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Obituaries, Week of June 12, 2021
Sister Miriam Anthilia Whitwell, SSJ, died May 14, in the 70th year of her religious life. She entered the congregation from her home parish of St. Finbar in Brooklyn. Miriam earned her BA in History...
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Obituaries, Week of June 19, 2021
Retired Immaculate Conception, Astoria Pastor Was a ‘Good Priest’ who ‘Loved the People’ Msgr. Charles P. Boccio, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on April 23. Msgr. Charles P. Boccio...
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Obituaries, Week of June 26, 2021
Jim Phelan, Retired Mount St. Mary’s Coach By Paul McMullen BALTIMORE (CNS) — Early in the 1995-96 college basketball season, tiny Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, upset Georgia...
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Obituaries, Week of July 17, 2021
Deacon Isaac Duncan, Jr., of Our Lady of Good Counsel parish, Brooklyn, died June 9 at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. He was 90. Deacon Duncan lived with his wife, Gladys, in Brooklyn. They shared 60...
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Deacon Gustavo Medina, a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Brooklyn who served at the Parish of Saint Catharine of Alexandria, Brooklyn, died July 6 at age 71. Deacon Medina was ordained to the...
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Obituaries, Week of July 31, 2021
Sister Bernadette Clare Assante, OP, passed away on Sunday, July 18, at age 88. She had ministered devotedly in the field of education as a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for almost 70 years....
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Obituaries, Week of Aug. 7, 2021
Sister Jane Doherty, OP Sister Jane Doherty, OP, died on July 19. She was 83 years old and had been a Dominican sister for almost 64 years. In her youth, Sister Jane and her family — including father...
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Johnny Young, Diplomat Who Later Led Bishop’s Refugee Service, Dies at 81
KENSINGTON, Md. (CNS) — Johnny Young, who overcame crushing poverty in his youth to serve as a U.S. ambassador in four countries under three presidents and later as director of the U.S. bishops’...
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Obituaries, Week of Aug. 14, 2021
Sister Rosemary Ann Bellantoni, CSJ, (Sister Mary Athanasia), a Sister of Saint Joseph for 61 years, died July 20. Growing up with loving parents and three brothers, Rosemary graduated from Saint...
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Polish Archbishop Hoser, Doctor, Archbishop and Envoy, Dies of COVID-19
Polish Archbishop Henryk Hoser, a former Vatican envoy who helped rebuild the church in post-genocide Rwanda and promoted the Medjugorje shrine as a papal representative, died at age 78 Aug. 13, 2021,...
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Obituaries, Week of Aug. 28, 2021
Brother Richard Angarola entered eternal life on Friday, July 30. Brother Richard was born in Brooklyn on June 10, 1942, to Catherine (nee Bianchino) and Albert Angarola. Brother Richard Angarola Upon...
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Obituaries, Week of Sept. 11, 2021
Msgr. John H. O’Brien, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on August 30. Msgr. O’Brien was born on July 28, 1935 in New York, and was ordained to the priesthood on June 2, 1962. Msgr....
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Obituaries, Week of Sept. 18, 2021
Sister Kathleen Gilmartin, S.C., died Aug. 30, in Cabrini of Westchester, Dobbs Ferry, at age 97, in the 66th year of commitment as a Sister of Charity. She is survived by her sister, Theresa Dicks....
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Obituaries, Week of Sept. 25, 2021
Sister Dorothea Gillen, RSM, a member of the Sisters of Mercy, Mid-Atlantic Community for 77 years, died on August 31, at age 95 at Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood, NY. Sister Dorothea Gillen, RSM...
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Obituaries, Week of Oct. 2, 2021
Sister Eleanor H. Quaderer, S.C., formerly Sister Eleanor Frederick, a Sister of Charity-Halifax for 63 years, died on Sept. 3 at age 86. She is survived by her brother, Fred, sister-in-law Joan and...
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Obituaries, Week of Oct. 9, 2021
Reverend Monsignor John J. Powis, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on Sept. 29. Msgr. Powis was born on November 10, 1933 in New York and was ordained to the Priesthood on May 30,...
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Obituaries, Week of Oct. 16, 2021
Msgr. Was ‘Witty, Wise Scholar-Priest’ Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Curran, S.T.D. died on Oct. 10 at 66 years old. Msgr. Curran was a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn and a professor of Moral Theology...
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Colin Powell Is Remembered for the Priority he Put on Education, Hard Work,...
By Richard Szczepanowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — Colin Powell once visited a Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Washington to encourage students there to appreciate the Catholic education they are...
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Obituaries, Week of Oct. 23, 2021
Former Brooklyn Priest Was a ‘Man With a Great Heart’ Father Isaie Jean-Louis, a priest of the Archdiocese of Cap-Haitien who ministered in the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on Sept. 30. Father Jean-Louis...
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Obituaries, Week of Oct. 30, 2021
Sister Nancy O’Brien, RSHM, previously known as Sister Eucharia, died Monday, Oct. 11. She was 99 years of age and had been a member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary for 81 years. Sister...
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