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Celebrating Our
RELIGIOUS
JUBILARIANS
a catholic new york special section
TEACHER AND STUDENT—Sister Janice McLaughlin, M.M.,
president of the Maryknoll Sisters, oversees the progress of a seminarian at St. Paul’s Seminary in Juba, South
Sudan, who was one of her students in a peace-building
workshop over the summer following the independence of
the new nation. Sister Janet, who has served as a missioner in several African countries, made the trip in celebration
of her golden jubilee of religious life.
Courtesy of Maryknoll
Maryknoll Sister’s Jubilee Gift Was Sharing Tools of Peace in South Sudan
knoll Sisters, are supporting the venture with personnel and funds. A total of 24 sisters, brothers and
priests from 14 congregations have begun working
aryknoll Sister Janice McLaughlin celin the new country.
ebrated her golden jubilee by returning
When Sister Janice arrived in South Sudan on
to Africa this summer to help the people
July 25, the nation had become independent little
of the continent’s newest nation, the Republic of
more than two weeks before. She found a land with
South Sudan, learn valuable lessons about how to
very few paved roads or buildings. Poverty is a fact
be peace-builders in their homes, workplaces and
of life for many of its people, who have suffered the
society.
effects of almost four decades of war and conflict.
For Sister Janice, the president of the Maryknoll
Despite the obstacles, Sister Janice said the peoSisters since 2009, the return to Africa was like a
ple she met possessed “a spirit of optimism.” They
homecoming, because she has spent most of her 50
were buoyed by the results of the referendum that
years in religious life serving
featured high voter turnout
Despite the obstacles, Sister
on the African continent, first
and was close to unanimous
in Kenya and then in ZimbaJanice said the people she met
in its support of the decision
bwe and Mozambique, or on
possessed “a spirit of optimism.” to break away from the North
behalf of the people there.
and form a new nation.
They were buoyed by the results
“I felt right at home there
“They are hopeful they
from the moment I arrived
can
do it…They feel like, ‘We
of the referendum that featured
in 1969. The African people
have
our opportunity,’ and
high voter turnout and was close
have a way of welcoming
they are (determined) to do
to unanimous in its support of the it well,’’ Sister Janice said.
you,” said Sister Janice, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa. “They
In the Archdiocese of Juba,
decision to break away from the
are rich in culture, in faith
the capital city, and the DioNorth and form a new nation.
and in their love of God.”
cese of Wau, Sister Janice
Her three-week visit in July
led workshops she called
and August was part of a larger initiative, Solidarity
“Planting Seeds of Peace.” The goals included the
with Southern Sudan, which was launched by the
introduction of basic concepts of conflict transforUnion of International Superiors General in 2008 at
mation, improving listening and communication
the request of the Catholic bishops of Sudan. Some
skills, learning how to negotiate positively and
150 religious congregations, including the Marysharing lessons from her previous experiences in
By JOHN WOODS
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southern Africa.
Her students were seminarians of St. Paul’s Seminary in Juba; nursing students, including religious
sisters, at a Catholic health training institute; and
employees of Radio Bakhita, a Catholic station.
Lessons utilized various methods of instruction
including role-playing exercises, journaling, case
studies, films and music. Sister Janice called her
students “vibrant young people” who were eager to
participate. In class, they discussed how they would
“plant” seeds of peace in their own lives and workplaces.
“We looked at what they had experienced,” Sister
Janice explained. “Most of them had lived in war
their whole lives. Many had been refugees in Kenya
and Uganda.”
Her own history in Africa gave Sister Janice
a wealth of experience to draw upon for her lessons. She first served in Kenya as communications
director for the Church there. In 1977, she began
serving as press secretary of the Catholic Commission for Peace and Justice in then-Rhodesia. After
only three months, she was arrested, detained and
deported for documenting the war crimes of the
government.
She would return to Africa two years later, serving
in Mozambique before being invited to return as educational consultant in the President’s Office in the
newly independent Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia.
She helped to build nine schools for former refugees
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Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt
80 Years
Sister Francis Jerome Melody,
O.P., entered religious life from St. Jerome’s parish, the Bronx. She served
at the following schools: Holy Cross,
Manhattan, 1933-1936; and in the Bronx
at St. Luke’s, 1936-1940; St. Pius V, 19401946; Holy Spirit, 1946-1951; Our Lady
of the Assumption, 1951-1963 and 19772001; St. Benedict’s, 1963-1969, and St.
Mary’s, 1969-1977. In 2001 she retired
to St. Dominic’s Convent, Blauvelt, and
she now resides at St. Martin de Porres
Infirmary.
Sister Ann Louise Byron, O.P., entered from St. Mary’s parish, the Bronx.
She ministered at the following schools:
Holy Cross, Manhattan, 1932-1933; Holy
Spirit, Bronx, 1933-1939; St. Benedict’s,
Bronx, 1939-1945; Immaculate Conception, Amenia, 1945-1951; Our Lady of the
Blessed Sacrament Academy, Goshen,
1951-1954; Lavelle School, Bronx, 19541959; St. Dominic’s, Blauvelt, 1960-1969;
St. Martin de Porres, Poughkeepsie,
1969-1970; St. Margaret’s, Pearl River,
1970-1981. She served at St. Mary Star of
the Sea parish, City Island, 1981-1997, as
director of religious education, parish
minister and director of the senior citi-
zens programs. She retired to St. Martin
de Porres Infirmary in 1997.
75 Years
Sister Anne Thomas McMahon,
O.P., entered from St. Luke’s parish,
the Bronx. She served at St. Dominic’s
School, Blauvelt, 1938-1941; St. Nicholas of Tolentine, the Bronx, 1941-1949;
St. Benedict’s, the Bronx, 1949-1956; St.
Anselm’s, the Bronx, 1956-1960; Our
Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Academy, Goshen, 1960-1967; St. Peter’s
School, Liberty, 1968-1970; St. Catharine’s, Blauvelt, 1970-1971; Our Lady of
the Sacred Heart, Tappan, 1970-1971, and
Dominican College, Blauvelt, 1971-1976.
She also served at a school in Daytona
Beach, Fla. She was director of household at St. Dominic’s Home, 1976-1979,
and served the congregation as director
of the diet kitchen, 1979-1986; community historian, 1986-1993, and performed
volunteer services and prayer ministry,
1994-2004. She resides at St. Martin de
Porres Infirmary.
Sister Dorothy Wieting, O.P., entered from Our Lady of Perpetual Help
parish, Brooklyn. She holds a doctorate in speech pathology from Colum-
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bia University. She served at St. Peter’s
School, Liberty, 1939-1943; Holy Spirit,
the Bronx, 1943-1947; Our Lady of the
Blessed Sacrament Academy, Goshen,
1947-1951; Our Lady of Victory, the Bronx,
1951-1952; St. Dominic’s Home, Blauvelt,
1954-1955 and 1990-1991; St. Anselm’s,
the Bronx, 1955-1963; St. Luke’s, the
Bronx, 1963-1966; Dominican College,
1967-1982 and 1994-2001; St. Catharine’s
parish, Blauvelt, 2005-2007. She leads
Bible study at St. Catharine’s, and at St.
Augustine’s parish, New City.
60 Years
Sister Cleopha Kelly, O.P., entered
from St. Luke’s parish, the Bronx. She
served at St. Dominic’s Home, Blauvelt,
1954-1956, 1969-1975, 1977-1982 and 19962000; St. Benedict’s School, the Bronx,
1956-1963; Holy Spirit, the Bronx, 19631965; St. Aloysius, Livingston Manor,
1965-1967, and St. Luke’s, the Bronx,
1967-1969. She has served the congregation as director of food services, 19821996; coordinator of support services,
1996-2000; motherhouse administrator,
2000-2004, and director of resident life,
since 2004.
Sister Margaret Mary Gleeson,
O.P., entered from St. Luke’s parish, the
Bronx. She holds a doctorate in psychology from Fordham University. She
served at St. Pius V School, the Bronx,
1954-1957; St. Mary Star of the Sea, City
Island, 1957-1961; Holy Rosary, Yonkers,
1961-1965; Our Saviour, the Bronx, 19651967; Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament
Academy, Goshen, 1969-1970; SS. Philip
and James School, the Bronx, 1970-1971;
St. Catharine’s, Blauvelt, 1971-1975; and
St. Nicholas of Tolentine High School,
the Bronx, 1975-1981. She also served at a
high school in Daytona Beach, Fla. Since
1981 she has been associate professor of
psychology at Dominican College, Orangeburg.
Sister Patricia Horan, O.P., entered
from St. Nicholas of Tolentine parish,
the Bronx. Her ministries included St.
Anselm’s School, the Bronx, 1954-1961;
St. Mary Star of the Sea, City Island,
1961-1964; St. Dominic’s, Blauvelt, where
she was principal, 1967-1971; HOPE,
Goshen, 1973; Calvary Hospital, the
Bronx, 1980-1985; and Encore, St. Malachy’s, Manhattan, 2000-2006. She has
had various assignments outside the
archdiocese, including Long Island; Virginia, Florida, Michigan and Massachusetts; and Italy and South Africa, where
she taught English as a second language,
2009-2010. She also served the congregation in leadership positions including
councilor, 1971-1972; community board
member, 1972-1979; director of religious
development, 1974-1979; formation director, 1979-1980, and administrator of
the Wellness Center, 1995-1998. She now
volunteers at the motherhouse.
Sister Dominic Marie McDonnell,
O.P., entered from St. Pius V parish, the
Bronx. She served in the dining room at
St. Dominic’s Convent, Blauvelt, 19531955; in the Bronx at St. Anselm’s School,
1955-1961 and 1968-1973; Our Lady of
Victory, 1961-1967; and St. Nicholas of
Tolentine, 1967-1968; St. Benedict’s,
1973-1981; and at a school in Closter, N.J,
1981-1997. Since 1997 she has served as
director of religious education at a parish in Emerson, N.J.
Sister Ann Connolly, O.P., entered
from St. Nicholas of Tolentine parish,
the Bronx. Her ministries included St.
Dominic’s School, Blauvelt, 1954-1955;
St. Luke’s, the Bronx, 1955-1962 and 19681972; St. Margaret’s, Pearl River, 19721992, and Cardinal Hayes High School,
the Bronx, 1993-2002. She also taught at
St. Anthony’s School, Oceanside, 19621968. Since 2002 she has ministered at St.
Raymond Academy for Girls, the Bronx.
70 Years
Sister Rita Marie Pino, O.P.
Sister Hubert Marie Timothy, O.P.
Sr. Rose Patricia Reilly, O.P.
50 Years
Sister Jeanine Conlon, O.P.
Sister Elizabeth Engel, O.P.
Sister Monica Paul Fraser, O.P.
Sister Patricia Ginty, O.P.
Sister James Bridget Hanley, O.P.
Sister Jane Francis Marron, O.P.
Sister Barbara McEneany, O.P.
Sister Mary McFarland, O.P.
Sister Kathleen O’Hanlon, O.P.
Sister Beverly Vetrano, O.P.
Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, Ind.
60 Years
Sister Francesca Thompson, O.S.F.,
taught from 1982 to 2005 at Fordham
University, where she was associate
professor in Afro-American studies
and communications, and served as assistant dean for minority affairs. She
was chairwoman of the department of
theater and speech at her alma mater,
Marian College, where she taught from
1966 to 1982. She also taught at her alma
mater, Immaculate Conception Academy in Oldenburg. She resides at the
motherhouse.
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Sisters of the Divine Compassion, White Plains
60 Years
Sister Mary Corita Clarke, R.D.C., taught religion
at Preston High School, the Bronx, 1958-1978. From 1978
to 2006, she was the director of the Divine Compassion
Renewal Center at Good Counsel Campus in White
Plains. Since 2008, she has been serving as a spiritual
director at the RDC Center for Counseling and Human
Development in White Plains. She also taught in the
archdiocese at St. Lawrence O’Toole School, Brewster,
and St. John the Evangelist, Mahopac, 1954-1958, and
she was an adjunct professor at Fordham University
in 1992.
Sister Mary Elizabeth Maney, R.D.C., formerly
known as Sister Mary Gerard, taught at elementary
grades at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Elmsford,
1954-1955; St. Bernard’s, White Plains, 1958-1963; Sacred
Heart, Hartsdale, 1963-1967; and St. Lawrence O’Toole,
Brewster, 1967-1969. She was registrar at Good Counsel
College, White Plains, 1955-1958, and at Pace Universi-
ty, White Plains, during the 1990s. Before entering religious life, she served in the Coast Guard during World
War II and received a Victory Medal and American
Campaign Medal. She resides at Good Counsel Covent, White Plains.
Sister Marie Murphy, R.D.C., formerly known as
Sister Mary de Chantal, has been serving as bursar of
John F. Kennedy Catholic High School in Somers since
1990. From 1982 to 1990, she was the treasurer of Good
Counsel Academy High School, White Plains. She taught
at St. Mary’s School, Katonah, 1954-1959; St. Joseph’s,
Bronxville, 1959-1965; and Kennedy Catholic, 1978-1982.
Sister Catherine Yakovleff, R.D.C., formerly known
as Sister Mary Alexis, taught at St. Lawrence O’Toole
School, Brewster, 1954-1957, and St. Frances de Chantal,
the Bronx, 1957-1984. She worked in the medical records
department at Phelps Memorial Hospital, Sleepy Hollow, 1984-1985, and as a secretary at Family Consultation
Service, 1985-1988. She worked in Pastoral Care at Siena
Franciscan Sisters of Peace, Haverstraw
60 Years
Sister Mary Daniel Bauer, F.S.P., is the office
manager of the Metropolitan Tribunal, where she has
served since 1998. She also served in the archdiocese
as secretary to the executive director of development,
1981-1988, and as an administrative secretary at the
archdiocesan Department of Health and at the Terence
Cardinal Cooke Center, 1988-1991. She was a secretary
at Notre Dame High School, Manhattan, 1991-1998,
and bursar and secretary to the president of Ladycliff
College, Highland Falls, 1972-1980. She also taught at
the Assisium Business School, Manhattan; St. Teresa’s
School, Tarrytown; and at schools in New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.
Sister Francis Goguen, F.S.P., most recently served
in Albany for 20 years as faculty member at St. Rose
College and at LaSalle School for Boys. She taught at Ladycliff College, Highland Falls, 1974-1980; St. Mathew’s
School, Hastings, 1961-1963; St. Columbanus, Peekskill,
1963-1965 and St. Patrick’s, Yorktown Heights, 19681970. She also served at St. Joseph’s Home, Peekskill
and at the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Home in the Bronx.
Sister Ann Smith, F.S.P., formerly Sister Louis
Mary, served most recently as administrator of Sacred
Heart Convent, Yonkers, and as coordinator of the New
Membership Team for her congregation. She served
as a missioner to Bolivia, 1960-1964; novice minister,
1964-1971; and as administrator and provincial superior
in Peekskill, 1974-1981. She also taught at Sacred Heart
School, Highland Falls; St. Matthew’s, Hastings; and
Assumption, Peekskill; and at schools in New Jersey
and Pennsylvania. She also served as a pastoral minister in Americus, Ga.
50 Years
Sister Eileen Marie Cullen, F.S.P., has taught in
several elementary parish schools in Northern New
Jersey since 1963, including nine years at St. Leo’s, Elmwood Park; 14 at St. Anthony’s, Butler; 13 at St. Philip’s
and 9 years at St. Brendan’s, both in Clifton.
Sister Dorothy De Young, F.S.P., formerly Sister
Mary Kenneth, is a faculty member at Immaculate
Heart of Mary School, Scarsdale. She was principal at
St. Margaret of Cortona School, Riverdale, 1997-2007,
and as teacher and principal of St. Patrick’s School,
Yorktown Heights, 1972-1985. Other ministries included
at Our Lady of Loretto, Cold Spring; St. Joseph’s Home,
Peekskill; and Calvary Hospital, the Bronx. She served
the congregation as assistant provincial, 1984-1987, and
was the first congregation minister of the Franciscan
Sisters of Peace, 1987-1995.
Sister Margaret Holden, F.S.P., formerly Sister
Frances Cabrini, has been involved in retreat ministry
and spiritual direction since 2006. She served many
years in special education, including at St. Dominic’s
Home, the Bronx, 1992-1997; the Kennedy Child Study
Center in Manhattan, 1982-1987; and for nine years in
the Diocese of Brooklyn. She also served on the staff
of the Cardinal Spellman Retreat Center, the Bronx,
and in Chicago in a program for persons with disabilities. She also taught in New Jersey, and has served as a
member of the congregation’s health care team.
Sister Clare Kelleher, F.S.P., formerly Sister Ann
Thomas, is the development director for her congregation. She served as coordinator of religious education
at St. Augustine’s parish, Larchmont, 2004-2008, and
at Holy Innocents, Pleasantville, 1998-2004. She also
served as principal of St. Columbanus School, Peekskill, 1985-1998, as an administrator at Assisium Business School in Manhattan, 1980-1981; and on the faculty at Ladycliff College, Highland Falls, 1977-1980. She
served as provincial secretary, 1981-1985.
Sister Kathleen O’Farrell, F.S.P., formerly Sister
Christopher Mary, serves as pastoral associate at Our
Lady of Lourdes parish, Manhattan. She had earlier
served there as a pastoral associate, 1993-1996, and at
St. Stephen of Hungary, Manhattan, 1987-1992. From
2001 to 2007 she served as a caseworker at Msgr. Fox
Memorial Shelter and at the Dwelling Place transitional residence, both in Manhattan. She also served on the
faculty at LaSalle Academy, 1976-1987, and St. Joseph’s
School, 1971-1976, both in Manhattan. She also served
in South Carolina and New Jersey.
Sister Mary Elaine Sullivan, F.S.P., recently completed four years on the leadership team of the Franciscan Sisters of Peace as assistant congregation minister.
She had served in education in northern New Jersey, 13
years as a teacher and 30 years as principal.
Counseling Center, the Bronx, in 1988. She resides at
Cabrini Nursing Home, Dobbs Ferry.
50 Years
Sister Susan Becker, R.D.C., has been co-director
of the Divine Compassion Spirituality Center at Good
Counsel Campus in White Plains since 2006, and is a
part-time chaplain at Pace University, Pleasantville. A
licensed social worker, she has held positions in the
archdiocese at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Harrison, Catholic Charities in Cortland and in White Plains, and at St.
Anthony’s parish, West Harrison, and St. John the Evangelist, Mahopac.
Sister Mary Jane Deodati, R.D.C., formerly known
as Sister Magdalene Marie, has been serving since 2008
as executive director of Thorpe Family Residence Inc.
in the Bronx. She was residence manager there from
1997 to 2000. She was an elected member of the congregation’s leadership team, 2000-2008, and served as the
congregation’s human resource director. She taught at
St. Lawrence O’Toole School, Brewster, 1965-1969; was a
teacher and assistant principal of St. Frances de Chantal
School, the Bronx, 1969-1985; and was principal of Preston High School, the Bronx, 1985-1991.
Sister Mary Lynn Kellogg, R.D.C., formerly known
as Sister Mary Veronice, was principal of St. Anthony’s
School in West Harrison until 2010 and was principal of
St. Joseph’s in Croton Falls, during the 2010-1011 school
year. Starting in 1965, she was a teacher at Our Lady of
Sorrows School and St. Bernard’s School in White Plains,
and Our Lady of Mount. Carmel School in Elmsford.
Sister Ann Kavanagh, R.D.C., formerly known as
Sister Thomas Marie, taught third grade at Good Counsel Elementary School, White Plains, and St. Frances de
Chantal School, the Bronx. In 1972, she worked as an administrator at St. Joseph’s in Croton Falls, and later became director of personnel for the schools office of the
Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., where she now serves.
Sister Deborah Flaherty, R.D.C., formerly known
as Sister Mary Aloysius, is certified as a public librarian
professional and has worked as a librarian at the Good
Counsel Academy Book Center in White Plains, Good
Counsel Academy High School and the White Plains
Public Library. She was a teacher at Good Counsel Elementary School and Our Lady of Sorrows School, both
in White Plains, and at St. Lawrence O’Toole, Brewster.
70 Years
Sister Mary St. John Delany, R.D.C.
Sisters of Notre Dame
de Namur
60 Years
Sister Catherine T. Shanahan, S.N.D.deN., served
for 32 years as director of religious education at Holy
Rosary parish on Staten Island, until her retirement in
2008. She is now a pastoral associate at the parish. She
was coordinator of the middle grades at Holy Rosary
School, 1972-1976. Her early years in religious life were
spent serving in Ridgewood, Queens; Washington,
D.C.; and in Maryland. She holds a master’s degree in
religious education from LaSalle University in Philadelphia. 24
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Dominican Sisters of Hope, Ossining
80 Years
Sister Agnes Edward Henwood, O.P., had household responsibilities in the communities in which she
lived, including these in the archdiocese: Mount St.
Mary Convent, Newburgh, 1933-1949, and St. Augustine’s Convent in Larchmont, 1952-1967. In 1967, she
returned to Mount St. Mary Convent in Newburgh to
engage in part-time ministry to the community there.
She now resides at St. Mary Catholic Home in Cherry
Hill, N.J.
60 Years
Sister John Catherine Arnold, O.P., taught at Annunciation School, Crestwood, 1953-1955; Regina Coeli,
Hyde Park, 1955-1968; and St. Thomas of Canterbury,
Cornwall-on-Hudson, 1968-1976. She was principal of
Regina Coeli School, 1976-1985. She then served in New
Jersey. Since 2003, she has done pastoral care of the
sick and homebound at St. Columba’s parish, Hopewell
Junction.
Sister Agnes Boyle, O.P., has served as vice president for academic affairs at Mount St. Mary College
in Newburgh. She also served there as academic dean,
1979; and college administrator and department chairperson, 1963-1969. She was principal of Bishop Dunn
Memorial School, Newburgh, 1969-1974, and was a
teacher there, 1951-1952. She taught at Nativity of Our
Blessed Lady School, the Bronx, 1953-1963.
