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Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Tarrytown

70 YEARS
Sister Filipa Cardoso, R.S.H.M.,
served on the support staff at Mary-
mount Manhattan College in New York
City and at Marymount Convent, Tarry-
town. She entered the congregation in
Portugal, where she was born, making
her nal vows in Tarrytown. Now re-
tired, she resides at Marymount Convent
in Tarrytown.
60 YEARS
Sister Edna OConnor, R.S.H.M.,
resides in Africa, where she ministers in
Lusaka, Zambia. She previously taught at
schools run by the Religious of the Sa-
cred Heart of Mary in the Bronx and Sag
Harbor, as well as Arlington, Va. She also
did community outreach in Speedwell,
Va., and Ahoskie, N.C., before going to
Africa. Born in Ireland, she entered the
congregation in Tarrytown.
Sister Bernadette Crook, R.S.H.M.,
is an iconographer who since 2003 has
been the coordinator of the Ibillin
ProjectAn Iconostasis for Peace. The
enormous project involved designing
and painting an entire iconostasis for a
Melkite Catholic Church in Galilee, Is-
rael, which was dedicated in November.
An iconostasis is a screen on which icons
are mounted. They are used primarily in
Eastern Orthodox churches. She is also
the author of two books, Rooted in Gali-
lee and The Ibillin Beatitude Icons:
Meditations and Icons. Born in England,
she has lived and taught in New York,
Virginia, Rome, Zimbabwe and England.
Sister Patrick Cunningham,
R.S.H.M., a native New Yorker, began
her career as a science teacher and high
school administrator at Sacred Heart of
Mary-run schools in Manhattan, Brook-
lyn and Sag Harbor. She then earned her
nursing degree and worked at Flower
Fifth Avenue Hospital and New York
Hospital in the cardiac and intensive care
units. She has also served as a registered
nurse for the television program All My
Children, a position required when chil-
dren are in the cast.
Sister Angela Maloney, R.S.H.M.,
assists at Cormaria Retreat House in
Sag Harbor. Born in Ireland, she en-
tered the congregation in Tarrytown and
taught in R.S.H.M. schools in Long Is-
land City, Rosedale and Garden City. She
also taught for nine years at Marymount
School in Cuernevaca, Mexico.
Sister Susan Murphy, R.S.H.M., has
served both as a teacher and principal at
schools in Manhattan, Long Island City,
Sag Harbor and Garden City. After retir-
ing from teaching, she did pastoral work
at St. Benedict Joseph Labre parish in
Richmond Hill. Born in New York City,
she resides in retirement at Marymount
Convent in Tarrytown.
Sister Elizabeth Tuohy, R.S.H.M.,
taught at Mother Butler Memorial High
School in the Bronx and at Marymount
schools in Tarrytown; Santa Barbara,
Calif.; and Kingston, England, where she
still serves. Born in Ireland, she entered
the congregation in Tarrytown. She holds
a masters degree in history.
Sister Anne Walsh, R.S.H.M., men-
tors student-athletes at Fordham Univer-
sity in the Bronx. A life-long educator,
holding degrees in English, French, his-
tory and religious education, she taught
at schools in Manhattan and Brooklyn;
Arlington and Richmond, Va.; and Roll-
ing Meadows, Ill. She also worked in re-
ligious education in Lansing, Mich., and
Raleigh, N.C. She was born in Ireland.
50 YEARS
Sister Virginia Dorgan, R.S.H.M.,
is executive director of the Network for
Peace through Dialogue in New York
City. During a long career in education
she taught mathematics in Marymount
Schools in Tarrytown and New York City
as well as in Rome, Italy, and at schools
in Virginia. She served as campus min-
ister at Marymount Manhattan College
and also worked for Educators for So-
cial Responsibility. Born in Washington,
D.C., she entered the congregation in
Tarrytown. She holds a masters degree
in urban affairs.
Sister Kathleen Kanet, R.S.H.M., is
director of Youth Programs of the Net-
work for Peace through Dialogue in New
York City. She also directed the Educa-
tion Program of the Intercommunity
Center for Justice and Peace in New York
City. She was a teacher and administra-
tor in R.S.H.M schools in Virginia and
worked for the Edwin Gould Services for
Children and Incarcerated Mothers. She
was born in Chicago.
Sister Maureen Kelleher, R.S.H.M.,
currently an attorney specializing in im-
migration law at Legal Aid Service of Col-
lier County, Fla., holds degrees in English,
religious education and law. After teaching
in Garden City and the Bronx, she worked
for Network, the national Catholic social
justice lobby in Washington, D.C. She is a
native of New Rochelle.
Sister Georgette Lawton, R.S.H.M.,
serves as eligibility coordinator for
Columba Kavanagh House Inc. in New
York City, which provides permanent
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CELEbRATINg OuR JubILARIANs
Elena Miranda
You will lead a life worthy of the Lord
and pleasing to Him in every way. You will
multiply good works of every sort and grow
in the knowledge of God.

(Colossians 1:10)
SERVICE IN CHARITYMount St. Vincent,
the longtime motherhouse of the Sisters of Chari-
ty of New York, remains a focal point on the cam-
pus of the College of Mount St. Vincent in the
Riverdale section of the Bronx. Te chapel there
is the place where many of todays Sisters of Char-
ity jubilarians professed vows as women religious
and went forward to serve others in charity.
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housing and social services to homeless
single adults with a history of substance
abuse or mental illness. She was a found-
er of Columba Kavanagh House. Born
in Honolulu, she entered the congrega-
tion in Tarrytown and worked in busi-
ness and nance ofces for the R.S.H.M.
Eastern American Province, Marymount
School of New York and the Partnership
for the Homeless.
