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DAVID KWIECINSKI The World Day of Consecrated Life was observed Feb. 3 at Cabrini House of Formation and Discernment in West Park with a festive gathering of 37 religious men and women from a dozen communities in Ulster and Dutchess counties as well as a diocesan priest living the Benedictine Rule and four Anglican brothers. A sung Mass was offered with fi ve priest- concelebrants. A shared meal of good food and fellowship capped the celebration hosted by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

TRIBUTES TO THE JUBILARIANS BEGIN ON THE NEXT PAGE 16 catholic new york • Honoring Our Jubilarians February 19, 2015 Honoring Our Jubilarians The jubilarians whose anniversaries of vowed religious life are marked on the following pages are members of two dozen religious communities serving in this archdiocese and beyond. In sharing details of their assignments over the decades, we hope the cumulative effect recognizes both their loving service and the faith in the Lord that inspires it.

WOMEN RELIGIOUS nia and . She cared for ill and tion services at Maryknoll Sisters tor and health worker in . with orphans there. She is a native elderly sisters at Maryknoll Sisters Center, Ossining. She works with Sister Connie Krautkremer, of the . Maryknoll Sisters Center. immigrants at the Religious of the M.M., who has served in Sister Euphrasia Nyaki, M.M., is 75 Years Sister Elizabeth Burns, M.M., Sacred Heart of Mary Life Center for most of her life as a missioner, coordinator of the Afya Holistic Sister Alice Regina McGinn, is a medical missioner who pro- at St. Ann’s , Ossining. She equips women with skills, aware- Health Center, Joao Pessoa, , M.M., served as a principal, teacher vided health care in the United serves as a social worker at other ness and empowerment. She is a where she works in trauma heal- and catechist in and Peru. She States and Korea. She received the Westchester County locations. past member of the Maryknoll Sis- ing with individuals and groups. A was involved in pastoral ministry at “Distinguished Managerial Service ters’ Leadership Team and director graduate of Teachers Training Col- Assumption of the Blessed Award” from Connecticut in 1987. 50 Years of the Maryknoll Mission Institute. lege, Chang’ombe, Tanzania, she has Mary and other parishes in Provi- A native of Hartford, Conn., she Sister Rosalinda Barrozo, M.M., Sister Nora Malauwin, M.M., worked at Newburgh Ministry. dence, R.I., where she was born. resides at the Sisters Center. is assistant spiritual director of the was a religious educator in Indone- Sister Delia Smith, M.M., is dedi- Sister Mary Naab, M.M., a social Sister Anne Callahan, M.M., a Filipino Catholic Club at a parish in sia and did pastoral ministry in East cated to the care of HIV patients and worker, served most of her time in native of Lowell, Mass., served two Kailua, Hawaii, and is a lector and Timor. She was creative productions their families. She served them in the Pacific. She served in manage- terms as treasurer of the congrega- Eucharistic minister there. She pre- writer for the congregation. She is a Newburgh and in . In Gua- ment with Catholic Social Services tion. She has served as educator and viously worked in pastoral ministry native of the Philippines. temala she co-founded and directs in Hawaii and California, and helped principal in Hawaii, and was a pasto- in the Philippines. She worked with Sister Amelia Omaña, M.M., Proyecto Vida and St. Mary’s HIV to establish a CSS program in ral worker in and Guatemala. immigrants in Hawaii for 40 years. served mostly in her native Philip- Hospice Center in Coatapeque. She American . She was born in She now resides in . Sister Imelda Bautista, M.M., pines with the Maryknoll Sisters is a native of Lancashire, England. Passaic, N.J. Sister Marlene Condon, M.M., is served since 1970 in Tanzania teach- there. She has worked in finance, Sister Vivian Votruba, M.M., is a a medical missioner who served at ing at the university level. In post- pastoral ministry, school and office 70 Years medical doctor who spent most of Queen of the World Hospital, Kansas apartheid Namibia, she helped to administration, and with the congre- Sister Mary Aulson, M.M. her religious life in Bolivia and Peru. City, Mo., and in and Guate- improve the quality of education and gation’s Donor Services Department. Sister Camille Marie Black, M.M. She also served in a hospital on a mala. She is director of St. Mary’s the integration process in Catholic Sister Patricia Ryan, M.M., a Sister Louise Bullis, M.M. Navajo reservation in New Mexico Hospice in Pajapita, Guatemala. schools under the local bishops’ native of Levittown, has served the Sister Cecile Therese Burton, M.M. and gave public health service at St. Sister Kathleen Kelly, M.M., conference. She served on her con- Peruvian people since 1971. During Sister Maria Rosario Daley, M.M. Catherine’s Mission in Minnesota. most recently served at Mujeres gregation’s central governing board her 44 years in the South American Sister Marie Noel Devine, M.M. The native of Minnesota resides at Latinas en Acción, a bilingual social and as congregational treasurer. country, she became an advocate Sister Doretta Leonard, M.M. the Sisters’ Center in Ossining. service agency in . She Sister Bibiana Bunuan, M.M., and defender of human and envi- Sister Marie Morgan, M.M. served at the Institute of Human who serves in Tanzania, educates ronmental rights, especially of the Sister Joan Ratermann, M.M. 60 Years Promotion working for human rights people about human trafficking. She Aymara and Quechua people of the Sister M. Katherine Razwad, M.M. Sister Theresa Baldini, M.M., a and the welfare of families in Nica- has initiated community health care Altiplano, among whom she lives. Sister Maria Rieckelman, M.M. native of , has been part of ragua. She also taught commercial and women’s development pro- Sister Lucia Yu, M.M., is a physi- Sister Gloria Ryan, M.M. the congregation’s contemplative subjects in . grams in Tanzania and Namibia. She cian who has treated the sick and Sister Kathryn Shannon, M.M. community in Ossining since 1963. Sister Vera Krass, M.M., has is a native of the Philippines. infirm in Tanzania, Kenya, her native In addition, she was responsible for served in the , Tanza- Sister Susan Glass, M.M., spent Korea and the Maryknoll Sisters Carmelite Sisters for the Aged founding such communities among nia and Kenya. She has worked with years doing pastoral work in Hong Center. A convert to Catholicism and Infirm the Navajo people in New Mexico senior citizens in California, with the Kong and Macau, particularly in from Buddhism, her work has 60 Years and in Sudan. homeless in Hawaii and teaching youth ministry. She earlier taught earned her many awards, including Sister M. Helena Therese of Sister Mary Edna Brophy, M.M., high school students in East . fifth grade, served as an art coor- the Korean Medical Association’s St. Joseph Horan, O. Carm., has a medical missioner, spent most of Sister Josephine Lucker, M.M., dinator and worked in the Depart- Medical Service Award in 2005. provided pastoral care at Mary Man- her 60 years in , where spent much of her missionary life ment of Religious Education in the ning Walsh Home, , since she trained others in and in Africa as a teacher and head- Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii. 25 Years 2005. She was a nurse at two other was an administrator at hospitals mistress at schools in Tanzania. Sister Shirley King, M.M., a na- Sister Margaret Lacson, M.M., nursing homes, Ferncliff Residence, and clinics. She also provided health She provided catechetical training tive of Greensburg, Pa., serves as has worked for the empowerment Rhinebeck, 1967-1980, and Carmel care to the elderly and infirm of her throughout East Africa and worked congregational photographer for the of women wherever she has served. Richmond, Staten Island, 1981-1983. own congregation in Ossining. with in and El Maryknoll Sisters. She recently trav- She is co-founder of the Kalakasan She was born in Ireland. Sister Joyce Burch, M.M., a med- Salvador. eled to to photograph the sis- Migrant Women Empowerment Sister M. Kevin Patricia of St. Jo- ical technician and nurse, served at Sister Suzanne Moore, M.M., ters at work. She worked in health Center, Kanagawa, . She has seph O’Brien, O. Carm., has served Queen of the World Hospital, Kansas a social worker for more than education and catechetical work in worked at women’s shelters in Ka- in the medical records department City, Mo. She then served in Tanza- 50 years, coordinates immigra- Bolivia, and as a parish administra- makura, Kyoto and Yokohama, and at Mary Manning Walsh Home since February 19, 2015 CATHOLIC NEW YORK • HONORING OUR JUBILARIANS 17