Sister Marie deLourdes Justice, O.P., taught at Our
Lady of Victory School, Mount Vernon, 1955-1957; Holy
Family School, New Rochelle, 1957-1962; Holy Rosary,
Hawthorne, 1962-69; and Annunciation, Crestwood,
1969-1972. From 1975 to 2005, she taught at Guardian
Angel, Manhattan. She also taught in New Jersey.
Sister Jean Merrell, O.P., taught in New Jersey,
Connecticut and Puerto Rico, and later worked for the
U.S. Department of the Interior. She now does volunteer service in Mantua, N.J.
Sister Mary Regis Nuva, O.P., did nursing service
for the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor in Ossining,
1951-1957, and the Bronx, 1960-1961. She transferred to
the Dominican Sisters Home Health Agency in Denver, Colo., in 1961, and continues to volunteer with the
agency in retirement.
Sister Louise Synan, O.P., was a teacher and administrator at Dominican schools in Massachusetts,
Connecticut and Plattsburgh. She also served on the
leadership team of the Dominican Sisters.
Sister Mary Rose Wittekind, O.P., served in nursing and physical therapy, including casework for the
Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor Home Health Agencies in Manhattan, 1952 and 1960-1964, and the Bronx,
1954-1956 and 1965-1968, and in Michigan, Colorado
and Ohio. From 1965 to 1968 she was a physical therapy
consultant for the agencies in Manhattan, the Bronx,
and Westchester. She also did physical therapy service
at Metropolitan Hospital, Manhattan, 1963-1964; the
Veterans Hospital, Montrose, 1970-1974 and 1981-1992;
Brandywine Nursing Home, Briarcliff, 1989-1995; and
St. Mary’s Rehabilitation Center for Children, Ossining, 1995-2002.
50 Years
Sister Cynthia Bauer, O.P., was assistant infirmarian at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, Summit, N.J., 1965-1969. She was novice mistress and councilor, 1977-1998, and prioress 1998-1999. She transferred
to the Dominican Sisters of Hope in 2000 and made
final profession in 2002. She then served in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Sister Maureen Controy, O.P., taught in the archdiocese at St. Mary’s School, Newburgh, 1961-1962; St.
Augustine’s, Larchmont, 1963-1966; and Holy Family,
New Rochelle, 1966-1968. She also taught in New Jersey.
In 2003, she moved to Newburgh, where she served as
assistant in the archives of the Dominican Sisters of
Hope, volunteered in the foster grandparent program
at Bishop Dunn Memorial School, and taught in the religious education program at St. Mary’s parish.
Sister Lorelle Elcock, O.P., was elected prioress of the Dominican Sisters of Hope in 2009. From
2007 to 2009, she was strategic plan project manager
for the congregation. She taught in the archdiocese
at Regina Coeli School, Hyde Park; SS. John and Paul,
Larchmont, 1966-1967; and Mount St. Mary Academy in
Newburgh, 1973-1975. She was vocation director for the
Dominican Sisters of Newburgh, 1975-1980, and taught
math and computer science at Our Lady of Lourdes
High School in Poughkeepsie, 1980-1981. She was assistant director of institutional research at Mount St.
Mary College, Newburgh, 1984-1987; treasurer general
for the Dominican Sisters of Newburgh, 1987-1990; and
long-range planning director, 1990-1991. From 1991 to
1995, she was long-range planning director for three
Dominican congregations exploring a union. She was
then engaged in specialized ministry at the Center of
Hope in Newburgh, 1996-2001. She was associate director of the National Association of Treasurers of Religious Institutes, 2001-2006.
Sister Kathleen Hebbeler, O.P., did home and clinical nursing until 1992 and also served in congregation-
Parish Visitors of Mary
Immaculate, Monroe
50 Years
Sister Carole Marie Troskowski, P.V.M.I., has
served as general superior of the Parish Visitors of
Mary Immaculate since 2007 and also was general
superior, 1992-2002. She was regional superior of Parish Visitors serving in Nigeria, 2002-2007. She was a
general councilor of the congregation, 1977-1992. She
supervised sisters in formation and served as director
of vocations, 1991-1992. She was novice director and juniorate director, 1976-1991, and again novice director,
1972-1975. She did parish service at Holy Name of Jesus,
Manhattan, where she was director of religious education and supervised sisters in formation; and at St.
Raymond’s and St. Brendan’s, both the Bronx, and Holy
Family, New Rochelle, where she taught religious education and visited homes. She also served in parishes
in Brooklyn and Milwaukee, Wis.
25 Years
Sister Julia Marie Rockey, P.V.M.I., has served the
community at Marycrest Convent, Monroe, since last
year and previously from 1990 to 1999, when she also
did academic work. She provided volunteer service to
the Xavier Society for the Blind and the Lighthouse for
the Blind, both 2000-2009, and in 2010 was recognized
for 10 years of service to Xavier. She has also served at
two parishes in Connecticut.
al administration. From 1992 to 1995, she was president
of the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor in Ossining.
Since 1997, she has served as associate director of the
Women’s Connection in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sister Louise Levesque, O.P., served as a teacher
and guidance counselor at Preston High School in the
Bronx, 1980-1984, and held teaching and educational
administrative posts before and after elsewhere in the
Northeast. She also served on the General Council of
the Dominican Sisters of Fall River, Mass., 1986-1995.
From 2003 to 2009, she served in full-time leadership
with the Dominican Sisters of Hope. After studying and
receiving her ESL certification, she now is an instructor
at Concordia College, Bronxville, and at Westchester
Community College.
Sister John Christian McCabe, O.P., has been
principal of Academia San Jose High School in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, since 1987. She has served in positions at the school since 1963. In the archdiocese, she
taught Latin and history at Mount St. Mary College,
Newburgh, 1961-1962.
Sister Patricia Peters, O.P., has been serving in
counseling and religious education positions in West
Virginia since 1992. In the archdiocese, she taught at
Bishop Dunn Memorial School, Newburgh, 1961-1965,
and was principal at St. Mary’s School, Newburgh,
1965-1966. She was HEOP director at Mount St. Mary
College, Newburgh, 1974-1987 and 1987-1989. She served
in congregational administration, 1983-1991.
Sister Jean Spena, O.P., taught in the archdiocese at
Sacred Heart School, Newburgh, 1964-1965. She served
for many years after that in New Jersey, and is now a
teacher’s assistant in Haddon Heights, N.J.
25 Years
Sister ConstanceLynn Kelly, O.P., is a theology
teacher at Mount St. Michael Academy in the Bronx.
From 2005 to 2009, she taught at the Nativity Mission
Center in Manhattan, and from 2004 to 2005 she taught
at St. Anthony’s School in Manhattan. She previously
held education posts in New Jersey and was retreat
manager at the Dominican Retreat House in Elkins
Park, Pa.
40 Years
Sister Catherine Wescott, O.P.
Apostles of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus
50 Years
Sister Carolyn Severino, A.S.C.J., formerly known as
Sister Mary Thomas, has served as director of faith formation at a parish in Branford, Conn. She taught in the
Bronx at Sacred Heart Private School, 1961-1963, and at
Santa Maria School, 1963-1964. She also taught in St.
Louis, Mo., and in Hamden, Conn. She was principal in
parish elementary schools in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Florida. She has served as a pastoral associate
and director of religious education at parishes in Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
70 Years
Sister Bridget Esposito, A.S.C.J.
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Sisters of Mercy
75 Years
Sister Mary Margaret Fitzgerald, R.S.M., had
a long teaching career that began in primary grades
and included most grade levels through college. She
taught in the following elementary schools: Sacred
Heart and St. Francis Xavier, both Bronx; Commander Shea, Our Lady of the Scapular and St. Catherine
of Genoa, all Manhattan; and St. Michael’s, Staten Island. She also taught at the high school level at St.
Catharine Academy, the Bronx; Our Lady of Victory
Academy, Dobbs Ferry; and at a school in Saranac
Lake. For 30 years she was an instructor at Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, and also was an associate professor
of French and Spanish at Iona College, New Rochelle.
She resides in Hartsdale.
60 YEARS
Sister Marilyn Fenton, R.S.M., was a primary
grade teacher at St. Michael’s School, Staten Island,
and at a school in Plattsburgh. She was a group mother
for 20 years at St. Michael’s Home, Staten Island, the
borough where she spent most of her years of ministry. She taught at St. Rita’s School, Staten Island, for a
number of years and now serves at St. Rita’s parish and
resides nearby with the Presentation Sisters.
Sister Mary Pius Friel, R.S.M., was a teacher and
social worker for many years. She taught in St. Cecilia’s, Manhattan; Sacred Heart, the Bronx; and several
schools in the Diocese of Ogdensburg. She also served
as a group mother at St. Michael’s Home, Staten Island.
She was a social worker at Good Samaritan Hospital,
West Islip, and administrator at St. Agnes Residence,
Manhattan. In recent years she has served in patient
relations at Dobbs Ferry Hospital and now at St. John
Hospital, Yonkers.
Sister Maureen Hally, R.S.M., was a social worker/
administrator for 12 years at St. Michael’s Home, Staten
Island, and was also director of the department of special services at the New York Foundling. For a number
of years she was the administrator of Mount Mercy
Convent, Dobbs Ferry, and worked in mission effectiveness at Mercy Community Hospital, Port Jervis.
She served as a member of the administrative team of
the Sisters of Mercy, Hartsdale, and currently manages
the Marian Woods Thrift Shop, Hartsdale.
Sister Mary Patrick McSherry, R.S.M., taught elementary school students for 45 years. In the Archdiocese of New York, she taught at St. Michael’s, Staten
Island; Sacred Heart, the Bronx; Commander Shea and
St. Cecilia’s, both Manhattan; and St. Joseph’s, Spring
Valley. She taught for 26 years at St. Francis of Assisi
School, the Bronx. In upstate New York she taught in
Rouses Point, Plattsburgh and Saranac Lake. She resides in Hartsdale.
Sister Rose Mary Strain, R.S.M., served as procurator in business offices at St. Francis Hospital, Port
Jervis; Our Lady of Victory Academy, Tarrytown; and
Sisters of Mercy, Dobbs Ferry. From the mid-1970s to
the mid-1990s, she was a retirement advocate in local
areas including the City of New Rochelle, New York
Catholic Charities and as program administrator at the
Office for Aging, Westchester County. Now retired, she
resides in Hastings-on-Hudson.
50 YEARS
Sister Mary Ann Dirr, R.S.M., formerly Sister M.
Ann Peter, has been a high school and college teacher
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IN GOOD COMPANY—Seminarians of St. Paul’s Seminary in Juba, South Sudan, hold up their certificates
of attendance as they gather with Sister Janice McLaughlin, M.M., following the completion of “Planting
Seeds of Peace” workshop she offered there.
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and war veterans and to develop a new education
system. She was also present when South Africa
declared an end to apartheid in 1994.