Sister Anna Maria Lionetti,
R.S.H.M., co-director of vocation pro-
motion for the R.S.H.M. Eastern Ameri-
can Province in Tarrytown, is a native
New Yorker who spent many years in
Rome, where she taught at Istituto Mary-
mount and was principal of SantAgnese
Scuola. Returning to the United States,
she worked at the R.S.H.M. LIFE Cen-
ter in Sleepy Hollow. She then went to
Mexico, where she lived and served in an
60 YEARS
Sister Claudia DeMarco, M.S.C., a
native of Conshohocken, Pa., taught in
elementary schools in Brooklyn; Phila-
delphia and Scranton, Pa.; and New Or-
leans, La. She retired in 2005.
50 YEARS
Sister Marjorie Connelly, M.S.C., a
native of Dumbarton, Scotland, is a reg-
istered nurse, who served at Columbus
Hospital and Stuyvesant Polyclinic, both
in Manhattan. She served the home-
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
less at an Episcopal Church outreach
in Manhattan. She served as a massage
therapist at Cabrini Center for Nursing
and Rehabilitation in Manhattan. She
assisted senior sisters at the St. Philip
Mission in Swaziland. She now assists
her congregations senior sisters.
Sister Lucille Souza, M.S.C., a na-
tive of Fall River, Mass., spent the early
part of her religious life as a teacher in
Brooklyn; Philadelphia and Scranton,
Pa.; and in New Jersey. She served at
Mother Cabrini High School, Manhat-
75 YEARS
Sister Alberta Blase, O.P., was born
in Maplewood, Mo. She served at St. Ag-
nes Home, Sparkill, 1938-1942; St. Ignatius
Nursery, Manhattan, 1942-1952; and Car-
dinal McCloskey Home, White Plains,
1952-1957. She served at Dominican Con-
vent, Sparkill, 1967-2004. She was also a
staff member for one year at the Domini-
can House of Studies in Rome, Italy. Now
retired, she is the oldest member in the
congregation at 96.
60 YEARS
Sister Mary Hourigan, O.P., is work-
ing in parish ministry in Wolf Point,
Mont. She taught at St. Brendans School,
the Bronx, 1954-1960, and St. Vito, Ma-
maroneck, 1967-1970. She also taught in
Albany and Easton, Md. In 1979, Sister
Mary went to serve the Native American
community in Montana. She served as a
teacher at St. Pauls Mission and at two
parishes in Montana. She was formerly
known as Sister William Marie.
Sister Annette Marie Carney,
O.P., resides at Siena Hall Inrmary in
Sparkill. She also taught at St. Teresas,
Woodside. From 1982 to 2001, she was di-
rector of religious education at St. Pauls
in Valley Cottage. She taught at St. Pauls
School, Valley Cottage, 1954-1960, 1970-
1982 and 2001-2005; and St. Pius X, Scars-
dale, 1960-1966.
Sister Marie ODonnell, O.P., is
the president of Msgr. Scanlan High
School in the Bronx. She also was prin-
cipal there, 1993-2008, and teacher, 1978-
1993. She was principal of Sacred Heart
School, Monroe, 1967-1978, and taught at
St. Martin of Tours School, the Bronx,
1962-1967. She also taught at St. Pauls
School in Norwich. She was formerly
known as Sister Ellen Edward.
Sister Margaret Carey, O.P., resides
at Dominican Convent in Sparkill. She
was a teacher, pastoral minister and
outreach worker. She served at St. Bren-
dans, the Bronx, 1972-1976 and 1987-1988;
St. Johns, the Bronx, 1988-1991; St. Eliza-
beths, Manhattan, 1983-1985; Jerusalem
House of Prayer, Sparkill, 1976-1978; Fran-
Dominican Sisters of Sparkill
tan, 1978-1986. She was instrumental in
the founding of Cabrini Mission Corps
and Cabrini Mission Foundation. She
served her community as provincial and
provincial councilor.
65 YEARS
Sister Antonia Lanzone, M.S.C.
Sister Barbara Leonardo, M.S.C.
Sister Marie Therese Petersen, M.S.C.
70 YEARS
Sister Rita Iavarone, M.S.C.
75 YEARS
Sister Monica Ste. Marie, O.S.U.,
taught in the Bronx at Our Lady of
Mercy School, 1938-1939; St. Philip Neri,
1939-1940; St. Angela Merici, 1942-1947;
and St. Jeromes, 1950-1957. She taught
at St. Josephs School in Middletown,
1947-1949. She also served in schools in
Malone; Washington, D.C.; and in Mary-
land and Delaware. She served in prison
ministry at Downstate Correctional Fa-
cility in Fishkill, 1980-1982, and for one
year at a prison in Delaware. She did ad-
ministrative work at Marian Residence
in New Rochelle and at Convent of St.
Joseph in Malone, 1983-2002. She retired
in 2002.
60 YEARS
Sister Anne Bunting, O.S.U., lives
with her community at St. Teresas in
New Rochelle. From 1959 to 1994 she
was a member of the history faculty at
the College of New Rochelle, and served
as dean of students, 1969-1970. She holds
Ursuline Nuns, New Rochelle
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ces Shervier Home, the Bronx, 1978-1982;
STAR Senior Center, the Bronx, 1985-
1987; and Catholic Home Bureau, Man-
hattan, 1992-2003. Sister Margaret also
taught at schools in Queens, Hicksville
and Fulton. She was formerly known as
Sister Margaret Bernard.
Sister Theresa Mary McPartland,
O.P., is a volunteer at St. John Chrysos-
tom School in the Bronx. She also served
as a teacher at St. John Chrysostom, 1954-
1959; assistant principal, 1976-1978; and
director of development, 2000-2006. She
taught at St. Helenas, the Bronx, 1966-
1967, and was principal there, 1978-1984.
She taught at Thorpe Secretarial, Man-
hattan, 1967-1971, and was principal of
St. Anthonys, the Bronx, 1971-1976. From
1984 to 1994 she was administrator of the
motherhouse at Dominican Convent in
Sparkill. She served on the sisters execu-
tive team, 1996-2000. She also taught at
schools in Fulton, and in Easton, Md.
Sister Anne Foley, O.P., is program
director at Thorpe Village in Sparkill.