2001, and also served at the nursing Women Religious. She was originally Sister Bette Ann Jaster, O.P., is Sister Mary Aquin McDonald, O.P. Dominic’s Home, 1969-1978. The home, 1960-1968 and 1958. She a Newburgh Dominican. involved in environmental sustain- Sister Anne Francis McNally, O.P. Bronx native also taught in Rhode served at St. Patrick’s Home, the Sister Jean Meyer, O.P., started ability. A registered nurse, she did Sister Jean Lawrence Strack, O.P. Island and served on Long Island. Bronx, in the early 1970s. The New teaching at St. Patrick’s School, nursing in Harlem and Hampton York City native has served in nurs- Newburgh, in 1955. After teaching in Bays. She was co-founder of Har- Dominican Sisters of Our Lady 60 YEARS ing and administrative positions at New Jersey and Florida, she served lem’s Resurrection House Fam- of the Springs, Bridgeport, Conn. Sister Evelyn Cirvello, O.P., other nursing homes. as the archivist for the Dominican ily Service Center; a community 50 YEARS formerly known as Sister Stella, Sisters of Hope. She keeps active organizer at Newburgh Ministry; and Sister Martha Kunesh, O.P., who is librarian and tutor at Christ the Dominican Sisters of Hope by composing and printing Mass co-founder of EarthLinks in Denver, is assistant principal of St. Vincent King School, . She was a 60 YEARS booklets used by the congrega- Colo. For her religious community, Ferrer High School, Manhattan, was pastoral associate in the Bronx at Sister Joann Boneski, O.P., tion. She was originally a Newburgh she directed communications, voca- born in Columbus, Ohio, where she St. Lucy’s parish, 2000-2009; Holy taught at School, New Dominican. tions and formation and served in was educated by the Dominican , 1988-1995; and Our Lady Rochelle, and was principal at Sister Catherine Ortiz, O.P., congregational leadership. She was Sisters and entered religious life of the Assumption, 1979-1981. She Guardian Angel School, Manhattan, brings Communion to the home- initially a Dominican Sister of the after high school. She taught math served at St. Dominic’s Home, 1975- for 20 years. She was a consultant bound and the sick in her native Sick Poor. at high schools in Steubenville and 1987. She taught at St. Anselm’s, the to the Archdiocesan Department of . She taught, served as a Sister Lucy Povilonis, O.P., Columbus, Ohio, and West Hartford, Bronx, 1959-1965 and 1972-1975; St. Education. She serves on the board principal and religious education co- taught at Christ the King School, Conn., serving as an administrator Peter’s, Liberty, 1963-1967; and St. of trustees of Mount St. Mary Col- ordinator in Puerto Rico since 1961. Yonkers; SS. John and Paul, Larch- at the latter two. She was director Benedict’s, the Bronx, 1967-1972. lege in Newburgh and was on the She began her ministry at St. Joseph mont, and St. Joseph’s, New Wind- of candidates for her congregation. Sister Mechtilde Doherty, O.P., board of trustees for the National Day Nursery, Manhattan. She was sor. She was principal of St. Joseph’s She served for 20 years as principal who retired last year, continues Catholic Development Conference. originally a Newburgh Dominican. School and St. John’s, Goshen, and of , Manhattan, as housekeeping supervisor at St. She was originally a Newburgh Sister Dawn Redmond, O.P., she served on the staff of the House as it twice earned the U.S. Depart- Dominic’s Convent, Blauvelt. The Dominican. taught at SS. John and Paul School, of , Newburgh. She was ini- ment of Education’s Blue Ribbon of Bronx native taught at SS. Philip and Sister Noreen Conheeney, O.P., Larchmont, and did volunteer work tially a Newburgh Dominican. Excellence. In 2009, she made vows James School, the Bronx, for most of taught at elementary schools in New as a teacher at San Miguel Academy, Sister Maureen Sullivan, O.P., in a new Dominican community, Our her career, 1972-2014. She taught at Jersey and was director of religious Newburgh. She was initially a New- has been an associate professor of Lady of the Springs. Our Saviour, the Bronx, 1969-1972, education at a parish in Toms River, burgh Dominican. theology at St. Anselm College in and St. Catharine’s, Blauvelt, 1960- N.J. She also was a special educa- Sister Mary Anthony Schmit- Manchester, N.H., since 1989. She Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt 1969. tion teacher in New Jersey. She was tauer, O.P., taught throughout New taught at Nativity School, the Bronx; 75 YEARS Sister Julia O’Brien, O.P., who is originally a Newburgh Dominican. Jersey and served as the coordinator Bishop Dunn Memorial School, Sister Jean Beagan, O.P., who is retired, provides support services at Sister Helen Demboski, O.P., of religious education and parish Newburgh; and Holy Family School, retired, provides support services at St. Dominic’s Convent. She served resides in Mount Vernon. She was manager for St. Joseph’s in Toms New Rochelle. She was academic St. Dominic’s Convent, Blauvelt. She her community as infi rmary ad- an adjunct professor at Dutchess River N.J. She was originally a New- dean for freshmen at Fordham Uni- was co-director of the Dominican ministrator, 1998-2001, leadership Community College and Redemptor- burgh Dominican. versity’s Rose Hill Campus. She was Refl ection Center, Ossining, 1978- councilor, 1993-1998, and moth- ist Fathers Seminary. She worked in Sister Anne Joachim Vari, O.P., initially a Newburgh Dominican. 1986. In the Bronx, she taught and erhouse administrator, 1988-1993. adult faith formation and lay leader- taught and served as a principal at was a guidance counselor at St. Pius She worked at St. Dominic’s Home ship in the archdioceses of New York schools in New Jersey. She retired 70 YEARS V High School, 1958-1969; taught as cottage mother, 1969-1975. She and and the dioceses in 2007 and lives at the Wartburg, Sister Sylvia Bielen, O.P. at St. Mary’s School, 1955-1958; St. was campus minister at Dominican of Paterson and Camden, both in Mount Vernon. She was initially a Sister Frances Irene Fair, O.P. Mary Star of the Sea, City Island, College, Orangeburg, 1986-1988. New Jersey. She was an associate Newburgh Dominican. Sister Lorraine Gallagher, O.P. the Bronx; and was education and She taught in the Bronx at St. Pius director at the Leadership Council of 50 YEARS Sister Gertrude Gaudette, O.P. health coordinator therapist at St. CONTINUED ON PAGE 18

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join in the celebration of the Year of Consecrated® Life as they SISTERS OF BON SECOURS, USA celebrates Religious Life. carry forth their health care ministries at Good Samaritan Serving in Hospital, providing care to the people of Suffern and the surrounding communities in New York. since 1885 www.maryknollsisters.org ® SISTERS OF BON SECOURS, USA 18 catholic new york • Honoring Our Jubilarians February 19, 2015 continued from page 17 Blauvelt, she was assistant director at the Louis with a few years in the east. In 1989 she principal at Most Precious Blood, Walden. She V, 2001-2011; Holy Spirit, 1965-1969; and St. Intermediate Career Facility (ICF), 1980-1985, went to Harve, Mont., to work with the Native also taught in Brooklyn. In 2010 she retired to Anselm’s, 1959-1965. The Bronx native was and unit supervisor, 1971-1980. The Bronx na- American community. She was a dynamic Dominican Convent where she assists in the a teacher and counselor at New Hope Manor tive taught at St. Columba’s School, Hopewell presence to the people she served, leaving congregation’s Development Office. Drug Rehabilitation Center, 1975-1978. Junction, 1969-1971. St. Jude’s Church after 17 years of committed Sister Martha Marie Jaegers, O.P., for- Sister Rose Ellen Gorman, O.P., serves as service. She is living in Siena Hall at Domini- merly known as Sister Martha Anne, taught administrator of St. Martin de Porres Infir- 25 Years can Convent. in the archdiocese at St. Rita’s, the Bronx; Our mary at St. Dominic’s Convent, Blauvelt; she Sister Lauria Fitzgerald, O.P., works and Lady of Mount Carmel, Middletown, and Al- was assistant administrator, 2007-2014. She lives with the poor and homeless. The Bronx 60 Years bertus Magnus High School, Bardonia. She has served her community as councilor on the native is a housing specialist with Siena House Sister James Louise Downey, O.P., has also taught in St. Louis, and was principal of a leadership team, 1999-2005, and secretary there, and is coordinator of the Tolentine Food been a teacher for most of her religious life. school in Jefferson City, Mo. She is working as general, 1993-1999. She was education coor- Pantry of Sacred Heart Church in the High- She taught in the archdiocese in St. Theresa’s, an adult education and literacy instructor in dinator at Siena House, the Bronx, 1992-1993. bridge section of the Bronx. the Bronx, 1958-1960, and then for 14 years in public schools in St. Louis, where she resides. She was principal of St. Nicholas of Tolentine Missouri and 32 years in , where she Sister Joan O’Connor, O.P., formerly Sister High School, the Bronx, 1979-1992, and taught 65 Years now resides. She is involved in prayer ministry. Peter Noreen, taught in the archdiocese at there, 1969-1972. She taught at Our Saviour, Sister Catherine Downing, O.P. Sister Eileen Clifford, O.P., formerly known St. Martin of Tours School, the Bronx, and the Bronx, 1959-1967, and St. Margaret’s, Sister Vincent Cirelli, O.P. as Sister Theresa Deborah, is vice chancellor Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middletown. She Pearl River, 1967-1969. She was a principal in of the archdiocese and resides in the Bronx. taught in the Brooklyn and Rockville Centre di- Florida. Born in the Bronx, she was formerly 40 Years She taught in the archdiocese at St. Agnes, oceses. From 1989 to 2005 she was outreach known as Sister Ann Rosaire. Sister Patricia Howell, O.P. Sparkill; St. Helena’s, the Bronx; St. Catherine coordinator at Holy Family parish, in Hicksville. Sister Joseph Mary Mahoney, O.P., who Sister Maureen Murphy, O.P. of Siena, Manhattan; St. Pius X, Scarsdale; and Now retired, she offers community service at retired in 2013, served as president of the Msgr. Scanlan High School, the Bronx, where Dominican Convent, where she resides. Friends of St. Dominic’s Home, 2005-2013. Dominican Sisters of Sparkill she was principal, 1979-1993. From 1993 to Sister Margaret Hanratty, O.P., formerly She was executive director of St. Dominic’s 75 Years 2002, she was associate