She spoke to CNY of the need to offer job and
educational training for ex-combatants in Sudan’s war, so that they won’t turn back to violence and crime. “The Church in Zimbabwe had
help to train former war veterans, and set up cooperatives to help them earn a living,” she said.
Sister Janice said she and her students in South
Sudan both found the workshop a “very positive”
experience.
“I found a feeling of hope, even though they
at St. Clare Academy, Our Lady of Victory Academy
and Mercy College. She was a retreat director, member of the Leadership Team of the Sisters of St. Francis
and a Mercy Community Formation Team Member. In
1990 Sister Mary Ann founded Mercy Center, a community center for women and their children in the
South Bronx where she was executive director for 13
years. She now volunteers at Mercy Center.
Sister Christine Hennessy, R.S.M., was a primary grade teacher at Commander Shea and St. Cecilia
Schools, both Manhattan for 10 years, and a member of
the Mercy Formation Team serving as director of nov-
have a lot to overcome,” she said.
The Maryknoll Sisters had served in Sudan
from 1976 until last year, and one Maryknoll
priest is currently assigned in Wau. Sister Janice
told CNY that she hoped Maryknoll would some
day have sisters to send back to South Sudan, and
didn’t rule out returning herself.
Sister Janice said that when she entered Maryknoll 50 years ago, she never considered the possibility that her service would extend for half of
the history of the religious community, but that
is now the case. The Maryknoll Sisters will mark
their centennial next year.
“I have really had a wonderful, rich life,” she
said. “I give thanks to Maryknoll for being able to
do what I have done. I live the life I have chosen.
I’ve done more than I thought I could do.”
ices. Since the mid-1990s she has been a social worker
at Cor Mariae Residence, the South Bronx Pastoral
Center and Thorpe Family Residence as well as Angel
Guardian Home, Brooklyn, and Highbridge Community Life Center, the Bronx. For the last nine years she
has served at Project Irish Outreach, Yonkers.
Sister Mary Seton Malltell, R.S.M., has been a
primary grade teacher in the Archdiocese of New York
for more than 40 years. She taught at Commander Shea
and St. Cecilia schools, both Manhattan, for 24 years
and for the past 20 years at St. Ignatius Loyola School,
Manhattan.
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Maryknoll Sisters, Ossining
50 Years
Sister Katrina Eggert, M.M., from
Green Bay, Wis., was assigned to Taiwan
in 1969. She helped to found a nonprofit
training center for physically challenged young adults. Besides serving on
the board of directors, she worked with
young individuals in service roles. She
finished her service there in 2000. She is
now involved with several faith- sharing
groups using English to build confidence
and awareness of life’s challenges.
Sister Mary Lou Herlihy, M.M.,
from Rochester, was assigned to South
Korea in 1969 where she worked with
Young Christian Workers groups, was
involved in the labor apostolate and
taught English. She later earned a master’s in social work from SUNY Buffalo
and worked with mentally ill children.
For more than 20 years she cared for her
parents during which time she spent
five years on the staff of Bethany House,
a Catholic Worker shelter for homeless
women. In 2002, she joined three sisters in Hendersonville, N.C., where she
worked in the Early Head Start program
and later as a caseworker for low-income
seniors. She now serves in the federal
foster grandparent program tutoring
young children in a public elementary
school. She also volunteers at an inpatient facility for hospice patients.
Sister Darlene Jacobs, M.M., from
Noonan, N.D., has served in education
since being assigned to Tanzania in
1969. She has taught music, managed a
technical school and began a ministry
with street boys in Dar es Salaam. She
taught at a girls school in Hanang, Babati, 1981-1988. In 1991, she founded the
Murigha Girls School, a four-year boarding school in Msange, Singida, where
girls study agriculture, animal husbandry, tailoring and business management
in addition to academic subjects. After a
stint at Maryknoll working in immigration/visa and treasury departments, she
returned to Tanzania, this time to a new
mission in Dodoma where she teaches
English to girls in secondary school
and serves as a tutor.
Sister Janice McLaughlin, M.M.,
has served as president of the Maryknoll
Sisters since 2009. She was a missioner
in Africa for 40 years. Assigned to Kenya in 1969, she was communications
coordinator for the Catholic Church in
Kenya. Sent to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1977 to serve as press secretary
of the Catholic Commission for Justice
and Peace, she was arrested, detained
and deported for documenting government war crimes. After Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980, she was invited to
work as education consultant in the office of the new president. She helped to
build nine schools for former refugees
and war veterans and to develop a new
system of education, which linked academic subjects with technical training.
In 1985, she helped to establish the Zimbabwe Mozambique Friendship Association, which assisted displaced people
in Mozambique. In 1997, she became the
training coordinator for Silveira House,
a leadership training and development
education center for the poor and marginalized. A native of Pittsburgh, she
holds a doctorate in religious studies
from the University of Zimbabwe.
Sister Julie Miller, M.M., from Savannah, Ga., was assigned to Japan in
1969. She taught at Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, a government
agency that sent volunteers to work on
technical projects. She also taught music and English at schools. She did pastoral work in rural towns in Nicaragua
and El Salvador, and was a relief worker
after the war in Nicaragua. Certified as
a licensed nursing home administrator,
she worked for the Sparkill Dominican
Sisters, 1987-1997. She then served in
Maryknoll’s personnel office for three
years. Since 2001, she has been the liturgist and choir director at the sisters’
center.
Sister Carolyn White, M.M., from
Avon Lake, Ohio, taught at St. Brigid’s
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School in Manhattan, 1975-1976. Assigned to the Marshall Islands, she was
a teacher and middle grades coordinator at an elementary school on Majuro,
1977-1981. She worked with special children in Honolulu, Hawaii, while studying special education, 1982-1986. After
serving in the treasury department at
Maryknoll for four years, she returned
to the Marshall Islands, where four sisters served together in educational ministries in the Outer Islands. Traveling
two by two, they emphasized Christian
formation for students and developed
teaching skills among teachers and catechists. Returning to Maryknoll in 2010,
she serves in the treasury department
and in pastoral care with the sick and
elderly sisters.
Sister
Geraldine
Wieczerzak.
M.M., from Philadelphia, was assigned
to Guatemala in 1970. For 13 years she
was secretary for the Maryknoll Fathers’ superior and administrator of
the Maryknoll Society’s Center House
in Guatemala City. In 1985 she began a
period of 10 years caring for her mother
and sister in Philadelphia. Since 1995
she has served in research and planning
at the Maryknoll Sisters Center, in the
congregational secretariat and now as
administrative assistant to the president
and vice president.
Sister Anastasia Lott, M.M., has
served as development director of
the Maryknoll Sisters since 2010. She
served as a Maryknoll lay missioner in
Venezuela, 1982-1986. After she entered
the Maryknoll Sisters, she was assigned
to Kenya in 1988. She did pastoral, medical and youth work in Bura on the Tana
River. Relocating to Nairobi in 1996, she
worked with refugees and in community
educational and animation programs. In
1997, she was assigned to a new mission
in Namibia, where she gave workshops
to community leaders in the Rundu Vicariate and later served as human resource development officer for Catholic
Health Services. She has served in the
Maryknoll Sisters development department since 2003.
25 Years
Sister Janet Hockman, M.M.,
from Stewartsville, N.J., was assigned
in 1987 to the Marshall Islands where
she served on Outer Islands in education and pastoral ministry for 14 years.
In 2005 she joined Maryknoll Sisters in
Nepal, where she established a counseling office at a school in Godavari. She is
now the vocation ministry coordinator
for Maryknoll Sisters.
Sister Elizabeth Knoerl, M.M.,
from Buffalo, was assigned in 1988 to
Hong Kong/Macau, where she taught at
the Maryknoll Convent School. In 1992,
she was reassigned to South Korea. She
worked in the health field doing physical
therapy, taught English at a school for
the disabled in Kwangju, taught at Chon
Nam University and did home visiting.
She received a master’s degree in international health from New York Medical
College in 2006, after which she went
to Nepal where she was administrator
of several social service health projects
and an elementary school serving poor
and marginalized people. In February
she was invited to work with the group
Medical Missionaries as an administrator of their health clinic in Haiti. She is
working with a Maryknoll team to develop a health clinic project and school
for survivors of the 2010 earthquake in
Port-au-Prince. 60 Years
Sister Catherine Kelter, S.S.S.F.,
served in the archdiocese as a teacher
at St. John the Evangelist School, Beacon, 1958-1964. She resides in Milwaukee, Wis.
School Sisters of
St. Francis
75 Years
Sister Catherine Ruskamp, S.S.S.F.,
formerly known as Sister Alvina, served
in the archdiocese as a teacher at St.
Mary Assumption School, Staten Island, 1946-1952. She currently resides in
Campbellsport, Wis.
40 Years
Sister Carol Rigali, S.S.S.F.
Dominican Sisters
of Sinsinawa, Wis
70 Years
Sister Meinrad Pahlke, O.P.
Servant of Mary,
Minister to the
Sick
25 Years
Sister Silvia Juarez, S. de M., has
been assigned as community superior
in the Bronx for two years. The congregation’s mission is to care for the sick in
their homes, especially at night.
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Society of the Holy Child Jesus
75 Years
Sister Ita Guthrie, S.H.C.J., a native of Ireland, was
on the nursing staff at Holy Child Convent, Rye, 19811992, and also served at Our Lady of Lourdes, Manhattan, 1988-1996. She returned to Holy Child Convent in
1996 as a staff member and is now a retired member of
the community there.
60 Years
Sister Joan Clark, S.H.C.J., the former Mother
Mary St. Edward, was born and educated in the Bronx.
Her assignments in the Archdiocese of New York included St. Elizabeth’s, Manhattan, 1951-1958 and 19661968; Our Lady of Lourdes, Manhattan, 1960-1966 and
1976-1977; Holy Child Academy, Suffern, 1970-1971;
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Manhattan, 1980-1983;
and St. Barnabas, Bronx, 1983-1997. She also taught at
Holy Child Academy in Old Westbury, and in Massachusetts, Illinois and Oregon. She now resides at Holy
Child Convent, Rye.
Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm
75 Years
entered the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm at
Sister Mary Gabriel Reis, O. Carm., entered the
St. Patrick’s Home, Bronx. She served in various houses
Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm at St. Patof the congregation including Mary Manning Walsh
rick’s Home, Bronx, when it was the motherhouse and
Home in Manhattan. Sister Benigna became well known
novitiate of the congregation. The motherhouse and
for her housekeeping skills. She returned to St. Patrick’s
novitiate eventually moved to Germantown, where
Home in 1995, she continues to minister to the residents
Sister Gabriel served as vocation director, 1960-1978,
and their families by her presence and prayer.
and treasurer general, 1954-1996. As the first coordinator of the cause for canonization of Mother M. Angeline Teresa, O. Carm., Servant of God, it was through
Sister Gabriel’s efforts that many people came to know
of Mother Angeline’s life. Her close association with
Mother Angeline influenced her many writings, especially her book “Seed Scattered and Sown.” In 2008,
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Rochelle
Sister Margaret Farrell, S.H.C.J., the former Mother Mary Felicitas, was born in the Bronx and graduated
from St. Walburga’s Academy. She taught for more than
40 years, 22 in the Archdiocese of New York: Our Lady
of Lourdes, Manhattan, 1953-1954; St. Elizabeth’s, Manhattan, 1954-1955 and 1977-1986; and St. Raymond Academy, the Bronx, 1986-1997. She resides in Pennsylvania.
