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October 27, 2016 • Honoring Our Jubilarians 17 Sisters of St. John the Baptist Celebrate St. Alfonso’s Sainthood

By DAN PIETRAFESA

he Sisters of St. John the Baptist celebrated the of their founder, St. Alfonso Maria Fusco, by Francis at the Vatican on Oct. 16 and are now preparing for a celebration in New York in March 2017. T“We’ve begun the planning, but some of the sisters on the committee were in ” for the canonization, said Sister Mary Pandullo, C.S.JB., director for the Staten Island Regional Catechetical Office. Watching the canonization on television “was wonder- ful,” she said. “It was like being there and sharing the mo- ment. I saw some of our sisters there in the crowd. It was really an unbelievable grace. We’ve been praying for this. This is a great gift to the Church as well.’’ St. Alfonso was one of seven people—six men and one woman—canonized in front of 80,000 people from around the world by the Holy Father. Sister Claudette Jaszczynski, C.S.JB., provincial for the Sisters of St. John the Baptist’s American Province which covers New York and New Jersey, was one of the sisters from the in St. Peter’s Square for the canonization. “To be present at this canonization was a great grace and gift for me as I witnessed the Church’s recognition and its proclamation that these seven holy men and woman have lived lives in accord with the ,” said Sister Clau- dette in an email from the “shadows of the Vatican wall!” “What I will remember the most is I was part of the Baptistine global family that gathered here in St. Peter’s Square to celebrate our founder’s life of love and charity and his legacy of implanting his charisma in many lands and cultures.” St. Alfonso, who was beatified by St. John Paul II in 2001, was born in the Italian province of Salerno in 1839. Eleven years later, he told his parents he wanted to be a . He was ordained in 1863 and formed the Sisters of St. John the Baptist after meeting with Maddalena Caputo, who with three other women organized the in 1878 with a to feed, clothe, shelter and educate the poor and abandoned children. The congregation, which arrived in the United States four years before St. Alfonso’s death in 1910, now has about 900 members in 17 countries. “He was a great priest at a time when there were difficulties in Italy,” Sister Mary Crucifix said. “There were orphan children and he realized the necessity of educa- tion for the children to be good citizens of the world. He was very much into the liturgy and . He was a great gift and model for at this time.” Locally, the sisters have a provincial home in the Bronx. The sisters in the archdiocese work at Providence Rest nursing home in the Bronx and St. John Villa Academy on Staten Island. They do pastoral work on Staten Island at Blessed Sacrament and St. Christopher and St. Margaret thornton studios Mary parishes, and serve at Msgr. Farrell High School on IN THEIR MIDST—Sister Antonia Zuffante, C.S.JB., princi- Staten Island and St. Raymond Elementary School in the pal of St. John Villa Academy high school on Staten Island, gath- Religious Bronx. They also do catechetical work on Staten Island. ers with students under a painting of St. Alfonso Maria Fusco, “This occasion is a boon for us in that it validates for us to who was canonized by in front of 80,000 people be faithful to the movement of the Holy Spirit that moved at St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 16. St. Alfonso Maria Fusco was the Jubilarian him to be a servant of the poor and the little ones,” Sister founder of the Sisters of St. John the Baptist, the religious con- profiles Claudette said. “The Holy Father wanted his canonization— gregation that administers St. John Villa. The Sisters of St. John to be part of this Year of Mercy as his priestly life was a mod- the Baptist, formed in 1878, were first missioned to feed, clothe, begin on page 18. el in fulfilling the corporal and spiritual .” shelter and educate the poor and abandoned children. 18 catholic new york • Honoring Our Jubilarians October 27, 2016