vicar of education. known as Sister Miriam James, taught in the Home, 1978-2005, and assistant director, Sister Cecilia McCarthy, O.P., served in the Sister Barbara Jane Falloon, O.P., taught in archdiocese at Sacred Heart School, Suffern; 1977-1978. She was principal and teacher at archdiocese as an elementary and high school the archdiocese at St. Helena’s and St. Martin St. Brendan’s, the Bronx; Immaculate Heart St. Dominic’s, Blauvelt, 1970-1977. She taught teacher. From 1960 to 1967 she served the of Tours, both the Bronx; Our Lady of Mount of Mary, Scarsdale; and St. John Chrysostom at St. Martin de Porres, Poughkeepsie, 1965- congregation as novice director. From 1967- Carmel, Middletown; Sacred Heart, Suffern; and St. Raymond, both the Bronx. She also 1970, and St. Luke’s, the Bronx, 1959-1961. The 2001 she was administrator at St. Martin of and Holy Name of Jesus, New Rochelle. She was assistant director of St. Rita’s Immigra- Bronx native also taught in New Jersey. Tours School, the Bronx. She lives in Siena Hall taught in the Diocese of Brooklyn and in east- tion Center, the Bronx, 1985-1989. From 1990 at Dominican Convent, Sparkill. ern Maryland. She was coordinator of religious to 2010 she was pastoral minister and then 50 Years Sister Jeanne Clare Scheer, O.P., served education at Holy Name of Jesus parish, New chaplain at St. Barnabas Hospital, the Bronx. Sister Jean Graffweg, O.P., has served as in the archdiocese at St. Helena’s School, the Rochelle, from 1997 until retiring in 2014. She Now retired, she does volunteer work and director of House on the Hill Agri-Business Bronx, 1949-1954, and at many schools in the lives in Siena Hall at Dominican Convent. resides in the Bronx. Child Development Center in Goshen, a mi- Archdiocese of St. Louis, Mo. From 1978 to Sister Carolyn Wolfbauer, O.P., formerly Sister Stephen Gerard Miick, O.P., has grant/seasonal Head Start Center, since 1993. 2005 she was a religious education coordi- known as Sister Sebastian, is completing her been the principal since 1974 of St. Paul’s She taught kindergarten children of migrant nator and served as a pastoral associate at second term on the leadership team of the School, Valley Cottage, where she resides. She farm workers there, 1981-1993. The Bronx na- St. Richard parish in St. Louis. In 2005 she Dominican Sisters of Sparkill. She taught in has taught in the archdiocese at St. Agnes, tive also taught in Florida and Rhode Island. returned to Dominican Convent, where she the archdiocese at St. Agnes, Sparkill; St. John Sparkill, and St. Brendan, the Bronx. She also Sister Ellenrita Purcaro, O.P., is director of lives in Siena Hall. Chrysostom, Bronx; and Cathedral High School, taught in the Albany Diocese. the Empowerment Center at Harmony Farm, Sister Barbara Travers, O.P., formerly Manhattan. She has also taught in Fulton, and Sister Jeanne Armeno, O.P., formerly Goshen. She served at the Highbridge Com- known as Sister Roseann, ministered most of in St. Louis, Mo. From 1979 to 2004 she was known as Sister Frances Marie, taught in munity Life Center in the Bronx beginning in her religious life in St. Louis, Mo., as an ele- administrator at St. Dominic’s High School in the archdiocese at St. Rita’s and St. Martin 1993 as assistant to the director; director of mentary school teacher. In 1983 she returned O’Fallon, Mo. She resides at Dominican Convent. of Tours, both the Bronx, and Sacred Heart, administrative services, 1999-2002; director to the motherhouse and served as a pastoral Sister Dolores Fischer, O.P., formerly Suffern, 1970-2004. She also taught in Fulton of program operations, 2002-2007, and execu- minister until her retirement in 1997. She lives known as Sister Francis Edward, taught in and Norwich. For 10 years, she has been a tive director, 2007-2013. She served as the in Siena Hall at Dominican Convent. the archdiocese at St. Catherine of Siena, teacher’s aide at St. Gregory Barbarigo School, congregation’s formation director, 1987-1993. Sister Judith Maender, O.P., was an ele- Manhattan; St. Joseph’s, St. Helena’s, Our Lady Garnervill. She resides at Dominican Convent. She was director of personnel at Dominican mentary and high school teacher for 47 years. of Grace and St. Brendan, all the Bronx, and Sister Annette Bate, O.P., formerly known College, 1985-1987. At St. Dominic’s Home, She worked primarily in the Archdiocese of St. , Scarsdale. She as Sister Annette Elizabeth, is retired and also taught in Brooklyn. In 2009 she retired to residing in the Bronx. She taught in the arch- Dominican Convent. diocese at Our Lady of Grace and St. Helena’s, Sister John Rose Hartling, O.P., taught in both in the Bronx, and Sacred Heart, Suffern. the archdiocese at St. Agnes, Sparkill, and From 1970 to 1984 she was a guidance coun- Albertus Magnus High School, Bardonia, selor at Aquinas High School, the Bronx. From She was assistant principal at Our Lady of 1983 to 2013 she was co-director of Family Lourdes High School, Poughkeepsie, and John Counseling Service, director of Siena Counsel- A. Coleman High School, Hurley. From 2003 to ing Center and a therapist at New Beginnings. 2010 she was an adjunct professor at , Poughkeepsie. She taught math at 50 Years Holy High School, Hicksville, 1967-1998. Sister Mary Jane Bookstaver, O.P., former- For the past 17 years she has lived at Villa St. ly known as Sister Jane Therese, A native of St. Joseph, Saugerties. Louis, Mo., who now resides in Ballwin, Mo., Sister Margaret Strychalski, O.P., formerly she has been a teacher, nurse and administra- known as Sister Raymond Mary, taught at tor. She has taught at St. Gregory Barbarigo St. Helena’s, the Bronx; Our Lady of Mount School, Garnerville, 1967-1973, and at a school Carmel, Middletown, and St. James the in St. Louis, 1973-77. From 1978 to the present Apostle, Carmel. From 1978 to 2010 she was continued on page 22 February 19, 2015 catholic new york • celebrating the year of consecrated life 19 Consecrated Life’s Abundant Graces By SISTER CATHERINE CLEARY, P.B.V.M. fill their hearts and lives. through their presence, prayer and apostolic The second objective is to “look not only at the works. Religious care for the sick, educate children t the November 2013 meeting of Union of glorious history of religious life in the past, but also and adults, speak through the mass media, and Generals in , Francis the great history still to come.” (Vita Consecrata) promote peace, justice and reconciliation. Today Awas invited to give a short welcome and As religious look back at the 50th anniversary of religious give life to greeting. What began as a formal invitation ended the publication of the decree on the renewal of their charisms in many up as a frank and honest conversation between consecrated life, Perfectae Caritatis, they do so in different ways but Men and women the men’s religious superiors from around the light of the mission and ministries entrusted to especially in the moral religious in this world and . Being a religious himself, them by their founders and foundresses and where use of their influence archdiocese plant Pope Francis used his own experience as a Jesuit they need to be today to keep alive the charism of to change systems and to challenge those gathered to look to the future their community. prejudices. the Gospel in city where the Spirit is sending consecrated persons to The third objective “to embrace the future with During this Year neighborhoods, rural do even greater things. At the end of a three-hour hope” calls consecrated persons who live in the of Consecrated Life, sharing, Pope Francis announced that 2015 would uncertainties of our global world to be prophets men and women areas and suburbia be a year dedicated to all forms of consecrated of joy who are conscious that the Holy Spirit religious look to through their life—religious sisters and brothers, consecrated continues to spur them to find new ways of living renew the fire that presence, prayer and virgins, and religious orders of men the Gospel among all God’s people. In short, drove their founders, (priests and brothers). Thus was born The Year of religious are challenged to “Wake Up the World” the fire that attracted apostolic works. Consecrated Life. with a prophetic witness that recalls the works of them to consecrated The year’s aims are three-fold. Religious their founders and foundresses, who went beyond life, the fire for the mission of the Gospel that is are encouraged to awaken the world by being themselves and gave their lives for the sake of their prophetic witness and the fire within that witnesses of a different way of doing, acting and others. is capable of igniting their deepest desire to be living. Religious are challenged to go after the The diversity of charisms within the 112 religious radical followers of Jesus. In their concern for stranger, to walk with people in their darkness communities (sisters and brothers) and the 27 the needs of the world and in listening to the and pain, to incarnate the values of Jesus, and to orders of religious priests and brothers within promptings of the Spirit, the Year of Consecrated announce the spirit of the Gospel in situations the New York Archdiocese continues to spread Life will be a year rich in God’s graces for all. many may prefer to ignore. Clearly, Pope Francis light and hope for many people. Men and women has challenged religious to deepen the living of religious in this archdiocese plant the Gospel Sister Catherine Cleary, P.B.V.M., is vicar for religious consecrated life and to have the joy of the Gospel in city neighborhoods, rural areas and suburbia for the archdiocese.