50 Years
Sister Joan Greany, S.H.C.J., the former Mother
Edmond Mary, was born and educated in New York.
Assignments in the Archdiocese of New York included St. Elizabeth’s, Manhattan, 1968-1970, 1971-1974 and
1976-1979, when she was principal of the upper school;
SS. Peter and Paul, Mount Vernon, 1970-1971; Our Lady
of Lourdes, Manhattan, 1974-1976; School of the Holy
Child, Rye, 1979-1981; and principal at Our Lady of
Mount Carmel, Mount Vernon, 1981-1989. From 1989 to
2000, she coordinated the archdiocesan Write to Read
program. She is now a tutor at Abraham House in the
Bronx.
Sister Michele Puma, S.H.C.J., the former Mother
Marie Michele, was born in New York and active in the
Nativity Mission Center before entering the Society.
She earned her doctorate from Columbia University
and taught there from 1990-1995. She previously had
been an instructor at Barnard College. She also taught
and was an administrator in West Africa for 12 years.
70 Years
Sister Gemma Gargano, S.H.C.J.
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75 Years
Sister Miriam Helen Callahan, S.C., served at six
schools during her 65 years in education. From 1970 to
2003, she was at St. Ignatius Loyola School in Manhattan, where she was administrator for 11 years, taught for
21 years and volunteered for a year. She was administrator at St. Joseph Academy, 1961-67, and at Incarnation, 1967-70, and taught at Holy Name, 1938-1940, all in
Manhattan. She also taught at the Academy of Mount
St. Vincent, Tuxedo Park, 1955-1961, and at St. Peter’s,
Staten Island, 1940-1955.
Sister M. Irene Fugazy, S.C., taught at Visitation
School, 1938-1939, and Cardinal Spellman High School,
1967-1972, both the Bronx; Elizabeth Seton Academy,
1939 and 1943-1956, and Elizabeth Seton College, 19631967, both Yonkers; and Blessed Sacrament Convent
School, 1939-1943, St. Lawrence Academy, 1956-1957, and
Cathedral High School, 1957-1962, all Manhattan. She
was the first female administrator at the archdiocese’s
Instructional Television network, 1972-1991. She also
taught French at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Yonkers, and
at Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception,
Douglaston. For 16 years, she worked on special projects relating to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, including her
canonization. She wrote the book “St. Elizabeth Ann
Seton,” published in 1997.
Sister Mary Margaret McGovern, S.C., served at
Grace Institute in Manhattan from 1972 to 2003, where
she was interim director for a year; taught English, accounting and computers; and volunteered for five years.
Also in Manhattan, she taught at Blessed Sacrament
High School, 1952-1960. She also taught in the Bronx
at SS. Peter and Paul School, 1938-1944, and Cardinal
Spellman High School, 1963-1972; and in White Plains
at St. John’s High School, 1944-1952. She was postulant
mistress, 1960-1963.
Sister Anne Mary Regan, S.C., began her nursing
ministry at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Yonkers as supervisor of a medical/surgical unit, 1938-1940. At St. Vincent’s Hospital, Manhattan, she supervised the pediatric unit, 1940-1942; was assistant director of the School
of Nursing, 1944-1954; and associate director of nursing
services, 1954-1966. At St. Vincent’s Hospital, Harrison, she was assistant administrator, 1966-1982; director of purchasing, 1982-1995, and also did community
relations, 1995-2000; and volunteer services, 2000-2009.
In Harrison, she developed new programs, renovated
buildings and oversaw construction.
60 Years
Sister E. Bernadette Brennan, S.C., formerly Sister
Marian Bernadette, has volunteered in Scarsdale at the
Elizabeth Seton House of Prayer Ministry, since 2001,
and at Immaculate Heart of Mary School, since 2005,
where she had taught, 1961-1964. She also taught in
Manhattan at Incarnation, 1954-1961, and was assistant
principal at St. Paul’s School, 1969-1974, and St. Ignatius
Loyola, 1974-1978. At Sacred Heart, Hartsdale, she was
Sacramentine Nuns
50 Years
Sister Mary Francis Blackmore, O.S.S., is the prioress
of the community at Blessed Sacrament Monastery in
Scarsdale. She has also served as sub-prioress and treasurer. She also served at Blessed Sacrament Academy
in Yonkers, and in the altar bread department at the
monastery.
a teacher, 1979-1982, and assistant principal, 1982-1983.
She taught at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Staten Island,
1964-1969; Visitation, the Bronx, 1983-1987; and Our
Lady of Perpetual Help, Pelham Manor, 1992-2001; and
volunteered at St. John Evangelist, White Plains, 20012005.
Sister Elizabeth Mary Butler, S.C., formerly Sister
Joseph Loretto, taught at seven schools in the archdiocese: St. Joseph’s, Yonkers, 1954-1956; Epiphany, 19561964, and Incarnation, 1964-1967, both Manhattan; St.
Athanasius, 1967-1969, St. Anthony’s, 1969-1971, and Nativity, 1971-1981, all the Bronx; and at St. Joseph’s, Florida, 1981-1994. For 20 years, she oversaw an after-school
club that prepared students for leadership through public speaking. She was chaplain at St. Vincent’s Hospital,
Manhattan, 1996-2003, and as a bilingual chaplain at St.
Joseph’s Nursing Home, Yonkers, 2004, and Schervier
Nursing Care Center, Bronx, 2005-2009, when she retired. She is chaplain at Schervier’s Jansen Hospice and
at the Classic Residence in Yonkers.
Sister Trudé Collins, S.C. formerly Sister Thomas, taught at Ascension School, Manhattan, 1954-1962.
She then moved to St. Athanasius parish in the Bronx,
where she has since lived. She taught at the parish
school, 1962-1967, and served as a community service
worker, 1967-1972. Over the next 32 years, she was administrator of the Simpson Street Development Association (SISDA), a multi-service center. For seven years,
she has directed a community outreach program in the
parish. In 2008, the City of New York named the Sister
Thomas, SC, Apartments, which opened on Southern
Boulevard, for her.
Sister Mary Jane Fitzgibbon, S.C., formerly Sister
Mary Baptista, has been a volunteer ESL teacher with
her congregation’s Project L.I.G.H.T. program, and a
volunteer at two convents since her retirement in 2008.
She had served for four years as administrator of Mount
St. Vincent Convent, the Bronx. She taught at Our Lady
of Angels, 1954-1959, Cardinal Spellman High School,
1962-1966, and St. Raymond Academy, 1970-1976, all the
Bronx; St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School on Staten Island, 1966-1970; and Elizabeth Seton Academy, Yonkers,
1959-1962. She was director of public relations for New
York Foundling, 1976-1989, and director of community
relations for Abbott House, Irvington, 1990-2004.
Sister Winifred Goddard, S.C., formerly Sister Dennis Marian, has been working in pastoral care at Mary
the Queen Convent, Yonkers, since 2004. She taught in
Manhattan at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 1958-1961, and
at Holy Cross Academy, 1961-65. In New Rochelle, she
was assistant principal at Blessed Sacrament/St. Gabriel High School, 1986-1996 and 1997-2001; and campus
minister at St. Gabriel High School, 1977-1979. She was
a department chair and teacher at Cardinal Spellman
High School, 1979-1986, and a teacher at Mount St. Michael Academy, 2001-2004, both the Bronx.
Sister Nora Hearty, S.C., formerly Sister Honoria
Maria, recently retired after volunteering for 11 years in
the finance office of the Sisters of Charity. She taught at
Resurrection, Rye, 1954-1955; St. Raymond’s, 1955-1960,
St. Barnabas, 1964-1965, and Visitation, 1971-1973, all the
Bronx; St. Joseph’s Academy, Manhattan, 1960-1964; Sacred Heart, Staten Island, 1965-1971; and Elizabeth Seton
Academy, Yonkers, 1973-1979. She did office work at Holy
Trinity School, Mamaroneck, 1979-1985; Our Lady of Victory Academy, Dobbs Ferry, 1985-1994; and at the provincial office of the Marist Brothers in Pelham, 1994-2000.
Sister Grace Henke, S.C., formerly Sister Mary
Adrienne, has been in nursing for 54 years. She serves
, on the boards of Lifespire and B.O.L.D. (Bronx Organization for the Learning Disabled), two organizations
that care for the developmentally disabled. She also
serves as a Eucharistic minister and volunteers as an
ESL teacher with her congregation’s Project L.I.G.H.T.
program and at St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Yonkers.
She served at St. Vincent’s Hospital for 47 years (19571998 and 2004-2010) as a nurse, a supervisor, and an
instructor at the St. Vincent’s Hospital School of Nursing. She served as an adjunct professor at the College
of Mount St. Vincent, 1982-2003. She holds a doctorate
from Columbia University and has authored several
medical textbooks.
Sister Mary Adele Henze, S.C., formerly Sister Marie Raymond, volunteers at Holy Name Convent, New
Rochelle, after 51 years as an educator. She taught at St.
Ignatius Loyola, Manhattan, 1955-1957; St. John Evangelist, White Plains, 1957-1965, and at a school in Brooklyn.
She was principal of Holy Trinity, Mamaroneck, 19651971. She was a guidance counselor at four elementary
schools in the Bronx: Nativity of Our Blessed Lady, Visitation and St. Gabriel, 1971-1973, and St. Barnabas, 19801989; and in New Rochelle, at St. Gabriel High School,
1973-1980. She was director of religious education at Immaculate Heart of Mary parish, Scarsdale, 1989-2005.
Sister Marie John Jimenez, S.C., has been volunteering for 10 years—at Mount St. Vincent, the Bronx,
both at the college and the convent there, and at St.
Joseph’s Family Health Center, Yonkers. She taught at
St. Athanasius, 1954-1956, and Cardinal Spellman High
School, 1966-1971, both the Bronx; St. Stephen, 1956-1963,
and Blessed Sacrament, 1963-1965, both Manhattan; and
St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School, Staten Island, 19651966. At the College of Mount St. Vincent, she was an
associate professor of Spanish, 1971-1999; a business
services assistant, 1999-2001; and a volunteer in the facilities management department, 2001-2003.
Sister Kathleen McKiernan, S.C., formerly Sister
Dolores Elizabeth, has volunteered with the elderly
since 2005. In 1957, she became a nurse at St. Vincent’s
Hospital, Manhattan; after two years, she joined the
staff at the School of Nursing where she taught for
three years then served as assistant/associate director,
1962-1968. For the next five years, she was director of
nursing services at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Yonkers. At
the National Association of Practical Nurse Education
and Services, she was director of the department of
education accreditation services, 1973-1983. She was a
supervisor and then branch chief of the Department of
Health and Human Services finance administration section, 1991-1999. At St. Cabrini Nursing Home in Dobbs
Ferry, she was administrative coordinator, 1983-1991,
1999-2001 and 2004-2005.