She taught at St. Brendans, the Bronx,
1954-1960. For 13 years beginning in 1961,
she served as teacher, principal and in
catechetical ministry in the Multan Dio-
cese in Pakistan. She served as pastoral
minister of Our Lady of the Scapular
parish in Manhattan, 1976-1989. She also
taught in Hicksville. She was formerly
known as Sister Anne Gerard.
Sister Nora Healey, O.P., resides
at Dominican Convent in Sparkill. She
volunteers at Thorpe Senior Center and
The Dominican Learning Center, both at
the motherhouse. She taught at St. John
Chrysostom School, the Bronx, 1954-1962;
Sacred Heart, Suffern, 1966-1969; and St.
Matthews, Hastings, 1992-1997. She also
taught in Brooklyn and Binghamton.
She served as a nurse at NYU Medical
Center, New York Hospital, Siena Hall
Inrmary, as well as Pascack Valley Hos-
pital in New Jersey. Sister Nora served as
a school nurse and a parish health care
worker. From 1997 to 2007 she was an
assistant in the congregational develop-
ment ofce. She was formerly known as
Sister Rita Maureen.
Sister Joan Beairsto, O.P., who is a
professor and coordinator of the Mas-
ters of Teaching Program at St. Thomas
Aquinas College in Sparkill, has been in-
volved in full-time ministry there for 37
years. She earlier taught there, 1968-1972.
She taught at St. Theresas, the Bronx,
1954-1955; St. Helenas, the Bronx, 1955-
1958; St. Catherine of Siena, Manhattan,
1964-1965; St. Rose of Lima, Manhattan,
1965-1967; Our Lady of Mt Carmel, Mid-
dletown, 1967-1968, and St. Pauls, Valley
Cottage, 1968-1972. She held a teaching
fellowship at Boston University, 1972-
1974, and was an adjunct professor at
Brooklyn College, 1974-1975. She was for-
merly known as Sister Joseph Mary.
interprovincial community.
Sister Mary Alice Young, R.S.H.M.,
director of advancement for the R.S.H.M.
Eastern American Province, began her
professional career as a science teach-
er and principal at R.S.H.M. schools in
Ferguson, Mo.; Rolling Meadows, Ill.;
Richmond, Va.; Tarrytown and New
York City. She served as general secre-
tary of the Institute of the Religious of
the Sacred Heart of Mary in Rome for
10 years. Born in Brooklyn, she holds a
degree in administration for nonprot
corporations.
25 YEARS
Sister Nicoletta Scotti, R.S.H.M.,
a native of Italy, transferred to the Re-
ligious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
from an Italian congregation. She stud-
ied at Fordham University in the Bronx
and then returned to Italy. She resides
in Rome and teaches at Scuola Media
Statale.
a masters degree and doctorate from
Fordham University in medieval history.
She taught at Blessed Sacrament School
in New Rochelle, 1955-1959. She was a
representative to the United Nations for
the International Catholic Child Bureau,
1988-1997. She was formerly known as
Sister Marie de Chantal.
Sister Maria Rosa Deiso, O.S.U.,
taught Spanish at Mount St. Ursula for
40 years, beginning in 1968. She earlier
taught at St. Jeromes School, the Bronx,
1956-1964. Following a one-year tertian-
ship in Rome, she taught at St. Angela
Merici School in the Bronx. She also
taught at the Ursuline Academy in Bos-
ton for one year. She holds a bachelors
degree in Spanish from the College of
New Rochelle and a masters in Spanish
from Fordham University. She resides
with her community in New Rochelle.
70 YEARS
Sister Adelaide Thomason, O.S.U.
Sister Teresa Weed, O.S.U.
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Sister Mary Louise Twomey, O.P.,
is project manager at Thorpe Village in
Sparkill. She taught at St. John Chrysos-
tom, the Bronx, 1954-1959, and St. Rose of
Lima, Manhattan, 1959-1961. For 25 years,
beginning in 1961, she served as a teach-
er, supervisor and pastoral worker in the
Multan Diocese of Pakistan. She was a
pastoral minister at St. Johns parish in
the Bronx, 1988-1998.
Sister Ursula Joyce, O.P., is execu-
tive director of Thorpe Village Inc. in
Sparkill. She founded Thorpe Village, a
residence for senior citizens, in 1981. She
taught at St. Theresas, the Bronx, 1954-
1956; Our Lady of Grace, the Bronx, 1956-
1959; Cathedral High School, Manhattan,
1962-1965; and St. Thomas Aquinas Col-
lege, Sparkill, 1965-1972. She served on the
executive board of the Dominican Sisters
of Sparkill, 1972-1976. She served as a
psychologist at St. Agnes Home, Sparkill,
1976-1977, and at Catholic Home Bureau,
Manhattan, 1977-1981. She was formerly
known as Sister Agnes Richard.
Sister Mary Brinn, O.P., is a reme-
dial teacher and does secretarial work at
St. Benedicts School, the Bronx. For 30
years, beginning in 1974, she taught at her
alma mater, Aquinas High School, the
Bronx. She taught at St. Agnes, Sparkill,
1955-1956; St. Catherine of Siena, Man-
hattan, 1957-1958; St. Ritas, the Bronx,
1958-1962, and at Albertus Magnus High
School in Bardonia, 1967-1974. She also
taught in Springeld Gardens. She was
formerly known as Sister Anne Michael.
Sister Joan Bartin, O.P., who is re-
tired, offers local community service
in Crestwood, Mo. She taught in the St.
Louis area. She was a religious education
teacher and coordinator and served as
campus minister at Washington Univer-
sity in St. Louis. Beginning in 1980, she
ministered to Native Americans on the
Flathead Reservation in Montana. For 29
years, she served as pastoral minister at
St. Ignatius and Sacred Heart Missions in
Arlee, Mont. She was formerly known as
Sister John Louise.