WOMEN RELIGIOUS taught at the Academy of Mount St. Vincent Sister Rose Ann Bianco, S.C., formerly education at the College of Mount St. Vincent, and Nativity of Our Blessed Lady and was as- known as Sister Angela Miriam, began where she began her tenure in 1971. She has of New York sistant principal at St. Barnabas Elementary. service as a nurse at St. Vincent Hospital served as chair of the education department, 80 Years In Manhattan, she taught at Holy Cross Acad- and Medical Center in Manhattan and St. dean of students and vice president for stu- Sister M. Irene Fugazy, S.C., taught at emy, Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Fran- Vincent’s in Harrison. She served as nursing dent development. She also taught at Immacu- Visitation Elementary and Cardinal Spellman cis Xavier. In Yonkers, she taught at Seton supervisor at the New York Foundling, and a late Heart of Mary, Scarsdale; St. Raymond High School, both in the Bronx; Blessed Sacra- Academy and provided support services at child care worker and case aide at St. Agatha School, Bronx; and Elizabeth Seton Academy, ment Academy, St. Lawrence Academy and St. Peter School. She also taught at Immacu- Home, Nanuet. Sister Rose Ann was a social Yonkers. She serves on the board at Cathedral Cathedral High School, all in Manhattan; and late Heart of Mary, Scarsdale; St. Mary of the worker for 20 years at the Rockland Psychi- High School, Manhattan. Elizabeth Seton Academy and Elizabeth Seton Snow, Saugerties; and St. Joseph’s, Florida. atric Center before volunteering at organiza- Sister Anne Marie Falloon, S.C., formerly College, both in Yonkers. She was director Sister Margaret Franks, S.C., formerly tions such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation. known as Sister William Dolores, held leader- of the archdiocese’s Instructional Television Sister Marian Christopher, taught at St. John Sister Constance Brennan, S.C., formerly ship health care roles at St. Joseph’s Hospital, (ITV), Yonkers, 1972-1991, while teaching the Evangelist, Manhattan, and St. Francis known as Sister Mary Josita, retired as archi- Yonkers; St. Vincent’s Hospital, Harrison French at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, of , Mount Kisco, before obtaining an vist of the Sisters of Charity of New York in and Staten Island; St. Clare Medical Center, and College Seminary master’s degree in nutrition. She then served 2014. She served as a teacher and librarian Morehead, Ky.; and Mount St. Vincent Con- in Douglaston, Queens. She then served the as a dietitian at College of Mount St. Vincent, for nearly 50 years at Our Lady of Angels, vent, Bronx. At Convent of Mary the Queen, congregation promoting knowledge of and de- the Bronx; St. Vincent’s Hospital, Manhattan; Visitation and the College of Mount St. Vin- Yonkers, she was the director of nursing. She votion to St. for 16 years St. Vincent’s Hospital, Harrison; and Lincoln cent, all in the Bronx; St. Joseph’s Academy, also served for a decade as a pastoral associ- before serving as director of the traveling Hospital, Bronx. She worked in nutrition Manhattan; Academy of Mount St. Vincent, ate for special services at St. Joseph’s parish, museum in the saint’s honor. instruction at the New York Foundling in Tuxedo Park; St. Gabriel High School, New Bronxville. Sister Mary Margaret McGovern, S.C., Manhattan, and at other facilities in New Rochelle; and St. Joseph’s School, Yonkers. Sister Mary Kay Finneran, S.C., formerly began her 60 years in education at SS. Peter York for the next 39 years. For many years, she also taught and directed known as Sister Michael Maureen, taught and Paul School, the Bronx. She taught at St. religious education programs at St. Joseph at Incarnation School, Manhattan, before John High School, White Plains, and Blessed 60 Years and Visitation. switching to nursing in 1962. As a nurse, she Sacrament High School, Manhattan, before Sister Carol A. Barnes, S.C., formerly Sister Patricia Brennan, S.C., formerly served at St. Vincent Hospital, Manhattan, serving as mistress for the congre- known as Sister William Regina, began her known as Sister Maureen Margaret, taught and Mary the Queen Convent, Yonkers. Sister gation. She was a teacher at Cardinal Spell- ministry in education at Resurrection School at St. Agnes and St. Stephen, Manhattan; Mary Kay, who also served in Peru and Atlan- man High School, the Bronx, before going to in Rye; York Catholic High School in York, Pa., St. Agatha, Nanuet; and St. Barnabas and ta and later worked as administrator at Mary Grace Institute, where she served as teacher, and the College of Mount St. Vincent. She St. Athanasius, the Bronx, before switching the Queen Convent, regional coordinator of interim director and volunteer, 1972-2003. served as regional coordinator of the Sisters to social work. She worked at the New York the congregation and coordinator of ESL Proj- of Charity, 1983-1987, and then as president Foundling, St. Augustine’s School, Fox House ect L.I.G.H.T. She has served as in-resident 75 Years until 1995. She served as chair of the board and Grace Institute. She has been volunteer- coordinator at Elizabeth’s Place, Bronx, since Sister Rosemarie V. Bitterman, S.C., of the New York Foundling, 1976-1986, and ing since 2009, working with Fox House and 2014 and on the board of the Children’s Re- formerly Sister Marie Anthony, served in continues her ministry there in mission inte- a human trafficking safe house. habilitation Center in White Plains. education for 61 years as a teacher, admin- gration. She is a board member of three child Sister Mary Elizabeth Clancy, S.C., Sister Eleanor Fitzgerald, S.C., formerly istrator and support staff. In the Bronx, she service institutions. formerly known as Sister Marie Elizabeth, known as Sister Mary Maurice, began teach- has served for 35 years at St. Barnabas High ing first grade at St. Joseph’s, Yonkers, and School, Bronx, where she has held numerous taught for 15 years at St. Mary’s, Wappingers clerical and administrative positions since Falls. She served at St. Elizabeth Seton House 1981. Sister Mary taught at St. Raymond, of Prayer, Scarsdale, in 1981 before returning St. Barnabas, St. Anthony and Our Lady of to the classroom at , Hartsdale. Have you ever thought of doing something magnanimous for God? Angels, all in the Bronx, and St. Gregory, She was at St. , River- Maybe yOu SHOuld. Harrison. She was on the support staff at Our dale, until her retirement in 2004 when she Lady of Perpetual Help Business High School, began volunteering there for nearly another Manhattan. decade. Sister Margaret Egan, S.C., formerly known Sister Joan Marie Freer, S.C., transferred The as Sister James Carmel, is a professor of to the Sisters of Charity of New York from Dominican Sisters of our Lady of The Springs: Women committed and consecrated to truth through study. National CaThoLiC eDuCaTion iS our SpeCiaLT y. Vocation Awareness The Sisters, Associates, Week

and Companions of the November 6-12, 2016 We celebrate Divine Compassion Sister Gilmary McCabe congratulate and thank our on her Jubilee as a Dominican Sister! Jubilarians for their many years of service.

Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Springs, “Empowered by God’s love, BriDgepOrt, COnneCtiCut we are called to be the compassionate presence of Contact Sister Gail Morgan, O.P. God in the world.” [email protected] DivineCompassion.org October 27, 2016 catholic new york • Honoring Our Jubilarians 19 the Religious Teachers Filippini in 1989. She She taught at St. Gabriel’s School, Queens; She was principal of St. Gabriel’s, the Bronx, Sister Patricia Padden, S.C. taught at St. Catharine Academy, the Bronx; St. John the Baptist, Brooklyn, and P.S. 5 in before working with Morality in Media. She Sister Francis Sabara, S.C. Stepinac High School, White Manhattan. Sister Mary Ellen taught commu- was director of the Queens Daughters Day Sister Barbara Srozenski, S.C. Plains; La Salle Academy, Manhattan; St. nication arts at College of Mount St. Vincent Care Center, Yonkers, and worked at Sister Elizabeth Vermaelen, S.C. Saviour High School, Brooklyn; and P.S. 71, before becoming a producer/director at the Hospital and Mount St. Vincent Convent, Sister Maria Goretti Wieser, S.C. Bronx. She also taught in Jersey City, N.J. She archdiocese’s Instructional Television (ITV). both in the Bronx, and St. Joseph’s Medical Sister Mary Jane Fitzgibbon, S.C. concluded her career at St. Joseph’s School, She also served as director of the School of Center, Yonkers. She was receptionist at the Kingston, in 2014. New Resources at College of New Rochelle Sisters of Charity Center until her retirement Sisters of the Divine Sister Mary Ann Garisto, S.C., formerly for 15 years. in 2014. Compassion, White Plains known as Sister Miriam Albert, has been Sister Patricia E. McGowan, S.C., former- 75 Years the founding director of Sisters Hill Farm, ly Sister Kathleen Mary, taught nearly every 50 Years Sister Mary St. John Delany, R.D.C., Stanfordville, since 1998. She taught biology grade of elementary school before joining Sister Mary Ann D’Antonio, S.C., began served as teacher and principal at St. Bernard at Cardinal Spellman High School and Col- the faculty at College of Mount St. Vincent her 32 years of service at St. Raymond Elementary School, White Plains, 1944-1964, lege of Mount St. Vincent, both in the Bronx; in 1981. She is now an associate professor Academy in the Bronx as a teacher in 1984. and principal at St. , West Elizabeth Seton College, Yonkers; St. Joseph emerita of communication. She taught at St. Since 1999, she has served as principal of the Harrison, 1964-1971, before joining Pace by-the-Sea High School, Staten Island; and Brigid’s and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, both academy. She taught at St. Peter’s, Haver- University as an associate professor in the Iona Prep, New Rochelle. She also served as in Manhattan; Our Lady of Mercy, Port Ches- straw, 1971-1981, and Incarnation, Manhat- school of education. She initiated the Center a mentor for the intern fellowship program at ter; and Our Lady of Angels, the Bronx. tan, 1981-1984. for Literacy Enrichment at Pace, later re- Fordham University before serving as direc- Sister Dorothy Metz, S.C., formerly Sister Sister Donna Dodge, S.C., is executive named The Delany Center for Literacy Enrich- tor for ecological/global concerns for the Thomas Loretta, served as president of the director of the Sisters of Charity Housing ment. She holds a doctorate from Fordham congregation. Sisters of Charity of New York, 2003-2011, Development Corporation. She served as as- University in language and literacy. Sister Mary T. Higgins, S.C., formerly as well as a regional coordinator, 1995-2003. sistant to the president of the congregation, known as Sister John Rosaire, recently served She spent two decades at St. Barnabas High 2007-2011. She taught at Visitation School, 60 Years as coordinator of government benefits School, the Bronx, as a teacher and director Bronx, and at St. Joseph’s and St. Mary’s, Sister M. Clare Arenholz, R.D.C., was programs for the congregation. She was of development. She also taught at St. An- both in Yonkers; worked as co-director of principal of St. Frances de Chantal School, a teacher at St. Peter, Staten Island; St. thony’s and St. Gabriel’s, both in the Bronx; the congregation’s Planning and Research the Bronx, 1972-1991, and Our Lady of Good Gregory, Harrison; and St. Peter, Yonkers, St. Peter’s, Staten Island; St. Peter,’s Yonkers; Office; was assistant to the president of the Counsel Elementary School, White Plains, before serving as administrator at Mount St. and St. , Mount Kisco. She College of Mount St. Vincent; and served as 1991-2011. She taught at Our Lady of Mount Vincent Convent. She was a nurse at St. Jo- is chair of the board of Elizabeth Seton Chil- executive assistant to the president and vice Carmel School, Elmsford, 