Thanksgiving to God for his gift of Consecrated Life And for all our Sisters & Brothers Who share the joy of this life.

Daughters of Divine Charity, staten islanD, ny

Religious of the Sacred Heart contemplative by vocation passionate for justice working toward communion Revealing God’s love in the heart of the world www.RSCJ.org 1.888.844.7725 [email protected] 20 catholic new york • celebrating the year of consecrated life February 19, 2015 For Sister of Charity, Dignity Comes With a Sense of Place

Mary DiBiase Blaich

HOUSE CALL—Sister Donna Dodge, S.C., CEO and executive director of the Sisters of Charity Housing Development Corporation, center, enjoys conversation and camaraderie with Albert Abdelmesih and his wife, Lourice Tadros. The couple, who are Egyptian and Coptic Orthodox, reside at Markham Gardens Manor in West Brighton, Staten Island, one of the independent living facilities the congregation operates.

ber and continues until Feb. 2, 2016, Sister Donna is By CHRISTIE L. CHICOINE satisfying thing to hear—that, not me, but that our reflecting on the treasures of religious life and be- congregation is able to help people. At the same ing thankful for those who have accompanied her elping men, women and children in need time, there are thousands of people out there for on the journey. find suitable quarters to dwell never ceases whom safe, affordable housing is not a possibility.” Sister Donna, 66, entered the Sisters of Charity of Hto make the big heart of Sister Donna Dodge, That reality is both sad and frustrating, Sister New York at Mount St. Vincent in 1966 and made S.C., swell. Donna said, “because it’s so difficult to put up more final vows on her 30th birthday in 1978. She believes having a roof over one’s head is a units.” Raised in the Bronx at St. Rita’s and Holy Cross God-given right and that helping to secure that right Years-long waiting lists prevent her from imme- parishes, she credits her interest in becoming a for those who can’t is the responsibility of all one’s diately placing people who walk through her door woman religious to the influence of the Sisters of brothers and sisters in Christ. desperate for a place to live. Charity who taught her at Cardinal Spellman High As CEO and executive director of the Sisters of But there is hope. The average person in the pew School, also in the Bronx. Charity Housing Development Corporation, Sister can help make safe, affordable housing a reality for The young sisters who served the school were ac- Donna oversees 11 sites in Manhattan, Rockland the less fortunate, Sister Donna assures, by passing tually the first Sisters of Charity she had met. “They County and Staten Island that together provide 625 connections along to the Sisters of Charity Housing were just models of charity and goodness and com- units of clean, safe, affordable housing to more than Development Corporation, namely people or corpo- passion. It was through those women that I felt that 800 residents comprised of families, seniors and rations who are interested in working with them. call.” others in need. Also on the director’s wish list are emergency She entered the order with five friends. “I was the The began its housing funds to assist those with special, one-time needs, last one to decide. They said, ‘Why don’t you come ministry in 1986. Its newest site, Markham Gardens and a pastoral minister who can provide spiritual along, we’ll have a good time?’ At that time, some Manor on Staten Island, opened in the summer of outreach, such as prayer and bereavement support of the sisters had me down as the first one to leave. 2013 and gave preference to those left homeless by groups, to the residents of varied denominations. They all left,” she said of her Spellman classmates, Hurricane Sandy the previous fall. Sister Donna dispelled some common miscon- “and I’m still here.” “This is just one of many ways that Sisters of Char- ceptions about affordable housing residents, such “I grew into the vocation,” Sister Donna added. “I ity respond to the signs of the times,” Sister Donna as that they are uneducated and have always been still thank those friends for calling me. And I still said. poor. keep up with them.” Whether through private or government funding, She cited as an example a resident who had been The sense of peace that has prevailed throughout everyone should have a place to live, “especially a nurse at the Sisters of Charity-run St. Vincent’s the years assures her she answered God’s call cor- when some people have the advantage of multiple Hospital, which closed in 2010. The woman, now el- rectly. “There’s always an inspiration. When you’re dwellings,” not all of which are in use, she added. derly, “wound up living on the streets,” Sister Donna in community, when you’re down, you always have The most satisfying aspect of her duties, Sister said. “You’re talking about somebody who was well- people around who are up. When you’re doubting, Donna said, is hearing happy residents claim, “This educated, who had a good job and a good home… you always have people who are very faithful.” is the safest, cleanest housing I have ever had in my Somehow, she made her way through our system The people entrusted to her care have also pro- life.” or through the system and wound up in one of our pelled her, she said, in that “there are always needs “In a way, that’s a sad commentary,” she concedes, houses. You’re just grateful that happened for her.” to address…We’re living in a very, very exciting time,” “because they’re probably in their 70s and 80s, but During the universal Church’s celebration of the she added of “the challenges on who we are and it’s certainly, from a ministry point of view, a very Year of Consecrated Life, which began in Novem- what we’re called to do and be for other people.” February 19, 2015 catholic new york • celebrating the year of consecrated life 21

working with one young fellow, an indigenous man from Mexico, to teach him to read and write in Span- Building ish. “He’s a hard worker, and he’s determined,” Broth- er Klein said. “He’s working in a Chinese restaurant receiving $35 a day for 12 hours work. He’s an intel- ligent guy and a really nice man. He heard we were Community in East Harlem here and he just showed up.” By RON LAJOIE The project, with an operating budget this year of of adjusting to life in a different, at times hostile, cul- $204,000, is funded by Fidelis Health Care, The Alfred he good thing about being a Marist , ture. It is a peer support group and is very popular. E. Smith Memorial Foundation, The Marist Third World explained Brother John Klein, F.M.S., is wher- “It’s more than news or what you did today,” Broth- Fund, the Marist Brothers and archdiocesan fund-rais- Tever a Marist goes around the world, with er Garcia explained. “It goes much deeper. It’s life. It’s ing efforts. But that funding runs out in August. some 4,000 brothers active in 82 countries, there will faith.” Many members of the community come virtu- “Currently Brother Santos and I are working on a be a community to welcome and accept him. ally every day to take part in one program or another. grant proposal,” Brother Klein said. “Going forward Community. It’s what the Marists are all about. And They all agree learning English is very important. for the project to continue we’re hoping there will be right now in East Harlem three Marist Brothers— “When I go to the hospital I want to understand donors, foundations, people that will help us. But if we Brother Klein, from the United States, Brother San- what the doctor says,” explained Lorenza Sanchez, a can’t raise the money the program can’t continue.” tos Garcia, F.M.S., from Spain via Ecuador where he mother of four from Mexico. “I have to (be able) to talk Without Comunidad Juan Diego, East Harlem has served for 40 years, and Brother Hector Dessavre, to my children’s teachers to know how they are doing might not look that different, at least not on the sur- F.M.S., from Mexico—are building a new community in school. In the house they speak English and I want face, not to an outsider. But then there is that youth where none had previously existed among recent im- to know what they are talking about. I enjoy Brother group Brother Hector and Brother John started work- migrants from Mexico, Central and South America John’s English classes because they don’t sound like ing with on Friday evenings. that have settled in that neighborhood, many of them an English class, they sound like a homily.” “We started with 22. We’re about 35 now,” Brother undocumented and living in the shadows. But then they mention the social aspect. Coming to Klein said. “It’s a pretty big youth group. So we have “It’s completely unique in the sense that, one, it’s the school on East 112th Street is a way to escape the these teenagers and we have discussions. We have responding to the critical needs of people in need, isolation and loneliness immigrants can feel. prayer. We’ve had them here for an open gym night. people on the margins,” Brother Klein explained of Ms. Sanchez and Anna Rodriguez, a mother of two They’re in tough situations. And one night we had a Communidad Juan Diego, based at Our Lady Queen of from Peru, have become fast friends. Ms. Rodriguez conversation about what are the challenges of living Angels School on East 112th Street. “The second way commutes from Queens. “I spend time with Lorenza, in East Harlem and they just talked. The violence, it’s unique is that we are an international community shopping or going to her home, just enjoying life,” Ms. gangs, drugs, trying to do their homework, family life, of Marist Brothers. So it’s very different even among Rodriguez said with a smile. She said the program had all the predictable things. But it was interesting when the brothers. When we came together we didn’t know literally given her “freedom.” we ended the night the youth leader said, ‘Let’s finish each other. So it’s learning to live Marist life in a very Ignacia Gonzalez, a mother of three from Mexico, with the Rosary.’ So here we are. It’s 8 o’clock on Fri- intentional way, a strong prayer life, strong faith and added, “First is learning English. Second is making day night in the basement of St. Cecilia’s Church with strong spirituality, learning and appreciating a variety friends in the community.” the kids, kneeling, at least 25 teenagers, saying the Ro- of cultures and learning to work in a common cause.” The Marists are looking at ways to bring more young sary. “I thought, ‘If we weren’t here this wouldn’t have Initially established by the Archdiocese of New York adults, including men, into the fold. Brother Hector is happened.’” in 2013, the Marist Brothers took over operation of the Juan Diego community in September. The main orga- nizing principle is teaching English as a second lan- guage (ESL), but the community offers much more. “The needs are really very, very significant and the big hope is this is not just about providing services. It’s about forming a community of friendship, support and faith,” Brother Klein said. “It’s learning English but it’s also developing community and very strong friendships between and among the people. And I think that’s really happened. The people are wonder- ful. They appreciate every single thing you do and there is a great spirit.” There are about 80 families involved in the pro- grams the Juan Diego Community offers. Aside from English classes, there are craft classes, a discussion group and tutoring programs for students. A grow- ing youth group meets on Friday evenings. Feast days from home are celebrated. Aside from the three Marist Brothers, there are 13 volunteers, many of them retired educators, tutoring, teaching ESL and leading other support groups. Brother Klein said parishioners at nearby St. Ignatius Loyola parish on Park Avenue have been greatly involved as tutors. The tutors work Chris Sheridan with the children of the community to bring their AMONG FRIENDS—Marist Brothers John Klein, F.M.S., left, and studies up to grade level or better. Santos Garcia, F.M.S., right, teach English to recent immigrants from But it is the social interaction, the spirituality, which at Our Lady Queen of Angels School in East Harlem. sets the Juan Diego community apart from other ESL Inset, Brother Hector Dessavre, F.M.S., left, is the third member of programs. During discussion sessions, called “sharing the Marist community at Queen of Angels. Though their programs groups,” community members are encouraged to talk they are seeking to build a community of friendship, faith and mutual about issues important to them: family, the challenges support in East Harlem. 22 catholic new york • Honoring Our Jubilarians February 19, 2015 continued from page 18 and Albertus Magnus High School, Bardonia, Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed her native . she has served as an RN in critical care at St. 1974-1985. She was a programmer at religious Virgin Mary, New Windsor Sister Agnes Cloonan, R.S.H.M., who is Anthony’s Medical Center in St. Louis, and computer systems and director of computer 60 Years retired, assists at Cormaria Retreat House, since 2003, she has been a physician’s liaison science at Holy Trinity High School, Hicks- Sister Kathleen Cusack, P.B.V.M., formerly Sag Harbor. She taught at St. Thomas Aquinas at Corizon Heal in Creve Coeur, Mo. ville, and a financial programmer/analyst at known as Sister Mary Stephanie, taught for School, the Bronx, 1958-1965. She also taught Sister Patricia Conway, O.P., formerly Insurance Services Office, Pearl River. From many years at schools in the archdiocese. in Brooklyn, Sag Harbor and Richmond, Va. known as Sister Thomas Christi, is a Bronx 1994-2000, she served in congregational lead- Starting in 1957 she taught in St. Jude’s, Man- She is a native of Ireland. native who served as a teacher in the arch- ership. Since 2001 she has been the finance hattan; Holy Rosary and St. Frances of Rome, Sister Margaret Ellen Flannelly, R.S.H.M., diocese at St. Agnes, Sparkill, 1967-1968; officer for Leviticus 25:23 Alternative Funds. both in the Bronx; John S. Burke Catholic High taught and held administrative positions Sacred Heart, Suffern, 1969-1978; and St. School, Goshen; and St. Michael’s Academy, at Marymount College, Tarrytown, for 40 Augustine’s, New City, 1978-1981. Since 1981 70 years Manhattan, where she later returned as librar- years. She is completing a six-year term as a she has served at New Hope Manor, Barryville, Sister Eileen Donovan, O.P. ian and then principal. She was also librarian provincial councilor for the Eastern American a residential substance abuse treatment Sister Marie Joseph Morahan, O.P. at St. Pius V High School and St. Raymond El- Province. For six years, she was coordinator at center, where she was a staff member for 31 Sister Margaret Harrison, O.P. ementary School, both in the Bronx; SS. Hilda Marymount Convent, Tarrytown, the R.S.H.M. years and executive director for the past three Sister Catherine Moran, O.P. and Hugh Episcopalian School, Manhattan; health care and retirement center. She was years. She resides in Barryville. Sister Dorothy Russell, O.P. and St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie. For a formerly known as Sister . Sister Christine Ferrar, O.P., formerly Sister Jeanne Margaret Stoltz, O. P. time she directed the Washington Heights Se- Sister Ellen Marie Keane, R.S.H.M., who known as Sister Joseph Martin, has served Sister Marie Louis Ruggeri, O.P. nior Citizen Center. She also served in Howard retired in 2008, teaches English as a second since 1992 as a teacher at St. Paul’s Mission Sister Ann Matthew O’Shea, O.P. Beach, Queens, and Houma, La. language at Tarrytown Library and the RSHM in Hays, Mont. A native of Brooklyn, she has Life Center, Sleepy Hollow. She has been a taught in the archdiocese and in the Diocese 65 years 70 Years volunteer at the Bedford Hills Correctional of Great Falls/Billings, Mont. In New York she Sister Anna Louisa Zummo, O.P. Sister Grace Gately, P.B.V.M. Facility for Women. She taught philosophy for taught at St. Augustine, New City, 1967-1976, Sister Dorothy Farley, O.P. Sister Mary McCarthy, P.B.V.M. many years at Marymount College, Tarrytown. and Albertus Magnus High School, Bardonia, Sister Margaret Rita Bergin, O.P. The native New Yorker served as the congre- 1976-1980. After deciding to serve the Native Sister Patricia Neary, O.P. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, gation’s mistress of novices. American community, she taught at Hays/ Sister Anne Tahaney, O.P. Tarrytown Sister Jacqueline Murphy, R.S.H.M., Lodge Pole High School, 1980-1992. Sister Virginia Kempf, O.P. 75 Years works as a staff nurse for Hospice Care of D.C. Sister Margaret Murphy, O.P., formerly Sister Florence Flynn, O.P. Sister Maire McQuillan, R.S.H.M., was She also leads the chapel music at Mary- known as Sister John Magdalene, resides in Sister Rose Respol, O.P. president of Marymount Academy, 1952-1958, mount University, Arlington, Va., where she Bardonia. A native of the Bronx, she taught Sister Bridget Kiniry, O.P. and taught at Marymount College, 1959, both also previously taught. She earlier taught in in the archdiocese at St. Agnes, Sparkill, Sister Rose Patrice Sasso, O. P. in Tarrytown. She served as president of Mary- Manhattan; Sag Harbor; Quebec, Canada; and 1967-1968; Sacred Heart, Monroe, 1969-1974; mount College, 1960-1968. She was a spiritual Umtali, Africa. Born in New York City, she was director and retreat leader in Sag Harbor. She formerly known as Sister Marie Xavier. also did archives work in Tarrytown. The na- Sister Rosa Ramirez, R.S.H.M., retired in St. Joseph’s Seminary and College tive of Ireland retired in 2009. 2012 and lives at Marymount Convent, Tar- Sister Nancy O’Brien, R.S.H.M., served rytown. She provided domestic service at faculty, staff and students at Marymount Academy, Tarrytown, and Marymount Convent, Tarrytown; Sacred Heart offer gratitude and prayers for all the Academy of the Sacred Heart of Mary, of Mary School, Sag Harbor; St. Thomas Aqui- Manhattan. She also served in Sag Harbor and nas, the Bronx; and in Colombia. those who serve the church in in England and . The native of Ireland consecrated life retired in 2009. 