Sister Diane Kane, O.P., works for
CSJ Care, ministering to the elderly in
their homes. A native of St. Louis, Mo.,
she has spent most of her religious life
serving in the Archdiocese of St. Louis as
a teacher, pastoral care worker and hos-
pital chaplain. From 1972 to 1975, she was
formation director in Sparkill, and served
as regional director of the Dominican Sis-
ters of Sparkill in St. Louis. She was for-
merly known as Sister Mary Ellen.
Sister Rose Mary Bira, O.P., is cur-
rently retired and living in Crestwood,
Mo. She served as a teacher, librarian
and religious education coordinator at
schools and parishes in the Archdiocese
of St. Louis. She also taught at a school in
Fulton for four years. She was formerly
known as Sister Loretto Rose.
70 YEARS
Sister Catherine Florence OConnor, O.P.
Sister Margaret Thomas Morahan, O.P.
Sister Loretta Butler, O.P.
Sister Ann Paul Mollman, O.P.
65 YEARS
Sister Marion Rita Kennelly, O.P.
Sister Patricia Connolly, O.P.
Sister Joan Stellern, O.P.
Sister Mary Elizabeth Dunne, O.P.
Sister Margaret John Dunne, O.P.
75 YEARS
Sister Marguerite Chiasson, C.N.D.,
a native of Caraquet, New Brunswick,
Canada, served as a teacher in Canada
and in Illinois and Vermont from 1932
to 1969. She was bursar of Notre Dame
Academy in Staten Island, 1969-1981. Sis-
ter Marguerite, who turned 99 on March
1, is retired and residing at Lourdes
Health Care Center in Wilton, Conn.
50 YEARS
Sister Patricia Corley, C.N.D., has
Congregation of Notre Dame, Wilton, Conn.
served as president of Notre Dame Acad-
emy on Staten Island since 2008. She
also serves as a councilor of her religious
congregation. In 1964, she began teaching
science and math at St. Marys Academy
in Providence, R.I., where she later served
as principal. She then spent 25 years as a
therapist and administrator of several
social service agencies, and eventually
taught at Rhode Island College.
70 YEARS
Sister Anne Scappini, C.N.D.
60 YEARS
Sister Padraic Mary McGuinness,
O.P., is currently a chaplain at Kateri
Residence in Manhattan. She taught at
Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the
Springs, Bridgeport, Conn.
St. Augustines School, Ossining, and
served as director of the Ferrer Lei-
sure Club at St. Vincent Ferrer parish in
Manhattan.
Dominican Sisters of Hope
75 YEARS
Sister Ann Mildred Brown, O.P.,
served her community in congregation
administration and as archivist in Fall
River, Mass. In Massachusetts, she minis-
tered in pastoral care at Morton Hospital,
as a library assistant at Bristol Commu-
nity College, and taught at schools there.
She also taught in Plattsburgh and Cha-
teauguay. She resides in Mount Vernon.
Sister Rosanne ORourke, O.P.,
taught at SS. John and Paul School in
Larchmont and at Holy Family School
in New Rochelle. She was principal
at Annunciation School in Tuckahoe,
1959-1965. She taught in New Jersey. She
taught religious education classes; spent
several summers at a developmental
reading center, and volunteered in the
Dominican Sisters inrmary. She resides
in Mount Vernon.
Sister Julie Pintal, O.P., taught at
schools in Massachusetts. She served as
novice mistress for the Dominican Sis-
ters of Fall River. She was religious edu-
cation coordinator in Massachusetts. She
served on the council of the Dominican
Sisters of Fall River; and served as a tu-
tor. She holds a bachelors degree from
Providence College and a masters de-
gree from Rhode Island College. She re-
sides in Mount Vernon.
60 YEARS
Sister Patricia Catlett, O.P., a regis-
tered nurse, ministered with the Domini-
can Sisters of the Sick Poor in Ossining,
1958-1960. She ministered with the Sisters
of the Sick Poor in Colorado and Ohio.
She served in Ohio and Colorado. She
worked with the Archdiocesan Housing
Committee of Denver, where she con-
tinues to live. She earned her nursing
degree from Bronx Community College
and a bachelors degree from Ohio Do-
minican College.
Sister Marie DiCamillo, O.P., taught
elementary school in Newburgh at St.
Mary School, Newburgh, 1967-1970, and
Sacred Heart School, 1954-1961, and in
Yonkers at Christ the King School, 1961-
1967. She taught in New Jersey and served
with the Ofce of Education there. She
holds a bachelors degree from Seton
Hall and a masters degree from Glass-
boro State College.
Sister Mary Groves, O.P., was busi-
ness teacher and department chair at Our
Lady of Lourdes High School in Pough-
keepsie for many years. She served there,
1963-1992. She was a part-time secretary
to the Marist Brothers in Poughkeepsie,
1972-1987. She taught at Our Lady of Vic-
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Hebrews 6:19
A world-wide community serving on four continents;
born 221 years ago in France amidst chaos, transition
and revolution.

That same spirit of hope which stirred our founders
hearts continues to impassion our hearts today
amidst chaos, transition and revolution in the 21st
century.

This is our story. We are Marian women for Christ -
courageous in faith and daring in hope. We are ONE
with the world.


CATHOLIC NEW YORK RELIgIOus JubILARIANs
tory School, Mount Vernon, 1955-1958,
and Christ the King School, Yonkers,
1958-1960. She taught in New Jersey and
ministered in Pennsylvania. She holds a
bachelors degree from Seton Hall Uni-
versity. She lives in Mount Vernon.
Sister Patricia Lally, O.P., taught at
Our Lady of Fatima School in Scarsdale
and at Our Lady of Lourdes High School,
Poughkeepsie. She served on retreat
teams in Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey.
She taught in Connecticut and served at
parishes in New Jersey. She was voca-
tion director and formation coordinator
for the congregation, and was on staff at
Cardinal Spellman Retreat House. From
1979-1990, she served at the Archdiocesan
Center for Spiritual Development. She
holds a bachelors degree from Seton Hall
University and masters degrees from Vil-
lanova University and Iona College.
