Obituaries, Week of November 30 2024
Sister Mary Christine Conetta, O.P., who served as a Sister of St. Dominic for 76 years, died on Nov. 6. She was 94 years old. Sister Mary was born on Dec. 11, 1929, to Antonio and Antonetta Socci...
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Obituaries, Week of December 7 2024
Sister Mary Ellen Harnett, OP (S. Maura Daniel) – In the gentle stillness of the early hours of the morning of October 28 our dear Sister Mary Ellen Harnett passed into the loving and welcoming...
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Obituaries, Week of December 14 2024
‘A Tremendous Pro-Life Leader’ Msgr. Philip J. Reilly, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, was born June 21, 1934, ordained to the priesthood on May 28, 1960, and died Nov. 30, at age 90....
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Obituaries, Week of December 21 2024
Father Daniel S. Murphy, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, was born on Oct. 27, 1944, in New York, was ordained to the priesthood on May 30, 1970, and died on Dec. 12. He was 80. Father...
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Obituaries, Week of January 11, 2025
Msgr. John J. Gildea, a retired priest from the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on Dec. 28 at the age of 84. He was born on June 2, 1940, and ordained a priest on May 28, 1966. Msgr. Gildea served the...
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Obituaries, Week of January 18, 2025
Sister Agnes Marie of the Child Jesus, 87, a member of the Daughters of Wisdom for 67 years, died Jan. 5. Born in Brooklyn, Sister Agnes (Patricia Anne) Bracken was baptized by her granduncle, Msgr....
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Obituaries, Week of January 25, 2025
Sister Margaret Mary Flanagan, OP, (Sister Marie Thomasine, OP), was called into the arms of the God she had loved and served so well in the early evening of Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, after a very...
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Obituaries, Week of February 1, 2025
Sister Barbara Patricia Dempsey was called home on Dec. 30 by the God she had so faithfully loved and served for 72 years as a Sister of Saint Joseph. Barbara grew up in Saint Patrick’s Parish in Long...
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Obituaries, Week of February 8, 2025
Father Boyd Had ‘A Great Love for His People’ Father James A. Boyd, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on Jan. 20 at age 88 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in San Diego. Father...
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Obituaries, Week of February 15, 2025
Sister Frances Viola, O.P. (formerly Sister Mary Rachel), passed away on the night of Jan. 17. She served as a Sister of St. Dominic for more than 70 years. She was 94 years old. Fran, the daughter of...
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Obituaries, Week of February 22, 2025
‘Renaissance Man With A Light Touch’ Msgr. Joseph C. Mulqueen, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on Feb. 6 at age 93. He was born in New York on June 23, 1931, and was ordained to the...
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Obituaries, Week of March 1, 2025
‘A Dedicated, Faith-Filled Priest’ Father Angelo Pezzullo, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on Feb. 6, 2025, at age 88. He was born on Oct. 30, 1936, in New York and was ordained to...
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Obituaries, Week of March 8, 2025
Sister Shamus Eileen Dwyer, OP, died on Feb. 3. Sister Shamus was 92 years old and had been a Sister of St. Dominic of Amityville for 73 years. James and Helen Gewert Dwyer welcomed their daughter Anne...
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Obituaries, Week of March 15, 2025
Sister M. Myra Gilbart, IHM, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died on March 6 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Born on June 6, 1934, in Baltimore and...
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Obituaries, Week of April 5, 2025
Father Matteo J. Rizzo, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died on March 20 at age 78. Father Rizzo, who was born Jan. 10, 1947, and ordained to the priesthood on May 26, 1973, served the...
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Obituaries, Week of April 12, 2025
Sister Pat Mullen, SMR, passed away on Dec. 11 at Ozanam Hall in Bayside, Queens. Sister Pat was born in New York on Sept. 4, 1935, to Irish immigrants, Mary and Patrick Mullen. She loved her mother...
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Obituaries, Week of April 19, 2025
Sister Eileen Mary Clifford, CSJ, formerly Sister Saint Stanislaus, CSJ, passed away on the feast of St. Joseph, March 19, while at St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood. She was a Sister of St. Joseph for 77...
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Obituaries, Week of May 3, 2025
Sister Anne Clancy (formerly Sister Joseph Marian), a Sister of St. Joseph for almost 72 years, died on March 26, at Stella Maris Convent, Rockaway Park. She was 94 years old. She was the only child of...
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