50 Years Sister Margaret Hoyne, R.S.H.M., has 60 Years worked in the after-school program at the St. Joseph’s Masters Programs offer religious, Sister Mary Louise Bloomingdale, R.SH.M Life Center, Sleepy Hollow, since 2005. clergy , and qualified lay men and women the R.S.H.M., a native New Yorker, has worked She taught and served as principal in Queens; opportunity to deepen their understanding of in the Office of the Province Archives at Sag Harbor; St. Louis, Mo.; and Neuilly, France. the Catholic faith and Catholic spirituality. Marymount Convent, Tarrytown, since 2010. A native of Ireland, she was formerly known as She taught at Mother Butler High School, the Sister de la Merci. Bronx, 1964-1966. She taught in Garden City Sister Mary Lang, R.S.H.M., formerly and Richmond, Va., and in France. She also known as Sister John Mark, is co-director of served at a retreat house in Sag Harbor. Centro Corazon de Maria in Hampton Bays, Sister Lucia Becerra, R.S.H.M., serves part which serves immigrants. She ministered time at the R.S.H.M. Life Center, Sleepy Hol- to developmentally handicapped adults and low, helping with the Spanish-speaking Moms pregnant young women at Regina Residence and Tots morning program. She served elderly in Merrick. Masters Programs and sick sisters in Sag Harbor until 1960 when Graduate Certificates she went to serve in California for 12 years. Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Special Interest Workshops She did nursing at Cormaria Retreat House, 60 Years Sag Harbor, and was a nursing assistant at Sister Maria Teresa de los Rios, F.M.M., St. Cecelia Academy for Pastoral Musicians Marymount Convent, Tarrytown, 1991-2005. a pastoral associate primarily for Spanish- The native of Colombia retired in 2012. speaking parishioners at Holy Name of Jesus, Three Campuses ~ Linked Courses Sister Cecilia Camargo, R.S.H.M., spends Manhattan, entered religious life in , Affordable Tuition hours volunteering at Tarry Hall, a nursing Spain. After serving several years at a papal home in Tarrytown, and at the R.S.H.M. Life office in Rome answering correspondence to Center. She served at Cormaria Retreat House, the pope, she was sent to Divine Providence Visit our website for more information 1980-1982. She then served at Marymount Child Care Shelter in Manhattan where she www.dunwoodie.edu Convent doing domestic work, cooking and as was a group mother and later a caseworker. a nurse’s aide. She earlier did mission work in She also was administrator and community February 19, 2015 catholic new york • Honoring Our Jubilarians 23 coordinator at a residence in , a provincial councilor of the community. She did community service for the congregation in she has assisted her community in Rye and and did casework and pastoral care in Chicago also serves at a parish in New Jersey. She Canada, 2005-2007. volunteered with developmentally challenged and Waukegan, Ill. served as novice director, and did social work Sister Alla Anne Boyle, C.N.D., is coordi- adults and an anti-trafficking program. at Astor Home, the Bronx. She was formation nator of student sponsorship programs and Franciscan Handmaids of the director in Canada. She served as a social financial aid at St. Jean Baptiste High School, Missionary Sisters of the Most Pure Heart of Mary worker in Brooklyn and in Canada. She taught Manhattan. She was director of formation Sacred Heart of Jesus 70 Years in New Jersey. for the congregation, beginning in 1987 and 60 Years Sister Patricia Marie William, F.H.M. was reappointed in 1990. She taught music Sister Mary Louise Sullivan, M.S.C., School Sisters of Notre Dame at Notre Dame Academy on Staten Island, a Poughkeepsie native, was principal and 40 Years 50 Years beginning in 1965, and taught English and was teacher in Sacred Heart Villa Academy, Dobbs Sister Gertrude Ihenacho, F.H.M. Sister Grace D’Amico, S.S.N.D., is associ- a guidance counselor there, 1969-1987, and Ferry, and St. Donato’s School, Philadelphia. ate director of the Edmund Rice Christian also was assistant principal, 1983. She served She was academic dean, 1970-1972, and Franciscan Sisters of Allegany Brothers Office of Educational Services in at a parish in Brooklyn. She resides at St. Jean president, 1972-1982, of Cabrini College, 50 Years New Rochelle. She and her colleagues provide Baptiste Convent, Manhattan. Radnor, Pa. She later was adjunct professor of Sister Eileen F. Lambert, O.S.F., a native meetings, retreats, consultations and evalua- Sister Joan Curtin, C.N.D., has directed the history and political science. In 1984 she was of Wicklow, Ireland, was a nurse at Columbia tion services for the Edmund Rice Consortium Archdiocesan Catechetical Office since 1985. appointed special assistant for the Office of Medical Center before entering religious life. of Schools to foster their Catholic identity in She was the director of catechist formation continued on page 24 After she retired from nursing, she became the spirit of Blessed Edmund Rice. for the archdiocese, 1983- qualified in pastoral counseling and served 1985. She served as a part- in that capacity at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Congregation of Notre Dame time council member for the Manhattan. Wilton, Conn. congregation, 2009-2013 and 60 Years was reelected in 2013 to serve 65 Years Sister Clare Kearney, C.N.D., served as for another four years. She Sister Catherine Moran, O.S.F. a nurse, from 1978 to 1987, at St. Vincent’s taught religion and Latin and Sister Margaret McManus, O.S.F. Medical Center, Staten Island; Our Lady of chaired the religion depart- Mercy Medical Center, the Bronx; and Kings ment at St. Jean Baptiste High Sisters of Charity of New York County Hospital, Brooklyn. She was a school School, 1971-1982. She resides 60 Years nurse at St. Jean Baptiste High School, Man- at St. Columba’s Convent in Sister Grayce Megna, S.C., served at St. hattan, 1983-1984. She taught eighth grade at Manhattan. Vincent Medical Center, Staten Island, as nurs- St. Columba’s School, Manahattan, 1969. From ing supervisor and administrative assistant, 1984 to 2003 she volunteered and served in 70 Years among other duties, 1961-2007. She earlier secretarial positions at schools. She resides Sister Marion Delmer, C.N.D. served at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Manhattan; at Andrus on Hudson. New York Foundling Hospital; and Mary the Sister Barbara Costello, C.N.D., is a pas- Redemptoristine , Queen Convent, Yonkers. She was formerly toral care minister at Andrus on Hudson in Beacon known as Sister Miriam Bernard. Hastings-on-Hudson. She taught at the Young 50 Years Adult Learning Academy, 1986-2010. She Sister Lydia Jojo-Cruz, 65 Years served as assistant to the director of publi- O.Ss.R., a native of Puerto Rico, Sister Mary T. Boyle, S.C. cations at the Center for Migration Studies, entered the Redemptoristine Sister Mary Damian Gardner, S.C. Staten Island, 1980, and taught business edu- contemplative community Sister Caroline McGinn, S.C. cation at BHRAGS Inc. in Brooklyn, 1982. She in Esopus; it is now located Sister Grace Thérèse Murray, S.C. taught social studies at Villa Maria Academy, in Beacon. While serving her Sister Miriam Kevin Phillips, S.C. the Bronx, 1971-1972, and also did tutoring at monastery in a variety of St. Jean Baptiste High School, Manhattan. She positions, her facility in the Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate taught in Maine and Connecticut and was a Spanish language was offered (Pallottines), Monroe principal in Connecticut. She resides in Dobbs generously as secretary for 80 Years Ferry. general meetings and co- Sister Capaldo, C.S.A.C., served Sister Mary Caplice, C.N.D., is assistant editor and translator for the on the administrative team of St. Patrick’s principal of St. Jean Baptiste High School, journal of the international Villa, Harriman, 1995-2005. She was principal Manhattan. She served as associate to the order. She currently resides at of St. Patrick’s Semi-Military Academy, Harri- provincial of the congregation, 1980-1988, and Lourdes Health Care, the infir- man, 1975-1995 and 1945-1972. She taught in was provincial leader, 2005-2009. Beginning mary of the School Sisters of New Jersey and Maryland. Retired since 2005, in 1964, she taught at Notre Dame Academy, Notre Dame in Wilton, Conn. she lives at Queen of the Apostles Convent, Staten Island, and also chaired the history Monroe. department until 1972. She taught in Con- 65 Years necticut, and served as principal and superin- Sister Mary Anne Reed, O.Ss.R. 75 Years tendent of schools in Florida. She resides at St. Sister Johanna Mancuso, C.S.A.C., taught Jean Baptiste Convent, Manhattan. Society of the Holy Child at St. Patrick’s Semi-Military Academy, 1977- Jesus, American Province 2001. Beginning in 1955 she taught at Our 50 Years 50 Years Lady of Mount Carmel School, the Bronx. She Sister Carolyn Kinnamon, C.N.D., is Sister Barbara Bartlett, also taught and did census work for parishes hospitality coordinator at Andrus on Hudson, S.H.C.J., taught at the School in Brooklyn, and was a principal in Maryland. where she resides. She taught at Notre Dame of the Holy Child, Rye, 1971- Retired since 2003, she lives at Queen of the Academy, Staten Island, 1978-1985 and 1965- 1973 and 1977-1978. She also Apostles Convent. 1966. She taught at St. Columba’s School, served in and Manhattan, 1969-1974. She was an assistant and worked with develop- 50 Years principal in Illinois; directed the congregation’s mentally challenged adults in Sister Rita Mastrogiacomo, C.S.A.C., is visitation center in Ridgefield, Conn.; and then Washington, D.C. Since 2012, 24 catholic new york • Honoring Our Jubilarians February 19, 2015