Sister Eileen McCabe, O.P., taught
in Newburgh at St. Patrick School, 1955-
1960, and Mount St. Mary Academy,
Newburgh, 1973-1974. She taught at Our
Lady of Lourdes High School, Pough-
keepsie, 1974-1982, Cardinal Hayes High
School, the Bronx, 1983-1995; and at
St. Michael Academy, Manhattan. She
taught in Puerto Rico and in New Jer-
sey. She holds a bachelors degree from
Seton Hall University and a masters de-
gree from Catholic University. She lives
in Mount Vernon.
Sister Frances Whelan, O.P., serves
in Harlem with the Little Sisters of the
Assumption Family Health Service and
Residential Care at the Newburgh Cen-
ter of Hope. She served at St. Clares
Hospital in Manhattan; and Lincoln
Medical and Mental Health Center in the
Bronx, 1982-1990. She served at an AIDS
resource center and with Dominican Sis-
ters Family Health Service, the Bronx.
She served at Family Learning Circle, the
Bronx, at Mariandale Retreat and Con-
ference Center, Ossining, and at Thorpe
Family Residence, the Bronx. She holds
a bachelors degree in nursing from Col-
lege of Mt. St. Vincent, a masters degree
Dominican...
from Fordham University, and a masters
degree from Manhattanville College. She
lives in Manhattan.
50 YEARS
Sister Margaret Anderson, O.P.,
is director of guidance at the Academy
of Our Lady of Good Counsel in White
Plains, a position she has held since 2005.
She taught at Our Lady of Victory School,
Mount Vernon, 1966-1970; St. Patrick
School, Newburgh, 1970-1972, and Guard-
ian Angel School, Manhattan, 1972-1978.
She was a principal at St. Barnabas School,
the Bronx, 1986-1989, and at Ascension
School, Manhattan, 1989-1990. She was a
principal in New Jersey. She was a social
worker with ADAPP in Manhattan, 1991-
1999. She served on her congregations
leadership team. She holds a bachelors
degree from Mount St. Mary College, a
masters degree from Jersey City State,
and a masters from Fordham University.
She lives in the Bronx.
Sister Ann Daniel Belmonte, O.P.,
taught at Bishop Dunn Memorial School
in Newburgh, 1965-1968, 1972-1973; St. Au-
gustine School, Larchmont, 1968-1972, St.
Ursula School, Mount Vernon, 1973-1977,
and St. Mary School, Poughkeepsie, 1977-
1979. She ministered in West Virginia and
Virginia. She holds a bachelors degree
from Mount St. Mary College, a masters
degree from Hunter College, and a mas-
ters from Loyola University.
Sister Anne Marie Bucher, O.P.,
serves at Mary Manning Walsh Home
and, since 2005, has served the congre-
gation as health care consultant. She
served as coordinator for the combined
formation program of the Dominican
Sisters of the Sick Poor and Newburgh
Dominicans. She ministered with the
Dominican Sisters Family Health Service
in Ossining; and with the Dominican Sis-
ters Home Health Agency and the Little
Sisters of the Assumption. She served in
various capacities with the Dominican
Sisters of the Sick Poor. She worked in
H.I.V. advocacy. She ministered at Calva-
ry Hospital, 1999-2005. She holds an as-
sociates degree from Mary Rodgers Col-
lege, a degree in nursing from Cornell
New York Hospital School of Nursing,
and a masters degree from Maryknoll
School of Theology.
Sister Mary Ann Cirillo, O.P., taught
at Bishop Dunn Memorial School in
Newburgh, 1967-1968, and at SS. John and
Paul School, Larchmont, 1968-1969. She
taught in schools and served as a pas-
toral minister at parishes in New Jersey.
She served in Oklahoma, where she now
lives. She holds a bachelors degree from
Mount St. Mary College, and a masters
degree in pastoral ministry.
Sister Nancy Erts, O.P., has been a
program specialist on the staff of Mari-
andale Retreat and Conference Cen-
ter in Ossining since 2004. She taught
at St. Thomas School, Cornwall, 1966-
1967; and at St. Ursula School in Mount
Vernon, 1973-1976. She was formation
director for the Dominican Sisters of
Newburgh, 1983-1987. She ministered
in North Carolina and New Jersey. She
served as co-director of the Dominican
Novitiate in Manchester, Mo. She did re-
treat work at Linwood Spiritual Center,
Rhinebeck, and Siena Spirituality Cen-
ter, Water Mill. She holds a bachelors
degree from Mount St. Mary College, a
masters degree from Manhattan Col-
lege, and a masters degree from the New
York Theological Seminary. She lives in
Croton-on-Hudson.
Sister Margaret Foster, O.P., taught
in the archdiocese at St. Mary School,
Poughkeepsie, 1967-1970. She taught,
served as a director of religious educa-
tion and was a pastoral associate in New
Jersey, where she now lives. She holds a
bachelors degree and a masters degree
from Fordham University.
Sister Dorothy Ann Gensur, O.P.,
taught at Bishop Dunn Memorial School,
Newburgh, 1962-1963, 1973-1974), St.
Mary School, Newburgh, 1964-1967, St.
Thomas School, Cornwall, 1967-1972, and
St. Augustine School, Larchmont, 1972-
1973. She taught in New Jersey and Con-
necticut and in Puerto Rico. She served
as principal in Connecticut. She holds a
bachelors degree from Southern Con-
necticut State College, and a masters
from Providence College.
Sister Mary Ella Morrison, O.P.,
taught at Sacred Heart School, New-
burgh, 1966-1969, Mount St. Mary Acad-
emy, Newburgh, 1972-1976, St. Ursula
School, Mount Vernon, 1977, and at Our
Lady of Lourdes High School, Pough-
keepsie, 1978-1985. She taught in New Jer-
sey and Connecticut. She ministered in
various capacities in West Virginia. She
holds a bachelors degree from Mount St.
Mary College and a masters degree from
Providence College.