1959-1963, and St. seph’s Medical Center, Yonkers, and nursing dren’s Foundation. president of mission and planning at Sacred Frances de Chantal School, 1963-1972. She supervisor at Andrus Retirement Community. Sister Mary Ellen O’Boyle, S.C., formerly Heart University, Fairfield, Conn. She served also served at St. Lawrence O’Toole parish in She was a nursing teacher at College of Sister Catherine De Lourdes, is secretary as community outreach director for Catholic Brewster and in the leadership office of the Mount St. Vincent, 1993-2007. of the Archdiocesan Conference of Women Charities in Bridgeport, Conn. Sisters of the Divine Compassion, 2012-2016. Sister Eileen Judge, S.C., formerly known Religious. She taught at Holy Name of Sister Ellen M. Dunne, S.C., began teach- Sister Elizabeth Ann Clifford, R.D.C., as Sister Marietta Thomas, taught at St. School and St. John the Evangelist, both in ing the second grade in 1970 at Our Lady served as a teacher and mentor at Our Agatha Home, Nanuet; St. Joseph’s School, Manhattan, before teaching business educa- of Angels in the Bronx, and remained at the Lady of Mount Carmel School, Elmsford; St. Yonkers; SS. Peter and Paul, Bronx; and St. tion at St. Barnabas High School, the Bronx. school for 43 years until it closed in 2013. Mary’s, Katonah; St. Frances de Chantal and Brigid’s, Manhattan. As nurse/nurse practitio- She was an educator and administrator at She spent 32 of those years teaching the Preston High School, both in the Bronx; St. ner, she served in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Man- Grace Institute for nearly 30 years. She also third grade. Since 2013, she has continued Elizabeth’s, Manhattan; and Green Chimneys, hattan, and Bayley Seton Hospital, Staten Is- worked at the Intercommunity Center for in the ministry of education at St. Raymond Brewster. She found great joy in joining Msgr. land. As a nurse practitioner, she did mission Justice and Peace, and as secretary to the Elementary School in the Bronx. Robert Fox’s Summer in the City program, work in Morehead, Ky., for three years and in president at Sisters of Charity Center. She and later participated for 12 summers in a Guatemala for 10 years. She also served as represents the congregation in an anti-hu- 70 Years service program in Kentucky. director of associates in Guatemala. man trafficking coalition. Sister Anne Miriam Connellan, S.C. Sister Maria Teresa de Bourbon, R.D.C., Sister Helen McGovern, S.C., formerly Sister Doris Ann Pagano, S.C., formerly Sis- Sister Dorothy B. Emanuel, S.C. taught at Our Lady of Good Counsel Academy, Sister James Regina, continues to volunteer ter Christopher Marie, taught at Holy Name of Sister Helen P. Fleming, S.C. White Plains; Preston High School, the Bronx; after serving eight years as regional Jesus in Manhattan and St. Raymond’s, Bronx, Sister Joan Glowacki, S.C. and John F. Kennedy Catholic High School, coordinator for the Sisters of Charity of New and served as pastoral assistant at Incarna- Sister Margaret Sweeney, S.C. Somers. She then went to Newburgh to serve York. She taught at St. Joseph’s School and tion parish, Manhattan. She did mission work at Centro Hispano at St. Patrick’s parish, Sacred Heart, both in Manhattan, and St. in Guatemala for more than 20 years. When 65 Years aided in the formation of Neighbors United for Raymond, Bronx, where she also served as she returned to the United States in 1996, Sister E. Bernadette Brennan, S.C. Justice in Housing, served as a social worker assistant principal. She was administrator she became a chaplain, serving at New York Sister Elizabeth M. Butler, S.C. in the Family Health Center and worked in the at St. Peter’s, Haverstraw, before serving University Medical Center and Cabrini Center Sister Winifred M. Goddard, S.C. Newburgh City School District’s pre-kindergar- at College of Mount St. Vincent and as for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Sister Nora Hearty, S.C. ten center. She holds master’s degrees from a guidance counselor at St. Catharine Sister Patricia Walsh, S.C., formerly Sister Grace Henke, S.C. Middlebury College in Vermont and Adelphi Academy, the Bronx. known as Sister Daniel Maureen, taught Sister Mary Adele Henze, S.C. University in Garden City. Sister M. Ellen McGovern, S.C., formerly at St. John the Evangelist School, White Sister Marie John Jimenez, S.C. Sister Jane Keegan, R.D.C., taught at Sister Maureen Ellen, serves as regional coor- Plains; Incarnation and St. Bernard,’s both Sister Kathleen McKiernan, S.C. St. Lawrence O’Toole Elementary School, dinator of the Sisters of Charity of New York. in Manhattan; and St. Raymond’s, Bronx. Sister Helen McTaggart, S.C. Brewster, 1958-1964, and Good Counsel 20 catholic new york • Honoring Our Jubilarians October 27, 2016

