaret Sagona, R.S.M., 82, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 63 years, died April 9 at Mercy Center, Dallas, Pa. Born in Brooklyn, she attended...
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Obituary: Mercy Sister Juanita Barto
Sister Juanita Sister Juanita Barto, R.S.M., a Sister of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 62 years, died May 2, at the Sisters of Mercy Convent, Whitestone. She was 79. Born Loretta...
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Former Riker’s Island Chaplain Dies at 77
Father Kane Father Joseph P. Kane, S.J., died June 16 at Calvary Hospital, the Bronx, the day after the 46th anniversary of his ordination. Born in Union City, N.J., he was 77 years old and a Jesuit...
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Obituaries
Sister Rosemary Giebel, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 65 years, died June 27. She was 85. Sister Rosemary Born in Glendale, she attended St. Pancras School where...
View ArticleBay Ridge Veteran Laid to Rest
A Mass of Christian Burial for Robert J. Watt was celebrated July 7 at St. Anselm’s Church, Bay Ridge. A long-time member of the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn and the St. Patrick’s Society of Brooklyn, he...
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Obituary: Sister of Charity Emily Donovan
Sister Emily Sister Emily Donovan, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 76 years, died July 1 at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley Hills, Mass. She was 97. Formerly known as Sister Francis John, she...
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Former Brooklyn Deacon Dies in N.J.
Deacon Martin B. Mulroy, who served at Our Lady of Angels parish, Bay Ridge, 1994-97, died July 6 in Somerville, N.J. He was 84. Deacon Mulroy Born in Brooklyn, he earned his law degree at St. John’s...
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Obituary: Brooklyn Franciscan Brother Jack Moylan
Brother Jack Brother John (Jack) Moylan, O.S.F., a member of the Brooklyn Franciscan Brothers for 55 years, died July 27. He was 73. Born in St. Catherine’s Maternity Hospital in Greenpoint, his family...
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Obituary: Sister John Joseph Dunphy, C.S.J.
Sister John Joseph Sister John Joseph Dunphy, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 74 years, died July 21 at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood. Born Sarah Sabina...
View ArticleFormer ‘Guardian’ of Christian Catacombs Dead at 85
Italian Cardinal Francesco Marchisano, 85, once the “guardian” of the early Christian catacombs of Rome and the Vatican’s priceless artworks by Michelangelo, Raphael and other masters, died July 27....
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Obituary: Sister Rose Damien Killeen, C.S.J.
Sister Rose Damien Killeen, C.S.J., 90, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 72 years, died July 8 in St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood. Sister Rose She entered the congregation from...
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Obituary: Father James W. Bukofksy
Father James W. Bukofksy, former pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Bedford-Stuyvesant, died Aug. 1 at Stony Brook University Hospital on Long Island. He was 70. Father Bukofsky A Mass of Christian...
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Obituary: Australian Cardinal Edward Bede Clancy
Australian Cardinal Edward Bede Clancy, the former archbishop of Sydney, died Aug. 3 at the age of 90. Cardinal Clancy Pope Francis expressed “gratitude for his years of episcopal ministry and his wise...
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Obituary: Father William F. Early
A memorial Mass for Father William F. Early, a senior priest of the Brooklyn Diocese who was living in San Diego, will be celebrated Sept. 5 at 11 a.m., in the main chapel at the Immaculate Conception...
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Obituary: Brother Ralph Joseph Edmiston, C.S.C.
Brother Edmiston Brother Ralph Joseph Edmiston, C.S.C., a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Moreau Province, for 49 years, died Aug. 4 in Valatie, N.Y. He was 77. He served at several schools...
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Obituary: Sister Prague Maria Fortier, O.P.
Sister Prague Maria Fortier, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 73 years, died Aug. 10. She was 91. Sister Prague Following the example of her sister, Sister Bernadette Therese, now...
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