Sister Mary Cecilia Murray, O.P.,
teaches religion at Mount St. Mary Col-
lege. She has taught religion there since
1998. Earlier, she taught music at the col-
lege, 1990-1991, and tutored in the HEOP
program, 1994-2000. She taught at Bish-
op Dunn Memorial School, Newburgh,
1962-1963, 1964-1965, and at Holy Rosary
School, Hawthorne, 1965-1966. She taught
music and religion at Mount Saint Mary
High School, Newburgh, 1966-79. She
was a teacher in Connecticut. She was
historian for the Dominican Sisters of
Newburgh. She holds a bachelors degree
from Manhattanville College, a masters
degree from Catholic University and
from Princeton Theological Seminary,
and a doctorate from Drew University.
Sister Marianne Watts, O.P., was re-
gional coordinator of DARE, the Ofce
of Substance Abuse in the Archdiocese
of New York, 1983-1987, training program
administrator for the National Council
on Alcoholism in White Plains, 1987-1993,
and founder and administrator of Max-
train at The Maxwell Institute, Tuckahoe.
She taught elementary school at Bishop
Dunn Memorial School, Newburgh,
1962-1963, 1964-1966, and taught English
at Mount St. Mary Academy, Newburgh,
1969-1972. She taught in North Carolina,
Connecticut and New Jersey. She holds
a bachelors degree from the College of
New Rochelle, a masters degree from
Catholic University, and a masters de-
gree from Middlebury College.
70 YEARS
Sister Mary Lorraine Beckes, O.P.
Sister Catherine Mary OBrien, O.P
Sisters of St. John
the Baptist,
Te Bronx
60 YEARS
Sister Bernardine Symionow,
S.S.M.I., was administrator of the St.
Joseph Adult Care Home in Sloatsburg,
2001-2011. She spent ve years as a gen-
eral councilor in Rome and served for
many years as a nurse.
Sister Clare Holak, S.S.M.I., serves
in the payroll department at Summit
Park Hospital and Nursing Care Center,
Pomona. She was a teacher at St. Marys
Academy, Sloatsburg, and at elementary
Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate
schools in Buffalo and Rochester; and
in Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. She also
worked in religious education in the
archdiocese; as a director of religious
education in New Jersey; and in Catho-
lic Family and Community Services in
Paterson, N.J.
70 YEARS
Sister Thomas Hrynewich, S.S.M.I.
Sister Longine Gawrylow, S.S.M.I.
Sister Juliette Chicorli, S.S.M.I.
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75 YEARS
Sister Placid Zinicola, C.S.JB., was
a member of the rst graduating class
of St. John Villa Academy on Staten Is-
land, where she would go on to teach for
61 years after entering the Sisters of St.
John the Baptist. She also held positions
of leadership in her religious communi-
ty. She taught at another high school in
New Jersey and at Alphonsus College in
Woodcliff Lake, N.J. She holds a masters
in education from Seton Hall University.
Last August, she retired to Mount St.
John Convent in Purchase.
Sister Helen Guerrieri, C.S.JB., was
also a member of the rst graduating
class of St. John Villa Academy on Staten
Island and joined the faculty there soon
after entering the Sisters of St. John the
Baptist. In 1944, Sister Helen was mis-
sioned to Chile, where she served as a
teacher and principal of an elementary
school and a vocational high school.
When she returned to New York, she was
March 22, 2012 20 CATHOLIC NEW YORK RELIgIOus JubILARIANs
stationed at St. James School in Manhat-
tan; and then at the communitys school
in Gladstone, N.J., where she was prin-
cipal of the elementary school and held
leadership positions in the community.
She then returned to teach at St. John
Villa Academy High School until her re-
tirement, completing a total of 46 years
there. In August, she moved to Mount St.
John Convent in Purchase.
60 YEARS
Sister Marie Antoinette Cafero,
C.S.JB., was missioned to Zambia, Africa,
after her rst profession. She returned to
New York to serve the elderly at Provi-
dence Rest Nursing Home, 1956-1961. She
also did parish service in Brooklyn, Long
Island and Cairo, N.Y. She taught kinder-
garten for many years at Our Lady of Lo-
reto School in Manhattan and St. Lucys
School in Newark, N.J., before retirement.
Sister Philomena Marie De Mar-
tino, C.S.JB., assisted the aged at Provi-
dence Rest Nursing Home in the Bronx
for 57 years until her retirement in 2010.
As a oor supervisor, she was known
for the rapport she developed with ad-
ministrators and staff, fellow sisters and
residents alike. Many nursing home resi-
dents remember her for her untiring care
and concern.
50 YEARS
Sister Josefa Marie Curcio, C.S.JB.,
now assistant principal for the primary
grades at St. Raymonds School in the
Bronx, began teaching at St. Dominics
Convent, the Bronx in 1964. She taught
in the communitys elementary school in
New Jersey before she became principal
of St. James School in Manhattan, 1980-
1995. She was principal of St. Dominics
School in the Bronx, 1995-2011. In addi-
tion, she has served as local superior, a
member of the sisters leadership team
and director of junior professed sisters.
Sister Regina McTiernan, C.S.JB.,
began teaching at the communitys
school in Gladstone, N.J., in 1964. She also
taught elementary school in Plaineld,
N.J., for ve years and at St. Dominics
School in the Bronx, 1970-1972. Return-
ing to New Jersey in 1974, Sister Regina
has served as a director of religious edu-
cation since 1976. She now serves as DRE
at St. Josephs parish in Newton, N.J.
25 YEARS
Sister Teresita Mission, C.S.JB., is
now serving in the Pastoral Care Depart-
ment at Providence Rest Nursing Home
in the Bronx. In 1989, she assisted with
residents in the care of the religious
community at its convent at Alphonsus
Manor in Cairo, N.Y. She then was sent
to the Philippines to minister to children
there until she returned in 2007.
Sister Gracy Puramadathil, C.S.JB.,
began teaching in Bangalore, India, in
1989. In 2007, she came to New York to
teach in the child day care program at
Mount St. John Convent in Purchase.
Sister Virgincita Seville, C.S.JB., re-
ceived her novitiate training in Italy and
served as an educator in the Philippines.