Sister Helen McTaggart, S.C., formerly Sister Michael Marian, taught for 20 years before earning a law
degree. In the archdiocese, she taught at St. Peter’s,
Staten Island, 1957-1960, and Cardinal Spellman High
School, the Bronx, 1972-1974, and was director of education at St. Agatha’s Home, Nanuet, 1970-1972. After
earning a degree from St. John’s University School of
Law, she practiced for 28 years at city, state and federal
government agencies, and at a private practice where
she specialized in foster care and adoption issues.
She volunteered for many years in her congregation’s
finance office before retiring. She also taught at two
schools in the Bahamas and two more in Brooklyn.
Sister Mary Meyler, S.C., formerly Sister Maria
Philomena, has served as a missionary in Guatemala
for 14 years. She has coordinated alcohol rehabilitation
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programs and directed vocation programs. She taught
in the Bronx at Cardinal Spellman High School, 19611966; the College of Mount St. Vincent, 1966-1967; and
Nativity of Our Blessed Lady, 1971-1981. She also taught
at St. Peter’s, Staten Island, 1954-1957; St. Stephen’s,
Manhattan, 1957-1961; St. John’s High School, White
Plains, 1960-1961; St. Gabriel’s, New Rochelle, 1968-1971;
St. Joseph’s, Florida, 1981-1994; and St. Peter’s, Yonkers,
1994-1995.
Sister Patricia Padden, S.C., formerly Sister Patrick Maureen, taught at St. Ignatius Loyola, Manhattan,
1956-1962; and Visitation, 1972-1976 and 1978-1979, and at
St. Anthony’s, 1976-1978 and then 1979-1981, as assistant
administrator, both in the Bronx. In Yonkers, she taught
at St. Joseph’s, 1962-1971 and 1981-1989, and at St. Mary’s,
1998-2001. She volunteered at St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Yonkers, 1990-2001. She has been a substitute teacher for the archdiocese and worked with the elderly.
Sister Francis Marita Sabara, S.C., taught for five
decades, specializing in sciences—in the Bronx, at St.
Augustine, 1954-1956; at Cardinal Spellman High School,
1967-1987, where she also was band moderator; and with
the New York Foundling GED program, 1998-1999. In
Manhattan, she taught at St. Francis Xavier, 1956-1961;
St. Ignatius Loyola, 1987-1990 and 1999-2003; Cathedral
Prep Seminary, 1990-1992; and Cathedral High School,
1992-1997. She also taught at Elizabeth Seton College,
Yonkers, 1961-1967.
Sister Catherine Sherry, S.C., formerly Sister Marian Gerard, recently retired after serving at St. Vincent’s
Hospital, Manhattan, for 57 years. She began as a lab
technologist at St. Vincent’s in 1954, quickly rose to supervisory positions, and held various director titles at
laboratories for 53 years. Her academic appointments
include associate professor at St. John’s University, 19761995; clinical associate at Pace University, 1986-2010;
advisory commission, medical technician program at
New York City Technical College, City University New
York, 1966-1997; and allied health professional advisory
board at the College of Mount St. Vincent, 2002-2005.
Sister Barbara Srozenski, S.C., formerly Sister Maria Carmel, is the co-director of Sophia Smiles, an educational and spirituality program in Holy Name parish,
New Rochelle. She recently retired from Iona College
in New Rochelle after 18 years with the Religious Studies Department, which she chaired. She also taught in
Yonkers, at Elizabeth Seton/Iona College, 1981-1993,
and at Sacred Heart High School, 1970-1980; in New
Rochelle, at Iona Prep, 1980-1981; in Tuxedo Park, at
the Academy of Mount St. Vincent, 1968-1970; in the
Bronx, at Cardinal Spellman High School, 1962-1968; in
Manhattan, at Blessed Sacrament, 1959-1962 and at St.
Joseph’s, 1954-1955; and in Harrison, at St. Gregory the
Great, 1955-1959.
Sister Elizabeth A. Vermaelen, S.C., formerly Sister Grace Elizabeth, is administrator at St. Patrick Villa
in Nanuet. She had served the congregation as president, 1995-2003, and as a regional coordinator, 1983-1991.
In Manhattan, she taught at St. Francis Xavier, 1954-1961,
and at Cathedral High School, 1963-1965; on Staten Island, at St. Joseph by-the-Sea, 1965-1971. In the Bronx,
she taught at St. Barnabas, 1961-1963, was assistant administrator at Cardinal Spellman High School, 1971-1979,
and director of graduate programs in teacher education
at the College of Mount St. Vincent, 2005-2007. She
was principal/administrator of St. Gabriel High School,
New Rochelle, 1980-1983. She served as assistant to the
president of the Cristo Rey High School in Newark, N.J.,
for three years.
Sister Patricia Regina Walsh, S.C., formerly Sister
Rose Philomena, worked with young children through-
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out her ministry. She began as a group mother at St.
Agatha’s Home, Nanuet, 1954-1962, then worked in child
care at New York Foundling Hospital, Manhattan, 19631969. She then taught at St. Gregory the Great, Harrison. Over the next 28 years, she taught first grade at St.
Mary’s, Wappingers Falls. Between 1999 and 2005, she
volunteered at several convents before her retirement.
Sister Maria Goretti Wieser, S.C., taught at St.
Peter’s School, Staten Island, 1954-1956; St. Agatha’s,
Nanuet, 1956-1964; St. Stephen’s, 1964-1967, St. Emeric’s, 1967-1970, and St. Michael’s Academy, 1971-1976,
all Manhattan. In 1973-1974 she taught in Essen, West
Germany. She taught chemistry, biology and German at
the Academy of Mount St. Vincent, Tuxedo Park, 19701971. She taught biology and German at Cardinal Spellman High School, the Bronx, 1976-1988. At St. Joseph
School for the Deaf, she taught music, 1987-2002, and
then volunteered until 2008, when she retired.
50 Years
Sister Helen F. Connors, S.C., formerly Sister Rose
Angela, has been a nurse for 46 years. At St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Yonkers, she was an EKG technician, staff
nurse and primary/medical surgical nurse from 1965 to
1983. She worked as a community health nurse with the
Dominican Sisters Family Health Services, the Bronx,
1985-1988, and with Cabrini Long Term Health Care
Center, Dobbs Ferry, 1988-2010. For more 30 years, she
has been part of Alien Band, the contemporary church
music group at Visitation Church, the Bronx.
Sister Nora Cunningham, S.C., formerly Sister Rita
Marian, just completed eight years on the congregation’s leadership council. She taught at St. Patrick’s,
Manhattan, 1965-1972, and SS. Peter and Paul, the Bronx,
1972-1974, and then she was a pastoral associate at Our
Lady of Victory parish, Bronx, 1974-1979. She served the
archdiocese as a pastoral minister, developing adult
lay persons in leadership and ministry in three vicariates. She was a founding member of the South Bronx
Pastoral Center, 1978 to 1984. She also co-founded and
co-directed the Center for Renewal and Education
(CORE), whose purpose is faith development, ministry
training and lay leadership for service in rural parishes.
She served CORE in Sullivan County, 1990-1999 and in
Orange County, 1999-2003. She was the congregation’s
candidacy coordinator, 1981-1985, and formation director, 1985-1990.
Sister Jean Flannelly, S.C., formerly Sister Leo
Marie, is the new executive director for mission at the
College of Mount St. Vincent in the Bronx, where she
had been a psychology instructor, 1965-1969. She is also
beginning a community outreach program in Stanfordville. She holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from
Fordham University. She was a psychological therapist
at Misericordia Hospital, the Bronx, 1971-1972. She has
more than 40 years experience in lay ministry and has
served five dioceses in seminary education and formation. She was an adjunct professor at the Fordham
University Graduate School of Religion and Religious
Studies, 2010-2011.
Sister Linda Giuli, S.C., formerly Sister Mary Therese, has been the assistant administrator at Mary the
Queen Convent, Yonkers, since 2009. She taught at St.
Mary’s School, Yonkers, 1970-1977, and at a parochial
school in Queens for five years before changing her ministry from teaching to nursing. She was a family nurse
practitioner with the Westchester Health Department
in New Rochelle, 1979-1981, and a nurse practitioner
at the East Harlem Community Council in Manhattan,
1981-1984. In the Bronx, she worked as a family nurse
practitioner for 17 years at two Montefiore Hospital
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Health Centers. She also was a nurse practitioner at St.
Barnabas Hospital, 2001-2009.
Sister Winifred Mary Lyons, S.C., formerly Sister
Mary Walter, has been volunteering since 2008 as a
pro-life educator, teaching leadership skills to elementary school students. She was assistant superintendent
of schools for pro-life activities in the archdiocese from
1995 to 2008. She served the archdiocesan Department
of Education as assistant for special projects, 19891990 and as pro-life coordinator for schools, 1990-1995.
She taught and was the assistant principal at Sacred
Heart in Dobbs Ferry, 1985-1989, and was principal of St.
Mary’s School, Yonkers, 1982-1985, and Our Lady Star of
the Sea, Staten Island, 1980-1982. She taught at St. Peter’s, Haverstraw, 1978-1980, and St. Patrick’s, Bedford
Village, 1976-1978.
Sister JoAnn Schwarz, S.C., formerly Sister Miriam
Loreto, served the entire 46 years of her education ministry in the Diocese of Brooklyn. Thirty-eight of those
years were spent at Our Lady of the Angelus in Rego
Park, Queens, where she taught for seven years and was
parish coordinator for 31 years. Her influence has been
felt in all areas of the parish, including bereavement
and catechetics.
70 Years
Sister Rosemarie V. Bittermann, S.C.
Sister Margaret Franks, S.C.
Sister Marie Anne La Russo, S.C.
Sister Elizabeth Mary O’Connor, S.C.
65 Years
Sister Loretto Alphonse Clark, S.C.
Sister Anne Miriam Connellan, S.C.
Sister Dorothy B. Emanuel, S.C.
Sister Helen P. Fleming, S.C.
Sister Joan Glowacki, S.C.
Sister Mary Elizabeth Kenny, S.C.
Sister Mary Agnes McKeever, S.C.
Sister Rosemary O’Donnell, S.C.
Sister Regina O’Rourke, S.C.
Sister Margaret Sweeney, S.C.
Sister Miriam Gregory Yochum, S.C.
Sisters of St. Francis of
the Neumann
Communities
50 Years
Sister Eileen Burns, O.S.F., has served as director of
religious education (DRE) and pastoral associate at St.
Joseph of the Holy Family parish, Harlem, since 2010.