Academy High School, White Plains, 1964-1970, before serving enhanced technology instructional network and opportunities 1999, and also served in Albany; Rome; West Haven, Conn.; as chair of the religion department at John F. Kennedy Catholic for students and parents to participate in informative sessions Scranton, Pa., and Jersey City, N.J. She holds a master’s High School, Somers, 1970-1980. She served as associate direc- on current social issues. degree in religious studies from Marywood College in tor of advancement for the Sisters of the Divine Compassion for Scranton. 20 years and held elective office on the congregation’s leader- Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt ship team for four years. She holds a master’s degree from 50 Years 50 Years Providence College. Sister Carol Carullo, O.P., formerly Sister Helen Dominic, Sister Ann Marie Archer, P.V.M.I., has served as the gen- Sister Anne Kniphuisen, R.D.C., serves on the pastoral is a native of Staten Island. For eight years, she has served eral councilor since 2011 and local superior since earlier this care committee of the Sisters of the Divine Compassion. She as a medical driver for the Religious of the Sacred Heart in year at the Marycrest Convent Motherhouse in Monroe. She taught first grade exclusively, serving at Our Lady of Sorrows Tarrytown. She earlier was a medical driver and companion served at St. Raymond’s in the Bronx, 1985-1987 and 1991- School, White Plains; Sacred Heart, Hartsdale; and for 47 at Tappan Zee Manor in Nyack; Rockland County Office of 1992; Convent in the Bronx, 1985-1987 and 1991- years at St. John the Evangelist, Mahopac, where her extra- the Aging in Pomona; St. Zita’s Villa in Monsey; and for the 1994; Marycrest, 1987-1991 and 1994-present, and St. Frances curricular activities included music ministry, development Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt. She was a home care aide de Chantal in the Bronx, 1992-1993. She holds a master’s and guidance of youth groups, and the religious education for Nyack Hospital and a cancer care technician at Calvary degree from St. John’s University. program. She received her master’s degree from St. Bonaven- Hospital, the Bronx. She also was a residential unit supervisor ture University. in St. Dominic’s Home and an aide at the West Street Day Care Congregation of Notre Dame, Wilton, Conn. Sister Mary Margareta McKenna, R.D.C., is moderator of Center, Spring Valley. 75 Years the Good Counsel Guild. She taught at Our Lady of Mount Car- Sister Dorothy Maxwell, O.P., formerly Sister Anna Wil- Sister Edith LaFlamme, C.N.D., taught business education mel School, Elmsford; St. Anthony’s, West Harrison; and Sacred liam, taught at St. Catharine’s School, Blauvelt, 1969-1970, Heart, Hartsdale, before serving as principal at Good Counsel and was principal of St Joseph’s, Millbrook, 1974-1978. She Elementary and St. Anthony’s schools. Following her retirement, also taught in Florida. After study, she served in the Pasto- she was appointed administrator of personnel at Good Counsel ral Care Department at Calvary Hospital, the Bronx, 1979- Convent Campus, a position she held for 10 years. 1988; was director of activities/pastoral care at the sisters’ Sister Dorothy Weber, R.D.C., assists with the Shepherd’s infirmary at St. Dominic’s Convent, Blauvelt, 1988-1991; was Flock ministry of the congregation serving the various needs coordinator of care with the Visiting Nurse Service, 1995- of adults and children and is a regular visitor to the residents 1999; was case manager with the Office of the Aging, Utica, of the St. Cabrini Nursing Home, Dobbs Ferry. She taught 1999-2005; and was a counselor at St. Dominic’s Convent, math and religion for 52 years at parish schools, including St. Blauvelt, 2005-2011. She did volunteer services with the is the Order’s Anthony’s, West Harrison; St. Lawrence O’Toole, Brewster; Dominican Sisters of Montebello, South Africa, 2011-2012, and Core Value and St. Frances de Chantal, the Bronx. She received her mas- has served as director of retirement services for the Blauvelt ter’s degree from St. Joseph College’s in West Hartford, Conn. Dominicans since 2012. 50 Years Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate, Monroe Quality Responsibility Sister Mary Doretta Cornell, R.D.C., serves as the Sisters 60 Years of the Divine Compassion representative to the Partnership Sister Rita Maireless, P.V.M.I., is compiling unpublished for Global Justice, a non-governmental organization affiliated writings and other materials on the life of Mother Mary Respect Spirituality with the . She taught at Preston High School, Teresa Fallon, P.V.M.I., foundress of the Parish Visitors of Mary the Bronx, 1969-1975, and was an adjunct professor at the Immaculate, at Marycrest Convent Motherhouse in Monroe College of New Rochelle, 1980-1982, and , since 1992. She served as formation director for the Sisters The Province’s sponsored ministries White Plains and Pleasantville, 1980-2006. She earned a doc- of Life, 1991-1992, and in various roles at Marycrest, 1965- provide services in the following areas: torate from the University of Missouri-Columbia. 1991. She also was juniorate director for Manhattan and Bronx Sister Marie Cecile Larizza, R.D.C., has served as princi- convents, 1969-1977, and did catechesis at Sacred Heart and pal of Our Lady of Sorrows School in White Plains since 1985 St. Gregory the Great parishes in Manhattan, 1971-1972. She and previously taught first grade there for 15 years, includ- holds a master’s degree from Manhattanville College. ing seven when she served as both assistant principal and Sister Joan Germaine, P.V.M.I., is in prayerful retirement teacher. During her time at Our Lady of Sorrows, she intro- at the Marycrest Convent Motherhouse in Monroe. She was duced programs in instrumental and choral music, drama, assistant treasurer and local superior at Marycrest, 1996- Palliative Care for Alcohol & Drug Care Homeless Rehabilitation

