Sister Anne Brendan Delaney, C.S.J.
Sister Anne Brendan Delaney, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 72 years, died March 11. She entered the congregation from Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park. She...
View ArticleSister Anne Josephine Brennan, C.S.J.
Sister Anne Sister Anne Josephine Brennan, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 61 years, died Feb. 20. She entered the congregation from St. Joan of Arc, Jackson...
View ArticleTablet TALK: Bridges of Support for Life
The Bridge to Life, a Queens-based nonprofit dedicated to helping women choose life for their babies, marked its 23rd anniversary with a dinner at Leonard’s of Great Neck, L.I., last month. The...
View ArticleSister Mary Theresa McGarrity, C.S.J.
Sister M. Theresa Sister Mary Theresa McGarrity, C.S.J., a member of the Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for nearly 75 years, died in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, May 18. She entered the...
View ArticleTablet TALK: Red Nose Day at Jamaica School
Immaculate Conception School in Jamaica was happy to be part of the nation’s first Red Nose Day, May 21. Students and faculty bought red noses and paid $1 to dress down in red. In all, the school...
View ArticleTablet TALK: Zumba for Life in Queens Village
This spring, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Academy, Queens Village, raised over $3,700 for the American Cancer Society by hosting a Zumba Relay for Life fundraiser. Directed by seventh-grade teacher...
View ArticleSpecial Needs Program Celebrates Graduation
Students, parents and teachers were filled with joy as 10 students graduated from Catherine Laboure Special Education Program at a graduation ceremony June 18 at St. Frances Cabrini Church,...
View ArticleTablet TALK: Camping Trip for Gravesend Scouts
Far from their Gravesend neighborhood, Our Lady of Grace Boy Scout Troop No. 376 enjoyed a weekend camping trip at Ten Mile River Scout Camps, owned and operated by the Greater New York Councils of...
View ArticleSisters Continue to Plant Seeds of Hope
When Pope Francis published his encyclical Laudato Si’, about caring for all of God’s creation, members of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, were ecstatic. The pope’s words reinforced something...
View ArticleSisters’ Garden Project Fulfills Papal Theme
Sisters Mary Lou Buser, C.S.J., and Heather Ganz, C.S.J., are the keepers of the Sisters of St. Joseph’s Organic Garden program at their motherhouse in Brentwood, L.I. The sisters grow vegetables,...
View ArticleSister Kathryn Slevin, C.S.J.
Sister Kathryn Sister Kathryn Slevin, C.S.J., formerly Sister Agnes Patricia, died June 26, in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, L.I. A member of the congregation for 56 years, she entered in 1960...
View ArticleTablet TALK: Go Team Mercy Home!
This week’s Tip of the Tablet TALK Top Hat goes to Frank Fellone III and Tessa Grant, both members of the Young Professionals Organization at Mercy Home, a ministry of the Sisters of Mercy that serves...
View ArticleSister Julia Veronica Hannon, C.S.J.
Sister Julia Sister Julia Veronica Hannon, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 66 years, died Oct. 5 in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood. She entered the congregation in 1950 from the...
View ArticleSister Alice Haigney, C.S.J.
Sister Alice Sister Alice Haigney, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 83 years, died Sept. 11 in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood. She entered the congregation in 1933 from St....
View ArticleSister Vincent Louise Tesoriero, C.S.J.
Sister Vincent Louise Sister Vincent Louise Tesoriero, C.S.J., 96, a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 73 years, died Sept. 29, in Sacred Heart Convent, Hempstead, L.I. She entered the...
View ArticleLocal Religious Remember Their Roots in the Diocese
Representatives from the seven religious communities who, for nearly 200 years, have served the people of Brooklyn and Queens, were presented customized candles during a Mass celebrating their orders....
View ArticleSister Ann Maureen Oakman, C.S.J.
Sister Ann Maureen Sister Ann Maureen Oakman, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 76 years, died Nov. 11. She entered the congregation in 1940 from St. Agnes, Cobble Hill. She earned...
View ArticleObituary: Sister Rosemary Anne Wood, C.S.J.
Sister Rosemary Anne Wood, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 74 years, died in St. Joseph Convent on Dec. 10. Sister Rosemary She entered the congregation from St....
View ArticleObituary: Sister Anne Michel Pavell, C.S.J.
Sister Anne Michel Pavell, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 65 years, died Jan. 5, in St. Joseph Convent, Brentwood. Sister Anne Michel She entered the congregation in 1951 from Our...
View ArticleFond Memories of Nun
Dear Editor: I have fond memories of Sister Anne Michel Pavell, C.S.J., (Obituaries, Jan. 16) from St. Augustine parish in the early 1960s. I will always remember her as a vibrant young woman devoted...
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