This fall, she completed a three-year leadership program sponsored by the Mastery Foundation on creating
peace and reconciliation in the world. She previously
served in the Bronx as DRE at St. Theresa’s, 2009-2010,
and DRE and pastoral associate at St. Margaret Mary,
1998-2005, and as pastoral associate at Nativity, Manhattan, 1991-1998 and 1974-1980. She also served at Ascension, Manhattan, 1984-1991. She taught at LaSalle
Academy, Manhattan, 1980-1984, and at Holy Name of
Jesus, New Rochelle, 1967-1974, where she also served
as DRE.
70 Years
Sister Marie Patrice Murphy, O.S.F.
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Dominican Sisters of Sparkill
50 Years
Sister Judith Brady, O.P., formerly Sister Judith
Mary, has recently served as adjunct professor at Fordham University, the Bronx. She taught in the Archdiocese of New York at St. Agnes School, Sparkill, 19631964; Our Lady of Grace, the Bronx, 1964-1966; Our Lady
of Mount Carmel, Middletown, 1967-1968; Msgr. Scanlan High School, the Bronx, 1968-1977. She was assistant principal at St. Helena’s Commercial High School,
the Bronx, 1978-1992, and served as campus minister at
Mount St. Michael Academy, the Bronx, 1992-1997, and
Sisters of the Presentation
Of the Blessed Virgin
Mary, New Windsor
60 Years
Sister Joan Mary Gleason, P.B.V.M., formerly Sister
Mary Laurentia, taught in St. Frances of Rome School,
Bronx, 1954-1962, and St. Paul’s, Yonkers, 1962-1967. She
was principal of St. Bartholomew’s, Yonkers, 1972-1983,
and was a substitute teacher for the archdiocese in 1997.
She was coordinator of religious education at Immaculate Conception School, Bronx, 1997-1998, and from 1998
to 2007 she was coordinator of religious education in St.
Mary’s parish, Marlboro. Sister Margaret Muller, P.B.V.M., formerly Sister Mary Barnabas, taught at St. Michael’s Elementary
School in Manhattan, 1954-1958, and Holy Rosary, Bronx,
1958-1960. She served in the dioceses of Paterson and
Metuchen in New Jersey in the areas of teaching, catechetics, youth ministry and as a pastoral associate. Sister Patricia Geoghegan, P.B.V.M., formerly Sister Mary Matthias, taught at St. Frances of Rome, Bronx,
1954-1959; SS. John and Mary, Chappaqua, 1959-1964; St.
Jude’s, Bronx, 1964-1967; Our Lady of Solace, Bronx,
1967-1971, and John S. Burke Catholic High School, Goshen, 1971-1979. She served in pastoral care ministry at
Kateri Residence, Manhattan, 1983-2004, and was chaplain at St. Teresa’s Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in
Middletown, 2004-2009.
50 Years Sister Ruth Abrams, P.B.V.M., taught at St. Jude’s
School in Manhattan, 1975–1979 and 1981-1984. She was
reading teacher in Sacred Heart School, Manhattan,
1980-1981, and La Salle Academy, Manhattan, 1984-1985. She taught English in the Title I Program-Non Public
School, 1985-2006. Since 2006 she has been associated
with the New York City Department of Education. Sister Mary Eileen Troy, P.B.V.M., formerly Sister
Mary Declan, taught at St. Jude’s School, Manhattan,
1969-1970; St. Paul’s, Yonkers, 1970-1971; and St. Michael’s
Academy, Manhattan, 1988-1993. She was principal of St.
Mary’s School, Fishkill, 1980-1984, and now teaches at
the Nora Cronin Presentation Academy, Newburgh. She
also taught for many years in schools of the Diocese of
Brooklyn. Sister Sheila Moroney, P.B.V.M., formerly Sister
Mary Jeremiah, taught in St. Jude School, Manhattan,
1965-1970, and in schools of the Diocese of Brooklyn,
1970-1990. She was director of pastoral care at Schervier
Nursing Care Center, the Bronx, 1992-2010. She is now
chaplain at Cabrini of Westchester Nursing Home,
Dobbs Ferry.
teacher, 2001-2002. She was principal of St. Barnabas
High School, the Bronx, 1997-2001.
Sister Mary Margaret Grey, O.P., formerly Sister Marita Frances, is on the staff at Emmaus House in
Ocean Grove, N.J. She taught in the Archdiocese of New
York at St. Agnes School, Sparkill, 1963-1965; St. Anthony’s School, Nanuet, 1965-1966; and St. Pius X School,
the Bronx, 1966-1972. She also served as principal and
assistant principal at St. Helena’s School, the Bronx,
1972-1978. In New Jersey, she served as principal of a
school in Little Ferry and taught at two other schools.
Sister Rose E. Pfannebecker, O.P., serves as housing specialist at Queen of Peace Center in St. Louis, Mo.
She served in the Archdiocese of New York as a group
mother at St. Agnes Home, Sparkill, 1963-1966; a teacher
in St. Anthony’s School, Yonkers, 1966-1967, and Albertus
Magnus High School, Bardonia, 1978-1984. She served at
New Hope Manor, Barryville, 1985-1986.
Sister Ann Gregory, O.P., currently serves as director of an after-school program at a family center in
East St. Louis, Ill. She taught in the Archdiocese of New
York at St. Agnes School, Sparkill, 1963-1965; St. Martin
of Tours, the Bronx, 1965-1966; St. Vito’s, Mamaroneck,
1966-1968, and St. James, Carmel, 1968-1969. She also
served in the Archdiocese of St. Louis as a principal of
two schools and teacher at a third.
Sister Margaret McGirl, O.P., formerly Sister John
Catherine, is a staff member at Encore Community Services in Manhattan, serving the senior citizens there
in many capacities. She taught at St. Anthony’s School,
Nanuet, 1964-1966; St. Christopher’s, Red Hook, 19661968; and at a school in Queens. From 1974 to 1991, she
was a supervisor at Dominican Convent School in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, and served as a pastoral minister in
Loreto, Pakistan.
Sister Nora Doody, O.P., formerly Sister Noreen
Patrick, teaches at Holy Trinity High School in Hicksville. From 1963 to 1965, she did child care work at St.
Agnes Home, Sparkill. She taught at St. Helena Elementary School, the Bronx, 1965-1966, and Rosary Academy,
Sparkill, 1969-1977, and at a school in Queens.
Sister Kathleen O’Connor, O.P., formerly Sister
Catherine Peter, now serves in the attendance office at
Aquinas High School, the Bronx. She taught at St. Anthony’s School, Nanuet, 1964-1965; St. Theresa’s, the
Bronx, 1965-1966; Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middletown, 1968-1970; St. Helena Elementary School, the
Bronx, 1970-1980; and St. John Chrysostom School, the
Bronx, 1980-1988. She also taught at two schools in St.
Louis, Mo. From 1989 to 1991 she was a nursing assistant
at St. Clare’s Hospital, Manhattan.
Sister Eileen Sullivan, O.P., formerly Sister Hel-
en Timothy, is a staff nurse at Siena Hall Infirmary in
Sparkill. She was a day care worker at St. Ignatius Day
Nursery in Manhattan, 1965-1966. From 1966 to 1978 she
was the nurse at Cardinal McCloskey Home in White
Plains.
Sister Eileen Cunningham, O.P., formerly Sister
Theresa Patrick, is an instructional facilitator at Viola Elementary School in Suffern and held the same position at
another school in Suffern, 2005-2007. She was a professor
at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, 1971-2005, and
served there earlier as a library assistant. She taught at St.
John Chrysostom School, the Bronx, 1965-1966, and Most
Precious Blood in Walden, 1966-1971.
Sister Mary Jo Heman, O.P., formerly Sister Claude
Joseph, is coordinator of Loretto Center in St. Louis, Mo.
In the Archdiocese of New York, she was a member of
the executive team of the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill,
2004-2006, and she taught at St. Agnes School, Sparkill,
1964-1965, and St. Helena’s Elementary School, the
Bronx, 1965-1966. She also taught at a school in Queens.
In the Archdiocese of St. Louis, she was president of the
Archdiocesan Council of Women Religious; a teacher at
three schools; a staff member of the Institute for Peace/
Justice; a staff member in criminal justice ministry; and
coordinator of the Center for Women in Transition.
Sister Patricia Broderick, O.P., formerly Sister Mary
Sean, recently retired after serving from 1980 until this
year as a special education teacher at Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy in the Bronx. She also taught at St. Agnes School, Sparkill, 1963-1965; St. Paul’s, Valley Cottage,
1965-1967; St. Martin of Tours, the Bronx, 1970-1971; St.
Anthony’s, the Bronx, 1971-1975; and as a special education teacher at St. Dominic’s School, Blauvelt, 1977-1979.
She also taught at a Catholic school in Queens and at a
public school in Sparkill.
Sister Catherine McKillop, O.P., formerly Sister
Catherine George, serves as administrator of St. Joseph
Villa in Saugerties. She taught in the Archdiocese of
New York at St. Agnes School, Sparkill, 1963-1965; Sacred Heart, Suffern, 1965-1966, and Most Precious Blood,
Walden, 1966-1969. She also taught at St. Madeline Sophie in Schenectady, 1969-1978, and Holy Trinity School
High School, Hicksville, 1978-1998.
Sister Catherine Rose Quigley, O.P., is principal at
Aquinas High School, the Bronx, where she was assistant
principal, 1994-2001. She taught at St. John Chrysostom,
the Bronx, 1965-1966, and Thorpe Secretarial School,
Manhattan, 1966-1968. She was teacher and assistant
principal at St. Helena’s Commercial High School, the
Bronx, 1968-1984. From 1984 to 1992 she served on the
executive team of the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill. She
was librarian at St. Elizabeth’s, Manhattan, 1992-1994.
Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement-Graymoor
75 Years
Sister Mary Felix McKenna, S.A., was born in
Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, Ireland. In the archdiocese, she served at Graymoor in Garrison in the
1960s and St. Cecilia’s parish in East Harlem in the
1970s. In later years, she returned to Graymoor, where
she devoted many years to visiting the sick at Hudson
Valley Medical Center in Cortlandt Manor and at nursing homes and senior care facilities in the area. Sister Malachy O’Brien, S.A., was born in Killargue, County Leitrim, Ireland. She served in Ireland,
Italy and Canada, and in Massachusetts, Oregon and
Washington, D.C. In the 1970s, she was motherhouse
superior at Graymoor. She returned to New York in the
1990s and became involved at the Lurana Adult Day
Care Center at Graymoor.
Sister Helen Ohlig, S.A., was born in Pilot Point
and grew up in Hereford, both Texas. Her years of active ministry were spent in Canada, and in Washington,
D.C., Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, California
and New York. In Manhattan, she ministered at Our
Lady of Peace parish in the 1940s and at St. Cecilia’s
parish in the 1950s. In later years, she produced many
beautiful pieces of needlepoint, which were sold at
the sisters’ gift shop at Graymoor and at their annual
Christmas fair.