The Paulist Fathers pray in thanksgiving for the lives and ministries of our brothers who this year celebrate the 60th Anniversary of their ordination to the priesthood: Special Needs Supportive Social Education Housing Services Rev. William Cantwell, C.S.P. Ministry Impact Rev. Kevin Devine, C.S.P.

Rev. Joseph Mahon, C.S.P. Clients served annually Rev. James McQuade, C.S.P.

Rev. David O’Brien, C.S.P. Meals served annually

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paulist.org www.sjog-na.org [email protected] October 27, 2016 catholic new york • Honoring Our Jubilarians 21 at Notre Dame College, Staten Island. She Manhattan, and a counselor in drug abuse elementary schools, including Holy Child Dorchester, Mass. Since 1979, she has dedi- also taught in Providence, R.I.; St. Albans, Vt.; prevention programs in the archdiocese. She Academy in Old Westbury. She spent 13 cated her life to educating children in kinder- Waterbury, Conn.; and Montreal, Canada. She was mission effectiveness coordinator for years as head of Oak Knoll School in Summit, garten, after-school and summer programs was secretary to the provincial council at the the congregation, 2005-2011, and assistant N.J., and 16 years as head of the School of in Roxbury, the South End and Dorchester Congregation de Notre Dame in Ridgefield, to the provincial in Ridgefield, Conn. She the Holy Child in Rye. Sister Jean co-founded sections of Boston. A native of Bakersfield, Conn., 1976-1980; financial officer, 1980- taught religion in Stamford, was a principal UNANIMA-International, an NGO at the Calif., she also has served in Merced, Calif., 1986; and assistant to the provincial bursar, in Providence, R.I., and was co-founder of the United Nations, and served on its first board. and in Cobleskill. 1997-2003. She resides at Andrus on Hudson Puerto Rican Youth Organization in Water- Sister Rice, S.H.C.J., formerly in Hastings-on-Hudson. bury, Conn. known as Mother Mary St. Jude, served of the Sacred Heart Sister Margaret Giroux, C.N.D., taught Sister Anne Seeley, C.N.D., serves as in for more than 20 years, 60 Years art at Notre Dame Academy and Notre Dame director of campus ministry at Notre Dame including St. Elizabeth’s School, Our Lady of Sister Maureen O’Hara, G.N.S.H., for- College, both Staten Island, for 33 years. She Academy, Staten Island, where she earlier Lourdes and Casa Cornelia Center. She also merly known as Sister Shaun Marie, served taught art in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, and taught music, beginning in 1996. She taught served in Chile for 15 years. for many years as an elementary school at Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, S.D. at Villa Maria Academy, the Bronx, 1968- teacher and administrator. She later brought She resides at Visitation Center on the campus 1984. She also taught in Illinois and South Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne her love for nature and gardening to her work of Notre Dame Academy, Staten Island. Dakota, where she taught for 12 years at Red 50 Years with the Penn State Cooperative Extension Cloud Indian School. Sister Mary Patricia Haley, O.P., served at Urban Gardening Program in Philadelphia. 60 Years Hill Home in Hawthorne until 2003. She resides with other Grey Nuns at Lafay- Sister Simonne Camire, C.N.D., vol- Society of the Holy Child Jesus She was the main cook for the home and ette Redeemer. unteers in the financial office at St. Jean 75 Years convent until 2003. She served in the sisters’ Baptiste High School, Manhattan. She was Sister Gemma Gargano, S.H.C.J., served mission in Kenya in 2010. She now serves at 70 Years business education teacher at Notre Dame in the archdiocese for most of her religious Sacred Heart Home in Philadelphia. Sister Kathleen Early, G.N.S.H., formerly Academy in Waterbury, Conn. She taught at life. She served at St. Elizabeth and Our Lady Sister Mary Edwin Sheil, O.P., served at known as Sister Mary Rose schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode of Lourdes parishes, both in Manhattan, and St. Rose’s Home in Manhattan for six years. Island. She was secretary to the provincial at at the sisters’ community in Rye. A registered nurse, she holds a license as a Carmelite Nuns, , Beacon the Congregation de Notre Dame in Ridge- nursing home administrator. She is adminis- 50 Years field, Conn., 1984-1988. She was a secretary 60 Years trator at Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne. Sister Michaelene Devine, O.C.D., in the Office of the Vicar for Religious in the Sister Helena Mayer, S.H.C.J., formerly a native of St. Elizabeth’s parish in the Diocese of Providence, R.I., 2001-2013. known as Mother Mary Kilian, was born Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement, Heights section of Manhattan, and raised in New York City. She served as Graymoor entered the Carmelite in the 50 Years an educator, administrator and archivist, 50 Years Highbridge section of the Bronx. In 1982, Sister Mary Stacy Hanrahan, C.N.D., is including at her home parish of Our Lady of Sister Esther Garcia, S.A., served for two the community relocated to Beacon, where the congregation’s representative at the Lourdes, Manhattan, 1980-1989. years at St. Cecilia’s Mission in Manhattan. Sister Michaelene has served in several United Nations and with UNANIMA Interna- Sister Jean Marie O’Meara, S.H.C.J., She has served for 37 years in the Arch- capacities. She is a community councilor tional. She was a religion teacher and vice formerly known as Sister Mary Jean Marie, diocese of Boston, where she is program and on the leadership team of the Carmelite principal at St. Jean Baptiste High School, had early teaching assignments at several director of child care at the Yawkey Center in Communities Associated.