She then was transferred to Mexico,
where she worked with parishioners and
children. In l999, she came to America
and began assisting at Providence Rest
Child Day Care in the Bronx and at St.
Dominics School there. She served as the
lead teacher at Mount St. John Convent
in Purchase, 2001-2006. She was then
sent to teach at St. Fortunatas Convent
in Brooklyn for two years. Since 2008,
Sister Virgincita has been responsible
for the daily operations of Providence
Rest Child Day Care in the Bronx.
65 YEARS
Sister Damian Marie Cameola, C.S.JB.
Sister Placid Baglino, C.S.JB.
55 YEARS
Sister Loretta Marie Florio, C.S.JB.
March 22, 2012 21 CATHOLIC NEW YORK RELIgIOus JubILARIANs
50 YEARS
Sister Angela Marie Verdi,
C.S.A.C., has taught in New York and
New Jersey, where she also was a vice
principal. From 1985 to 1988, she taught
at Immaculate Conception School, the
Bronx. She then returned to New Jersey,
where she has since taught. She served
as secretary of the second and fth pro-
vincial chapters.
Sister Grace Gabrielle OBrien,
C.S.A.C., taught from 1963 until 1970,
when she became nancial administra-
tor at Harriman College. From 1978 to
1984 she was assistant academic dean at
Iona College. She was assistant director
of Diocesan Ministerial Development
S
ister Mary Ellen OBoyles rst event as execu-
tive secretary of the Archdiocesan Council of
Women Religious (ACWR) certainly holds a
lot of promise.
More than 100 religious sisters have signed up
to attend Planning for the
Future: Alternatives to Recon-
guration, a daylong confer-
ence being offered March
22 at Dominican Convent in
Sparkill by Father Dan Ward,
O.S.B., and attorney Donna
Miller, who serve on the staff
of the Resource Center for
Religious Institutes in Wash-
ington, D.C.
Conference planning was
already under way when Sis-
ter Mary Ellen began in her new part-time position
Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines)
Center in the Archdiocese of Newark,
N.J., and then was a parish administrator
in Cranford, N.J. From 1991 to 1993 she
was part of the sisters formation and
adult education team. From 1995 to 1999
she was circulation manager of Catholic
New York. She was a general councilor,
serving in Italy, 2001-2007. She recent-
ly has been instrumental in creating a
province Web page.
Sister Michele Ruggiero, C.S.A.C.,
served as a teacher and principal from
1963 until 1975, when she began serv-
ing as vocation director and postulant
director until 1982. She was modera-
tor of Holy Rosary Academy in Union
City, N.J., for ve years. She then went
to Rome, Italy, to study the charism of
St. Vincent Pallotti. She was the forma-
tion coordinator of the Cenacle, 1991-
1995. She then was a director of religious
education before serving as provincial,
1996-2005. In 2006, she began her apos-
tolate in Hispanic outreach.
60 YEARS
Sister Carmel Therese Favazzo,
C.S.A.C., has served as postulant direc-
tor, provincial moderator and as region-
al councilor. She was president of Harri-
man College, 1972-1979. She served later
as a teacher and principal for 13 years.
She was co-coordinator of mission in-
tegration for two years and then served
as moderator of Holy Rosary Villa. She
continued to do vocations and mission
integration work and has been director
of UAC since 1998.
Sister Clement Pagliari, C.S.A.C.,
has served as a teacher in several ele-
mentary and high schools. In 1976 she
started a 10-year tenure at Harriman
College. She was moderator of St. Pat-
ricks Villa, 1976-1978. She also served as
a delegate to the provincial chapter.
Sister Gema Possebon, C.S.A.C., ar-
rived from Brazil in 1956 and has served
as a hospital volunteer. Before retiring to
Queen of Apostles Convent in 1980, she
served the other sisters and guests of St.
Patricks Villa in Harriman as a driver.
Collaboration Is Key for New ACWR Executive Secretary
Feb. 1. She succeeded Sister Rose Vermette, R.C.D.,
who left the post so she could fully devote herself to
her responsibilities as president of the Sisters of Our
Lady of Christian Doctrine.
Its no secret that the needs being faced by re-
ligious congregations today are far different than
when their foundresses were playing a major role
in establishing the systems of Catholic education,
health care and social service for which the women
religious of this country became famous. Many reli-
gious congregations are getting smaller in number,
with few younger women entering religious life.
Each congregation is looking at and planning for
its future...You choose a road for the future, said
Sister Mary Ellen, a member of the Sisters of Charity
of New York for 55 years.
There are more than 60 religious congregations
whose leaders belong to ACWR. Sister Mary Ellen
said she is looking forward to coordinating member-
ship activities, corresponding with members and
advertising and advocating for the efforts of ACWR
and its member congregations.
Thats a powerful group of women to have stand
behind an issue, offer support and to share skills and
resources, she said.
The conferences eight-member executive council,
along with the vicars for religious, met with Cardi-
nal Dolan March 6. Sister Mary Ellen said the sisters
shared their ideas with the Cardinal and expressed a
willingness to be of service to the archdiocese.
Most recently, Sister Mary Ellen served as secre-
tary to the president of the Sisters of Charity of New
York, under Sister Dorothy Metz, S.C., from 2003
until last year. That position gave her a close-up
view of the many demanding projects with which
the congregations leadership becomes involved.
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Maryknoll Sisters, Ossining
75 YEARS
Sister Mary Elizabeth Keyser,
M.M., resides in retirement at the Mary-
knoll Center in Ossining. Born in Phila-
delphia, she was initially assigned to cat-
echetical work at the historic San Juan
Bautista Mission in California. She later
served at Maryknolls Bethany Convent
in Ossining, followed by nearly 10 years
as a school principal in Cochabamba, Bo-
livia, and 33 years as a religious educa-
tion instructor and pastoral care worker
in Chile.