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Brothers of the Christian Schools
80 Years
Brother Augustine Loes, F.S.C., has
been retired since 2008 and is in residence at De La Salle, Lincroft, N.J. He
served in the archdiocese at Resurrection School, Harlem, 2004-2005; Lincoln
Hall, Lincolndale, 1956-1963; at the Juniorate in Barrytown, 1937-1946 and 19471950, and at the La Salle Provincialte in
Manhattan, 1966-1972. He also served at
the motherhouse in Rome, Italy, 19461947, and in New Jersey, Washington,
D.C., and upstate New York.
60 Years
Brother Austin Bernabei, F.S.C.,
has been retired since 2007 and is in
residence at Manhattan College, the
Bronx. He previously served at Manhattan in 2004-2005, 1989-1991 and 19561987. He was assigned to the Christian
Brothers Center in the Bronx, 1995-1996.
He also served at Bethlehem University
in the Holy Land and in Kenya, the West
Indies and El Paso, Texas.
Brother James Loxham, F.S.C., has
been a volunteer at Martin De Porres Schools in Queens since 2006. He
taught in the archdiocese at Manhattan
College, the Bronx, 1994-2000; St. Joseph Normal School, Barrytown, 19561963; and Sacred Heart School, Bronx,
1955-1956. He also served in Brooklyn
and Queens, and in Rhode Island.
Brother Edward Martin, F.S.C., has
done volunteer work at De La Salle Hall
in Lincroft, N.J., since 2007. He served
in the archdiocese at La Salle Academy,
Manhattan, 1977-1990; St. John’s School,
the Bronx, 1962-1963; St. Jerome’s
School, the Bronx, 1960-1962; and Good
Shepherd School, Manhattan, 1955-1969.
He also served in Buffalo.
Brother Richard Leo McAlice,
F.S.C., has been religion/campus ministries supervisor at La Salle School in
Albany since 1981. He previously served
at Lincoln Hall, Lincolndale, 1956-1981,
and Incarnation School, Manhattan,
1954-1956.
50 Years
Brother Michael Finnegan, F.S.C.,
has been community director at De La
Salle Hall, Lincroft, N.J., since 2005. He
served in the archdiocese at Good Shepherd School, Manhattan, 1984-1985; Sacred Heart School, Yonkers, 1981-1984;
Marist Brothers
Lincoln Hall, Lincolndale, 1979-1981; and
St. Thomas the Apostle School, Manhattan, 1965-1966. He also served in Albany.
Brother Michael Reis, F.S.C., has
been chief executive officer of Tides
Family Service in West Warwick, R.I.,
since 1983. He served in the archdiocese
at Lincoln Hall, Lincolndale, 1967-1974,
and also served at Bishop Loughlin High
School in Brooklyn, 1965-1967.
25 Years
Brother Richard Galvin, F.S.C.,
campus minister at St. Raymond’s High
School for Boys, the Bronx, since 2005.
He also served in the archdiocese at
Resurrection School, 1995-2003, and La
Salle Academy, 1991-1995, both in Manhattan. He served in the Brothers’ New
York District offices, based in Lincroft,
N.J., 2003-2005; he also served in upstate
New York and in Michigan.
70 Years
Brother Edmund Dwyer, F.S.C.
Brother Antony O’Connor, F.S.C.
Brother Herman Paul, F.S.C.
Brother James Perry, F.S.C.
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement-Graymoor
60 Years
Father David Doerner, S.A., a native
of Brooklyn, was ordained in 1960. He
then served in Japan as a pastor and as
a professor at Sophia University, Tokyo,
until 1977. Later, he served as a hospital
chaplain and became active in ecumenical activities and parish work in the Los
Angeles area until 2007. He now resides
at the Sisters of Mercy McAuley Center
in Rochester.
Father Daniel O’Shea, S.A., a native
of Brooklyn, has served at a chapel in
Brockton, Mass., since 2009. He earlier
had served at Our Lady of the Rosary
parish, Yonkers, after having served as
pastor of a parish in Virginia. He was
twice elected, in 1999 and 2004, to serve
as the friars’ vicar general. He also has
twice served as local superior in Rome
as well as the friars’ representative to
the Vatican, the second time beginning
in 2000. Following his ordination in 1964,
he served five years as the vice rector of
St. John’s Atonement Seminary in Montour Falls.
Father William (Reinhold) Schmidt,
S.A., who retired last year, served as the
founding pastor of Atonement parishes
in Sterling, Va., and Apex, N.C. He also
served on the friars’ general council,
and earlier was guardian at Graymoor in
Garrison. A native of McKeesport, Pa.,
he was ordained in 1959 and assigned to
St. John’s Seminary, Montour Falls, until 1963, when returned to Graymoor to
serve in formation. He also did formation work at a friary in Rhode Island and
Atonement Seminary in Washington,
D.C. In 1999, he returned to serve at the
parish in Virginia, where he still resides.
50 Years
Father Dennis Polanco, S.A., a native of Baltimore, has served since 2009
as director of vocations, director of candidates and as a member of the formation team. He has served three terms on
the society’s general council. He served
for a decade as a pastor in Richmond,
British Columbia, and also served at parishes in California, Oklahoma and Virginia. He was guardian and director of
studies at Atonement Seminary in Washington, D.C., and ecumenical officer of
the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. He
was ordained in 1974 and served as director of vocations at Graymoor in Garrison
from 1981 to 1986.
Father Joseph Scerbo, S.A., now
serves at a parish in Thousand Oaks,
Calif. From 1981 to 1986 he was program
director and a staff member at Graymoor
Spiritual Life Center in Garrison. Since
then, he has served in various ministries
in the Los Angeles area. A native of upstate Hoosick Falls, he was ordained in
1970.
Father Robert Warren, S.A., has
served as the friars’ associate director
of development since 1995. In 1989, he
established “Do Not Fear to Hope” at
Graymoor, the first support group in that
area for people with HIV/AIDS and their
loves ones, and continues to be involved
with the group. Earlier, he had worked in
the vocation department at Graymoor. A
native of London, England, he served at
a Catholic library there and at a parish in
Nova Scotia after entering the friars. He
was ordained in 1981 and then served at a
parish in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Missionaries of the
Precious Blood
40 Years
Father Ralph Verdi, C.PP.S.
80 Years
Brother Valerian Doiron, F.M.S.,
who was born in Quebec, Canada,
taught at St. Ann’s Academy and St. Agnes Boys’ High School, both in Manhattan; and at Cardinal Hayes High School
and Mount St. Michael Academy, both
in the Bronx. He resides at the Marist
Brothers Champagnat Community at
Mount St. Michael Academy, Bronx.
60 Years
Brother Vincent Xavier, F.M.S.,
a native of New York City, taught
at Mount St. Michael Academy, the
Bronx; Marist Preparatory Academy,
Cold Spring; and at a high school in
Lawrence, Mass. He also served as assistant maintenance director at Marist
College, Poughkeepsie. He resides at
the Marist Brothers Champagnat Hall
Community, the Bronx.
50 Years
Brother Donald Kelly, F.M.S., is an
assistant professor of mathematics at
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, where
he has taught since 1984. A native of
New York City, he has also taught at
Christ the King High School, Middle
Village, Queens, and at schools in Chicago and Opa Locka, Fla.
Brother James McKnight, F.M.S.,
a native of New York City, served for
many years as a teacher, director, vice
president and president at Marist high
schools and colleges in the Philippines.
Beginning in 1984, he served four years
as provincial of the Marist Province
of the Philippines. He then taught and
was principal of John A Coleman High
School, Kingston. He also taught at
Marist schools in Florida and Illinois.
He is Marist Missions coordinator and
provincial liaison for senior brothers.
He resides with the Marist community
in Pelham.
70 Years
Brother Alphonse Matuga, F.M.S.
Brother Godfrey Robertson, F.M.S.
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Salesians of Don Bosco, New Rochelle
75 YEARS
Father Robert Savage, S.D.B., who is marking 75
years of religious profession, did parish work at Holy
Rosary, Port Chester, 1978-1980, and in Alabama, and retreat work in Massachusetts. He taught at Salesian High
School, New Rochelle, 1939-1940; at St. Michael’s School,
Goshen, 1940-1942 and 1957-1961, where he was prefect
of studies; and in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Louisiana. He lives at Jeanne Jugan Home in the Bronx.
60 YEARS
Father Frank Wolfram, S.D.B., who is marking 60
years of religious profession, preached adult retreats at
Don Bosco Retreat Center, Stony Point, 1997-2004. He
is secretary of the New Rochelle Province and was provincial superintendent of schools, 1979-1985. At Salesian
High School, New Rochelle, he was a teacher, 1954-1956
and 1962-1964; principal, 1966-1973; and director, 19781980.
Brother Andrew LaCombe, S.D.B., is marking 60
years of religious profession. He is an architect, who has
worked on buildings for the Salesians and the Salesian
Sisters from Massachusetts to Florida and has consulted
on projects elsewhere in the world. He designed the
chapel at the Marian Shrine in Stony Point.
50 YEARS
Father Dominic DeBlase, S.D.B., marking 50 years
as a priest, serves at the Marian Shrine in Stony Point.
He was provincial, 1979-1985, and director of Don Bosco
Juniorate in Haverstraw. He directed mission work in Sierra Leone; did parish work in Washington, D.C.; taught
at Don Bosco College and served at schools in Louisi-
ana, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Florida.
Father Thomas A. Dunne, S.D.B., marking 50 years
of religious profession, has been provincial of the New
Rochelle Province since 2009. He was supervisor of
youth ministry for the province, 1975-1991, and director
of youth ministry for the Archdiocese of Boston, 19912006. He served on the provincial council.
25 YEARS
Father Vincent Paczkowski, S.D.B., who is marking 25 years as a priest, has been parochial vicar and
youth minister at Corpus Christi parish, Port Chester,
since 2007. He served in the same posts at Mary Help of
Christians, Manhattan; St. Thomas the Apostle, Harlem;
and in New Jersey. He was on the retreat team at Don
Bosco Retreat Center, Stony Point.
70 YEARS (RELIGIOUS PROFESSION)
Father Philip Pascucci, S.D.B.
40 YEARS (RELIGIOUS PROFESSION)
Father Mark Hyde, S.D.B
Father James McKenna, S.D.B.
Father Stephen Schenck, S.D.B.
THE JUBILARIANS INCLUDE SALESIANS
SERVING IN OTHER DIOCESES:
60 Years, Ordination; 70 Years, Religious Profession:
Father James Curran, S.D.B., and Father Eugene Palumbo,
S.D.B.
50 Years, Ordination, 60 Years, Religious Profession:
Father Louis Aineto, S.D.B.
40 Years, Ordination, 50 Years, Religious Profession:
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50 YEARS
Father Michael Carnevale, O.F.M., has served
since 2007 as director of the St. Francis Breadline at St.
Francis of Assisi Church, Manhattan. A native of Hoboken, N.J., he is marking 50 years as a Franciscan friar.
He previously served as pastor and parochial vicar at
St. Mary’s parish in Pompton Plains, N.J. He has also
served at St. Stephen of Hungary, Manhattan, and at
St. Anthony Shrine, Boston, and Holy Angels Church,
Little Falls, N.J.