MISIONEROS DE YARUMAL ¿Eres una adulto y quieres visitar a los Misioneros en las misiones? ¿Eres un joven y sientes el deseo de ser sacerdote misionero? ¿Sientes el deseo de apoyar con tus donaciones? a los misioneros y sus proyectos de misión?

Puedes contactar al P.David Guzmán, Misionero de Yarumal, en el teléfono 718-561-8248 o también a: [email protected] o escribirnos a Misioneros de Yarumal 2317 Washington Ave., Bronx, NY. 10458.

P. Joselito Carreno, m.x.y., Misionero de Yarumal, evangelizando con un integrante de la tribu Samburo en Kenya, Africa.

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Holy Union Sisters Father John J. Moran, M.M., Archdiocese 70 Years of New York Sister Marie Pauline Collette, S.U.S.C. Father David L. Pfeiffer, M.M. Two Franciscan Jubilarians Father Leo B. Shea, M.M. 65 Years Father Joseph A. Slaby, M.M. Serve at Manhattan Parish Sister Hannah Collins, S.U.S.C. Father Richard P. Smith, M.M. Sister Mary Ellen Donohue, S.U.S.C. wo Franciscan of the Holy Name Prov- Sister Patricia Mulryan 40 Years ince who are marking their jubilees this year Father Michael J. Briggs, M.M. both serve at Holy Name of Jesus parish in Sisters of the Sacred Heart Father Raymond J. Finch, M.M. T 70 Years Father James Najmowski, M.M. Manhattan. Sister Adeodata Gatti, M.S.C. Father Paul M. Sykora, M.M. They are Father Lawrence Ford, O.F.M., the pastor, Sister Ilaria Povero, M.S.C. who is celebrating his 25th anniversary as a , and Father Lawrence 25 Years Father Kevin Tortorelli, O.F.M., who is celebrating his Ford, O.F.M. 65 Years Father John C. Barth, M.M. 50th anniversary. Sister Adelina Di Mare, M.S.C. Father James W. Kofski, M.M. Father Ford, a native of Olean, has been pastor of Sister Turco, M.S.C. Edmund Rice Christian Brothers Holy Name of Jesus since 2014 and has served at the North America Upper West Side parish since 2009. He is a member of MEN RELIGIOUS 60 Years the archdiocese’s Presbyteral Council and is president Jake Michael Binkley, C.F.C., has of the board of CREATE Inc., a social services agency Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, served in the archdiocese at All Hallows High in Harlem. Ossining School, the Bronx, 1959-1961; Power Memo- Father Ford professed first vows as a Franciscan 65 Years rial Academy, Manhattan, 1964-1975 and in 1991 and made final vows four years later. He was Brother Duane T. Crockett, M.M. 1978-1984; and St. Joseph’s Residence, New Father Joseph J. McGahren, M.M., Rochelle, 2011-2012. He has also served in ordained to the priesthood in 1996. He served at a parish in New Jersey and a shrine Archdiocese of New York Newark, N.J.; West Roxbury, Mass.; Roches- Father Kevin Father Charles A. Murray, M.M. ter; and Warwick, R.I. in Boston before pursuing doctoral studies at Boston Tortorelli, O.F.M. Father Edward J. Quinn, M.M. College, where he was an administrative fellow at the Brother Cyril L. Vellicig, M.M. 50 Years Lynch School of Education. Father Arthur H. Wille, M.M. Brother Anthony Patrick Bechner, C.F.C., Father Tortorelli professed first vows with the in 1966 and Father Maurice J. Zerr, M.M. has served in the archdiocese at Power Memorial Academy, Manhattan, 1970-1975, made final vows in 1973, the same year he was ordained to the priesthood. 60 Years and All Hallows High School, the Bronx, 1991- Before coming to Holy Name of Jesus in 2014, he served for 18 years as a Brother Robert A. Butsch, M.M. 2015. He has also served in Rochester and parochial vicar at St. Francis of Asissi parish in Manhattan, where he had Father Bernard P. Byrne, M.M. West Roxbury, Mass. also served following ordination. Father John J. Casey, M.M. At Holy Name, he is involved in various parish ministries, including Father John P. Casey, M.M. Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, Graymoor sacramental preparation and spiritual direction. Father James A. Conard, M.M. His other assignments in his 50 years as a friar include serving as a chaplain Father James T. Ferry, M.M., 60 Years Archdiocese of New York Father Mark O’Connor, S.A., is a na- at the University of Georgia; a pastoral associate at a ministry center in Father William B. Frazier, M.M. tive of Boston who served in the U.S. Navy Providence, R.I.; and a faculty member at in Loudonville. Brother Harold V. Horne, M.M. before entering religious life. He served at Father Bryce T. Nishimura, M.M. Graymoor Press in Peekskill for many years Father Michael A. Simone, M.M. before becoming the business manager of served in New York City; Layton, Utah; Min- Chicago, Portland, Ore., and New York City, Father John-Daly J. Walsh, M.M. The Lamp magazine and Ecumenical Trends. neapolis; Morgantown, W.V.; Plateau, Ala.; where he now resides. Father Elmer P. Wurth, M.M. He was assigned to a parish in Lumberton, Greeley, Colo.; Knoxville and Memphis, both Father James F. McQuade, C.S.P., has N.C., and then was ecumenical secretary for in Tennessee; and Vero Beach, Fla. He resides served in New York City; Grand Rapids, Mich.; 50 Years the Archdiocese of . He served in New York City. Austin, Texas; Morgantown, W.V.; Gree- Father Richard P. Albertine, M.M. in pastoral ministry at Chapel of Our Savior, Father Kevin A. Devine, C.S.P., was a ley, Colo.; Toronto, Ontario; and Knoxville, Brother John J. Beeching, M.M. Brockton, Mass., before he was assigned to U.S. Army chaplain. From 1962 to 1993, his Tenn. He spent many years as a hospital Father Philip N. Erbland, M.M. the Spiritual Life Center at Graymoor in Garri- chaplain service took him to posts in Europe chaplain. He resides in New York City. Father Regis B. Ging, M.M. son. He is a member of the senior community and the United States. He also has served Father David W. O’Brien, C.S.P., a veteran Father Joseph G. Healey, M.M. at St. Paul’s Friary, Graymoor. at the Paulist Center in Boston and at Good campus minister, has served in Austin, Texas; Father Sigmund S. Jamroz, M.M. Shepherd parish in Manhattan. He resides in Storrs, Conn.; Santa Barbara, Calif.; Boston; Father John P. Martin, M.M., Archdiocese Paulist Fathers New York City. Berkeley, Calif.; and Columbus, Ohio, where of New York 60 Years Father Joseph F. Mahon, C.S.P., a he now resides. He also served as the Paulist Father Frank S. Meccia, M.M. Father William J. Cantwell, C.S.P., has longtime mission , has served in Fathers’ vice president and first consultor.