continued from page 23 Archdiocesan Catechetical Office and at the New York Botanical Gardens. Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees the Intercommunity Center for Justice 50 Years of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bish- and Peace, 1991-1996; LSA Family Health Sister Mary Virginia Orna, O.S.U., ops. In 1984 she received her doctorate Services, East Harlem, 1999. She was ar- served as professor of chemistry at The from Bryn Mawr College, which included chivist for the Archdiocesan Congrega- College of New Rochelle, 1966-1997, and writing a book on Mother Cabrini’s work tions of Women Religious (1998-2009). is scientist in residence. among Italian immigrants to the U.S. She is now province archivist. She has She did ground-breaking research She directed the Institute for Ministry been a computer consultant to the com- and continues to write papers and to Immigrants and Refugees, Philadel- munity of St. Teresa’s, New Rochelle. lecture on the chemistry of color. At phia, 1988-1990. She was director of the Sister Jane Mennis, O.S.U., formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation she “The very name, Missionary Sisters of Scalabrini Pastoral Institute Center for Mother Mary Andrew, has served in edu- became editor and director of educa- the Sacred Heart of Jesus, expresses a Migration Studies, Staten Island, 1990- cation and pastoral ministry. She began tional service in 1997, and then a senior way of life - we are to be bearers of 1995. She retired in 2011. teaching at St. Joseph’s and Notre Dame fellow and editor-at-large. From 2008 the love of Christ in the world.” School, both in Malone, then taught at to 2014, she directed the website of the 70 Years the American School/Ursuline School in Roman Union in Rome. She returned Sister Stephanie Kabacinski, M.S.C. Athens, Greece, 1967-1970. She taught to the community of St. Teresa’s, New The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Sister Xavier Hayden, MSC at The Ursuline School, New Rochelle, Rochelle. Heart of Jesus is an international 1971-1974, and Blessed Sacrament, Sister Joan Woodcome, O.S.U., for- missionary community of women Society of the Sisters of St. Ursula New Rochelle, 1974-1980, and became merly known as Mother Mary Anthony, Religious, Cabrini Lay Missionaries, 60 years assistant principal of New Rochelle has served primarily in education. In volunteers and collaborators in Sister Barbara Blackman, S.U., Catholic Elementary until 1983. She was 1967 she taught at Blessed Sacrament mission, present in 16 countries and 5 taught at the Academy of St. Ursula and director of religious education at Holy School, New Rochelle. In 1971 she began was a teacher and administrator at St. Spirit parish, the Bronx, and as pastoral her career at The Ursuline School, New continents consistent with the dream of Joseph’s School in Kingston. She also associate in Chateaugay and Wither- Rochelle, where she taught for three St. Frances Xavier Cabrini to embrace taught at Notre Dame School in Manhat- bee. Her volunteer work from 2003 to years and then was assistant principal the world with God’s love. tan and was a guidance counselor at 2010 included the Children’s Center at for 23 years. She worked in the school’s John A. Coleman Catholic High School in Bedford Hills Correctional Facility and finance office, 1998-2010, before she Our essence is to make known the love Hurley. She spent more than 10 years as the Adult Learning Center, New Rochelle, returned to teaching and directing spe- and mercy of Jesus, who urges us out a missioner to the Democratic Republic and Eucharistic minister at an adult cial projects. She served on the board of ourselves “to touch human misery, of the Congo. She served as a spiritual retirement facility. Now living at Andrus of trustees at the Academy of Mount the suffering flesh of others” (E.G.270) and guide and retreat director at Linwood on Hudson, she sings in the choir. St. Ursula, the Bronx; Ursuline Academy, Spiritual Center, Rhinebeck, where she is Sister Kathleen O’Connell, O.S.U., Wilmington, Del.; and The College of to care for the earth God has created. in residence. formerly Mother Mary Nathanael, began New Rochelle. She serves as a provincial Sister Maureen Davey, S.U., is teaching at The Ursuline School, New councilor. Inspired by St. Frances Cabrini, a volunteer at Archcare Ferncliff in Rochelle. After five years there, she Sister Josephine De Pietro, O.S.U., patroness of immigrants, we seek to Rhinebeck, where she resides at Lin- taught at Ursuline Academy in Ded- began teaching at St. Joseph’s School, make faith meaningful, hope liberating, wood Spiritual Center. She assisted in ham, Mass. She became superior of the Middletown, 1968-1970. She taught for and charity operative wherever we are the archdiocesan catechetical program Ursuline community in Bethesda, Md., 29 years at St. Philip Neri, the Bronx, in the world but especially where life is and served at Holy Trinity parish, Pough- where she taught at Ursuline Academy. until 1999. She then was a teacher’s most vulnerable. keepsie, 1984-2002. She was assigned She served as guidance counselor at The aide at St. Ann’s School, the Bronx, for as a teacher and catechist at St. Joseph’s Ursuline School, New Rochelle, and then six years. During these years she was School, Kingston, and also served at at Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Del. a member of the Bedford Park commu- In this Year of Consecrated Life we Notre Dame School, Manhattan. She From 1990 to 1996, she was assistant nity, the Bronx. In 1993, she took part celebrate Jubilarians and all those who also served in Milwaukee, Wis., and treasurer at the provincialate and then in the Angela Program in Italy where have responded with generosity to the Providence, R.I. She resides at Linwood continued service to her community. participants studied and visited places invitation of Jesus to co-labor with Him Spiritual Center, Rhinebeck. She was a staff member at the Ursuline where St. Angela had lived. Now retired, in mission. Together, let us Center in Great Falls, Mont., 2001-2004. she serves the newly formed commu- “Wake Up The World!” Ursuline Nuns, Eastern U.S. When she returned to the community of nity at the Ursuline Province Center, Province, New Rochelle St. Teresa’s, New Rochelle, she became New Rochelle. 60 Years a hospice volunteer at retirement home Sister Bernadette MacKay, O.S.U., Sister Vera Marie deWolff, O.S.U., groups. She now does community ser- began her ministry in education in first taught at Ursuline Academy, vice at St. Teresa’s. Georgetown, Guyana, where she taught Bethesda, Md., 1957-1960, and then at Sister Marjorie Stumpf, O.S.U., and served as a principal. She became St. Joseph’s Academy, Malone, 1960- formerly known as Mother David Marie, a principal in Barbados and in Caracas, 1961. Since 1966 she served in Ursuline taught at Ursuline Academy in Bethesda, , serving also as superior of schools in Austria, first in Vienna and Md., 1957-1958; Our Lady of Mercy those communities. From 1985 to 1987, later in Salzburg, where she continues School, the Bronx, 1958-1961; Notre she taught at St. Angela Merici School to serve. Dame School and St. Joseph’s Academy, and Our Lady of Mercy, both in the Sister Marcia Kimball, O.S.U., was both in Malone, 1961-1964. From 1964 Bronx. She was a youth cooordinator a computer programmer at the arch- to 1971 she taught at Ursuline schools in Apopka, Fla., with the Office of Farm diocesan Data Systems Center, 1972- in Bangkok and Chiengmai, Thailand. Workers, 1987-1991. She then became 1984. She taught at Blessed Sacrament She then taught again in Malone and in co-director of the World Missions Office School, New Rochelle, 1955-1958; Ogdensburg, and Dedham, Mass. After in the Diocese of Orlando, which she has Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Del., earning a master’s in library science in directed since 1992. 1960-1964; St. Angela Merici School, the 1990, she was librarian at St. Saviour www.mothercabrini.org Bronx, 1964-1968, and Ursuline Acad- High School, Brooklyn, 1991-1998, and 70 Years emy in Bethesda, Md., 1968-1971. She St. Philip Neri School, the Bronx, 1998- Sister Anne Curry, O.S.U. has been a computer consultant at the 2001. She was a docent for 13 years at Sister Irene Mahoney, O.S.U. 