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Michael A. Mallon
Michael A. Mallon, a Catholic Charities employee for over 20 years and a Eucharistic Minister at St. Columba Church parish, Marine Park, died on April 8. He was 55. Mallon was born on August 7, 1964,...
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Sister Ruth Borgersen, R.S.M.
Sister Ruth Borgersen, R.S.M., a member of the Sisters of Mercy, Mid-Atlantic, for 69 years, died on April 23 at Flushing Hospital. She was 87. Sister Ruth was born Grace Borgersen in Brooklyn. She...
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Sister Mary Mercedes Somma, R.S.M.
Sister Mary Mercedes Somma, R.S.M., a member of the Sisters of Mercy, Mid-Atlantic Community, for 69 years died on March 20, at Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood. She was 92. Born Madeline Somma, she...
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Sister Mary Laboure Partridge, R.S.M.
Sister Mary Laboure Partridge, R.S.M., a member of the Sisters of Mercy, Mid-Atlantic Community, for 73 years, died on April 10, at McAuley Hall Health Care Center in Watchung, NJ. She was 91. Born...
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Sister Mary Bonaventure Mackey, R.S.M.
Sister Mary Bonaventure Mackey, R.S.M., a member of the Sisters of Mercy, Mid-Atlantic Community for 79 years died on April 15, at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood. She was 96. Born Elizabeth Mackey...
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Sister Marcella Purpura, C.S.J.
Sister Marcella Purpura, C.S.J., formerly known as Sister Mary Petrina, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph for 68 years, died on April 11 at Stella Maris Convent. Sister Marcie entered the...
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Sister Kathleen Mary Hennessy, R.S.M
Sister Kathleen Mary Hennessy, R.S.M., a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Mid-Atlantic, died on May 2. She was 85. A teacher in the Diocese of Brooklyn for 16 years, Sister Kathleen...
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Sister Eileen Stephens, C.S.J.
Sister Eileen Stephens, C.S.J., formerly Sister Mary Cyrilla, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph for 70 years, died on April 12 at Maria Regina Residence. She entered the congregation from St....
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Obituaries, Week of May 23, 2020
Sister Georgianna Glose, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville for 54 years, died on April 28. She was 73. She was born on Dec. 1, 1946, in Astoria, where she attended St. Joseph...
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Obituaries, Week of May 30, 2020
Brooklyn Pastor Remembered For Bringing ‘People to Christ’ Msgr. John C. Tosi, who directed diocesan liturgies for 15 years and was pastor of St. Luke’s parish, Whitestone, for the past 15 years, died...
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Obituaries, Week of June 6, 2020
Sister Marguerite McGilly, S.C., a Sister of Charity for 58 years, died on May 5 at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. She was 82. Sister Marguerite was born May 29, 1937, in Manhattan....
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Obituaries, Week of June 13, 2020
Brooklyn Chaplain Brought Faith, Hope to Psychiatric Patients Father August “Augie” J. Iantosca, a retired priest living at Bishop Mugavero Residence, Douglaston, since 2016, died June 7 at Long...
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Obituaries, Week of June 20, 2020
‘Most Prayerful Priest’ and a ‘Great Conversationalist’ Dies at 89 Msgr. William J. Flood, a retired priest who served as a pastor, and teacher at Cathedral Prep Seminary, died at Bishop Mugavero...
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Obituaries, Week of June 27, 2020
Catholic, Public Servant, Dies at 88 Evelyn J. Aquila (née Farrell), former director of the Respect Life Office of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died June 3 at her home in Whitehouse Station, N.J. She was...
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Obituaries, Week of July 18, 2020
66 Years a Priest, Former Cathedral Prep Faculty Member, Dies at 93 Father Eugene P. Coyle, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on June 20 at Bishop Mugavero Residence, Douglaston. He...
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Obituaries, Week of July 25, 2020
Civil Rights Legend and one of the 13 Original Freedom Riders Died July 17 Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights movement legend who was a colleague of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and a paladin of the...
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Regis Philbin’s Roots Involved Rich Tradition With Catholic Schools
By Melissa Enaje Regis Philbin smiles during the Television Critics Association media tour in Pasadena, Calif., July 21, 2006. The popular TV host died July 24, 2020. He was 88. (Photo: CNS/Mario...
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Ms. Mary T. Diamond, sister of Msgr. Michael Cantley, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on July 5, in her private residence in North Carolina. If you wish to send condolences, please...
View ArticleJohn Hume, Who Helped Bring Peace to Northern Ireland, Dies at 83
Former Seminarian Who Became the Architect of the Irish Peace Process and Brought an End to 30 Years of Sectarian Violence By Michael Kelly DUBLIN (CNS) — Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, Northern...
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Obituaries, Week of August 8, 2020
Sister Veronica M. Greeley, O.P., a member of the Dominican Sisters of Amityville for 74 years, died on June 25. She was 92. Sister Veronica M. Greeley, O.P. She was born on Feb. 12, 1928, in...
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