To Praise, To Love, To Adore Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for those who do not. —“Bearers of the love of Christ in the world”. As Missionaries we leave ourselves behind CONTACT INFORMATION: and encounter others by “being close to those crushed by life’s troubles, sharing with the Sr. Marie Aimee, OSS needy, standing at the side of the sick, Blessed Sacrament Monastery elderly and the outcast.” —PoPe franCis 86 Dromore Rd., Scarsdale, NY 10583. (914) 722-1657 • [email protected] as we celebrate national vocation awareness week, http://macc.catholic.org/ you, too, can be a Missionary of the love of Jesus! www.mothercabrini.org sacramentine/sacramentine.html October 27, 2016 catholic new york • honoring our Jubilarians 23

MoVing worDs— John O’Hara, in bottom left photo, presides at the Oct. 8 blessing of the renovated and renamed St. Paul’s Books and Gifts at 2187 Victory Blvd. on Staten Island, as Brother Zbigniew Gawron, S.S.P., general director of St. Paul’s Publishing on Staten Island, addresses attendees. Hymns are sung at the blessing, in top photo. Visitors browse the store inventory, below. The shop formerly known as Alba House has been reorganized, shelves have been added and inventory increased, including the addition of books in Polish, Korean, Spanish, and other foreign languages that will be stocked soon. The store is owned and operated by the priests and brothers of the Society of St. Paul.

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OFFICE OF VOCATIONS • NYPRIEST.COM OFFICE OF VOCATIONS NYPRIEST.COM 24 catholic new york • Honoring Our Jubilarians October 27, 2016 U.S. Jesuits Welcome Most in a Decade The (Jesuits), the largest order of priests and brothers in the Church, welcomed 43 men as novices in the United States this year, the largest group in the last decade. Of the 43 men who entered, 19, or 44 percent, are Jesuit-educated, having attended one of the Jesuits’ 28 colleges or 73 secondary and pre-secondary schools in the United States. Jesuit novices arrived at in Culver City, Ca- lif.; Grand Coteau, La.; St. Paul, Minn.; and Syracuse. The novices will spend the next two years praying, working and learning about God, the Jesuits, each other and themselves. The journey from to Jesuit priest or brother can take anywhere from eight to 12 years. It involves years of study and service to the poor and marginalized — in homeless shelters, hospitals and prisons. “This year, the Society of Jesus accepted one of the largest novice classes in the past decade. The increas- ing number of novices is always an encouraging sign that faith is alive in a new generation,” said Father Tim- Bruce Byers othy P. Kesicki, S.J., president of the Jesuit Conference, HIGH HONORS—Sister Kathleen Lunsmann, I.H.M., president of SOAR! (Support Our Aging Religious), which represents the Society of Jesus in Canada and far left, and Kathryn Caballero, chair of the board of directors, far right, greet honorees Father James the United States. Martin, S.J., author and editor at large of America magazine; Sister Mary O’Neill, P.B.V.M., a religious “These new Jesuits join their brother novices from sister for 65 years who serves at the Newburgh Ministry; and Scott LaRue, president of ArchCare, who around the world, who give witness to the vitality of accepted for the archdiocese’s health care ministry, at the SOAR! awards dinner at the New York Athlet- Jesuit life.” ic Club in Manhattan Sept. 21. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia were also honored. SOAR! gives grants to religious congregations to meet the needs of retired and infirm members

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