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50 Years 1946; and , the Bronx, 1980-1983; and Msgr. Farrell High School, MEN RELIGIOUS Brother James Devine, F.M.S., taught at 1946-1950 and 1938-1942. Staten Island, 1966-1977. Now retired, he was Marist Brothers Mount St. Michael Academy, the Bronx in province director of communications and 60 Years the late 1970s and 2000-2006. He taught at 75 Years public relations, 1999-2005. Brother James Adams, F.M.S., a Bronx Marist high schools in Oregon and Illinois, Brother Martin Damian McCullagh, C.F.C., Brother Eugene Owen Carty, C.F.C., is native, is community director of the Marist and in Japan. He taught at St. Agnes Boys served as an admissions counselor at Iona a guidance counselor at Brother Rice High Brothers’ Champagnat Hall for senior brothers, High School, Manhattan, 1994-2000. The College, New Rochelle, 1971-1993. He taught School, Chicago. He was a teacher at All Hal- the Bronx, where he was director, beginning New York City native lives at a Marist English and was a guidance counselor at high lows High School, the Bronx, 1959-1963. He in 2009. He spent more than 25 years serving community in Pelham and is a Eucharistic schools in the archdiocese: Msgr. Farrell, served primarily in the Midwest and West. at schools in the Philippines. He was chaplain minister and volunteers at Mount St. Michael Staten Island, 1981-1986; Cardinal Hayes/St. Brother William Paul Cronin, C.F.C., who at Beth Israel Medical Center and director of Academy. Helena’s Annex, the Bronx, 1968-1974; Blessed is retired, served across the United States. pastoral care at Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Brother Joseph Matthews, F.M.S., is on Sacrament, New Rochelle, 1974-1981 and In New York, he served at Rice High School, Home, Manhattan. He was senior brothers’ the staff of Marist Brothers’ Retreat House, 1966-1968. He also taught at Sacred Heart Harlem, 1998-2002 and 1976-1980; Power liaison for the Province of the United States. Esopus, and volunteers at the Marist Finance , Manhattan, 1950-1952. Memorial Academy, Manhattan, 1982-1984; Brother Thomas Delaney, F.M.S., served Office, the Bronx. He was assistant principal Brother Walter Rudolph Younghans, and Blessed Sacrament High School, New as a principal and a teacher in Marist schools and president of Our Lady of Lourdes High C.F.C., served in the archdiocese at All Hallows Rochelle, 1980-1982. He was in residence at in New Jersey and Texas. He was assistant School, Poughkeepsie, 1994-1996. He taught High School, the Bronx, 1945-1948. Most of the Waterford Formation Community, Mount principal and dean at John A. Coleman High at Marist schools in New Jersey and Texas. A his years as an educator were spent at schools Vernon, 2008-2009. School, Hurley, 1985-1989. He taught at Marist native of Kingston, he resides at Champagnat in the Midwest, West and in Hawaii. Brother John Edward Dornbos, C.F.C., College, Poughkeepsie, 1989-2002. He is Hall in the Bronx, where he is a staff member. served in the archdiocese during his forma- retired and resides at Champagnat Hall, the 60 Years tion, and then from New Jersey to Hawaii. Bronx. He was born in New York City. 70 Years Brother Thomas Conan Armstrong, C.F.C., Brother John Hugh Greenan, C.F.C., served Brother John Malich, F.M.S., who does Brother Francis Klug, F.M.S. served at Sacred Heart Grammar School, Man- in the archdiocese during his formation, and retreat work and social work, resides at a hattan, 1958-1959. He spent most of his years since has served in Midwest and West. Marist community in the Bronx. He served as Edmund Rice Christian Brothers, serving in the West Indies. Brother Thomas Eugene Guihen, C.F.C., provincial, vice provincial, master of novices New Rochelle Brother Gordon Theodore Bassett, C.F.C., was a teacher and a guidance counselor. He and formation and vocation director of the 80 Years served in the archdiocese during his forma- served at Cardinal Hayes High School, the Marist Brothers’ Poughkeepsie Province. He Brother Herbert Basil Heaphy, C.F.C., tion, and then in Canada and the West Indies. Bronx, 1980-1982; Iona Preparatory School, was a guidance counselor at Mount St. Mi- taught at , New Rochelle, 1961- Brother Robert Damian Burke, C.F.C., New Rochelle, 1973-1980; Rice High School, chael Academy, in the Bronx, 1995-1998. From 1993. He taught at Power Memorial Academy, served in the archdiocese as an English Harlem, 1970-1973; All Hallows High School, 1998 to 2003, he served at the Marist Retreat Manhattan, 1957-1961; Iona Preparatory teacher at Rice High School, Harlem, 1984- the Bronx, 1967-1970; and Cardinal Hayes/St. Center, Esopus. He was born in Mount Vernon. School, New Rochelle, 1950-1953 and 1943- 1985; Cardinal Hayes High School, the Bronx, continued on page 26

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continued from page 25 served since 2007 on the education faculty Helena’s Annex, 1963-1967, and Iona Gram- of Manhattan College. He has served as a mar School, New Rochelle, 1959-1961. He also librarian, teacher, assistant principal, principal “ served across the United States. and director of religious education in New Behold Brother Thomas Cassian Mahoney, C.F.C., Jersey, and as a media director and teacher in served in the archdiocese during his forma- Maryland and Pennsylvania. I Am Making All tion, and spent most of his ministry in Illinois. Brother John Bassett, F.S.C., served as Brother Donald John McGovern, C.F.C., hospital chaplain at Memorial Sloan Kettering, Things New”Rev 21:5 served in the archdiocese during his forma- Manhattan, 1993-1995. He taught at La Salle tion. He has served in Canada and the Mid- Academy, Manhattan, 1991-1992, and Sacred west and West regions of the United States. Heart High School, Yonkers, 1977-1982. Since 2011, he has been a chaplain at the Hopkins 50 Years Center at Bishop Mugavero Nursing Home, Brother Edward E. Bergeron, C.F.C., has Brooklyn, where he was director of pastoral served at the Center for Catholic Lay Leader- care, 1995-2011. ship in Peru, and in South Carolina. Brother Robert Ferguson, F.S.C., has been Brother Kevin Gennaro Cawley, C.F.C., is a professor at the ASA Institute, Manhattan, coordinator for justice and peace and integrity since 2009. He was an English as a second of creation and represents the Brothers at the language teacher at Zoni Language, Man- United Nations, a position he has held since hattan, 2005-2009. He taught in Brooklyn, 2005. He is also working with the Thomas Oakdale and Manchester, N.H. He served in Berry Forum at Iona College. He taught Eng- administration in West Islip; was principal in lish at Power Memorial Academy, Manhattan, East Elmhurst, Queens; and was director of 1975-1981, and did admissions work at Iona his religious community in Rhode Island. College, New Rochelle, 1981-1994. He was on Brother Philip Zeller, F.S.C., served as a the province leadership team, 1999-2005. technology director and religious educator Brother Gordon Edmund Conti, C.F.C., and teacher in Brooklyn; was vice president of served in the archdiocese during his forma- formation and director of vocations in Rhode tion and then ministered in Canada. Island; taught in Connecticut and served in We ARe doeRs of the WoRd, Brother David Patrick Murphy, C.F.C., New Mexico. He is on sabbatical at the broth- PReAchINg WIth ouR lIves. served in the archdiocese during his forma- ers’ community at Manhattan College. tion and then ministered in Canada. Brother John Jude Corcoran, C.F.C., taught 40 Years English at All Hallows High School, the Bronx, Brother Robert Berger, F.S.C. 1976-1983. He also coached track and base- ball. He served primarily in the eastern U.S. Franciscan , Holy Name Province, Brother John Anthony Reynolds, C.F.C., Manhattan has chaired the fine arts department at Iona 50 Years Grammar School, New Rochelle, since 2000. Father Brian Cullinane, O.F.M., of Boston He also served there, 1969-1974. He served at Brother Xavier De La Huerta, O.F.M., of Phila- Franciscan Handmaids of the Most Iona College, 1999-2000; Sacred Heart Gram- delphia mar School, Manhattan, 1975-1999; and All Brother Thomas , O.F.M., of Ringwood, Pure Heart of Mary Hallows High School, the Bronx, 1974-1975. N.J. A century-old African-American Brother John Xavier Sullivan, C.F.C., is Brother Glenn Humphrey, O.F.M., of St. Mi- serving in Peru doing outreach projects for chaels, Ariz. Franciscan Order the poor. He taught Spanish at All Hallows Father Christopher Keenan, O.F.M., of Manhat- Rejuvenating and Transforming into a High School, the Bronx, 1987-2002. tan Missionary Community Father James Patrick Kelly, O.F.M., of Hartford, 70 Years Conn. USA – The Caribbean – Africa Brother Thomas Paul Draney, C.F.C. Brother Karl Koenig, O.F.M., of Camden, N.J. Brother John Jerome Kelly, C.F.C. Father Dominic Monti, O.F.M., of Allegany, N.Y. Brother Gerald Francis Murray, C.F.C. Father James Nero, O.F.M., of Wilton Manors, Charism: Social Justice & Pastoral Care – Brother Edward Bosco Wakeham, C.F.C. 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Father Khoa Nguyen, O.F.M., of Cromwell, Conn. 50 Years Father Christopher Posch, O.F.M., of Wilming- Brother Charles Barbush, F.S.C., has ton, Del.