Sister Joan Marie Peltier, M.M., re-
tired at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in
Ossining, served in Bolivia for more than
30 years, providing pastoral care and re-
ligious instruction, as well as teaching in
various mission schools. She was a pas-
toral associate at several Catholic com-
munities in Breckenridge, Tex., 1975-1995,
and worked with the handicapped in St.
Louis, Mo., 1986-1990. She was born in
Milwaukee, Wis.
Sister Marie Corinne Rost, M.M.,
born in Jefferson City, Mo., served for
nearly 50 years as a music teacher and
administrator at Maryknoll Convent
School in Kownloontong, Hong Kong.
She holds a bachelors degree in music
from Manhattanville College. She is re-
tired and resides at the Maryknoll Sisters
Center in Ossining.
60 YEARS
Sister Katherine Byrne, M.M., from
Baton Rouge, La., began her long mis-
sionary ministry in Hong Kong, work-
ing in medical clinics and the Maryknoll
Hospital in Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, from
1957 to 1971. She then served for three
years as director of health services at the
Maryknoll Center, Ossining, followed by
ve years at Bethlehem University in Is-
rael. She returned to Hong Kong in 1976,
serving as director of nursing for Caritas
Medical Center until 1979. She is now re-
tired and living at the Maryknoll Sisters
Center in Ossining.
Sister Janet Catherine Carroll,
M.M., serves on the board of directors
of the American Society of Missiology, of
which she was president, 1984-1985. She
also sits on the advisory committee for
Orbis Books Inc. She spent her rst 16
years in pastoral and administrative work
in Taiwan. She then worked as the advis-
er to the Holy See, Association of South-
east Asian Nations, (ASEAN) States and
China Observer at the United Nations,
1979-1985. She was then appointed execu-
tive director of the U.S. Catholic China
Bureau, a position she held until 2003.
Sister Joan Frances Delaney, M.M.,
born in Yonkers, is a well-known missi-
ologist and ecumenist. She served with
Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong for
more than 20 years as a college professor,
teaching education and sociology at col-
leges and universities. She later served
seven years as executive secretary for
SEDOS, an organization dedicated to
research and increased understanding
of global mission, in Rome, followed by
three years as representative of the Vati-
can Congregation for Christian Unity to
the World Council of Churches, Geneva,
Switzerland. She now lives at the Mary-
knoll Sisters Retirement Residence in
Monrovia, Calif.
Sister Virginia Fabella, M.M., is a
well-respected theologian, writer and
editor of various publications. Born in
Manila, Philippines, she is a graduate
of San Francisco Theological Seminary
with a doctorate in ministry and womens
studies. She was initially assigned to her
home city as a high school religion, math
and English teacher. She later taught in
Bolivia, Peru and the Philippines. In 1988
she was appointed dean of the Institute
of Formation and Religious Studies in
Quezon City, Philippines. Sister Virginia
served as director of Maryknoll Sisters
Mission Institute in Ossining and sec-
retary of the Ecumenical Association of
Third World Theologians in the Philip-
pines. She lives at the Maryknoll Sisters
Residence at Jala Jala, Rizal, Philippines.
Sister Jeanne Houlihan, M.M.,
serves in the Development Department
at Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining.
She was rst assigned to Hong Kong in
1955, where she taught at Maryknoll Con-
vent School. She later served as princi-
pal of the secondary section of Mary-
knoll Convent School, 1974-1985. She also
served as supervisor of the Maryknoll
Convent Schools elementary school
section, and as chairperson of the Mary-
knoll Convent School Foundation. Born
in St. Louis, Mo., she holds a masters
degree in education administration from
St. Louis University.
Sister Eleanor Killion, M.M., works
in pastoral ministry and religious educa-
tion at parishes in Honolulu, and Kailua,
Hawaii. Initially assigned to Bolivia, she
served as a teacher, principal and pastoral
ministry leader there for nearly 20 years.
From 1982 to 1987, she worked in the Sec-
retariat ofce at Maryknoll Sisters Cen-
ter in Ossining, followed by three years
in pastoral ministry in Panama. In 1998,
Sister Eleanor was assigned to Hawaii.
She was born in Easton, Minn.
Sister Dorothy McGowan, M.M.,
is assigned to East Timor, where she is
engaging in pastoral ministry and com-
munity health education. Born in New
York City, she served from 1955 to 1957
in the ofces of Maryknolls Field Afar
magazine and in the Maryknoll Treasury
Department. She was then assigned to
the Philippines, where she worked for 17
years, rst as a high school teacher, then
as department chair and dean of stu-
dents at Maryknoll College, Quezon City.
She returned to Ossining in 1974, serving
on the Sisters central governing board.
In 1979, she was assigned to Indonesia,
where for 11 years, she worked with a
community health program.
Sister Maria Rosa Nakayama, M.M.,
born in Tokyo, Japan, served with Mary-
knoll Sisters in her native land for nearly
all of her religious life. Her rst seven
years were spent in pastoral ministry in
Kyoto and Isa Sai-in. In 1963, she moved
to Yokkaichi, where she was an educa-
tor, teaching religion and then serving as
assistant principal and administrator of
Maryknoll Girls School until 2003. She
retired to the Maryknoll Sisters Center
in Ossining in 2008.
Sister Dolores Ritter, M.M., from
Dresden, Kan., began her service in 1955,
providing nursing care to patients at
the Maryknoll Tuberculosis Sanatorium
in Monrovia, Calif. In 1972, she was as-
signed to the Marshall Islands, where
she worked in public health for 11 years.
After a year serving in the Development
Department at Maryknoll Sisters Center
in Ossining, and six years in family min-
istry in Kansas, she was assigned to Ha-
waii, where she did pastoral ministry and
social services from 1989 until her retire-
ment in 2008 to the Maryknoll Sisters
residence in Monrovia, Calif.
Sister Gloria Maria Ruiz, M.M., be-
gan her ministry in 1960 at Chang Hua
Hospital in Taiwan, and shortly after at
Maryknoll Hospital in Hong Kong. In 1972
she was appointed community health
planner-coordinator at a health center
in Kowloontsai, Hong Kong, where she
served for 13 years. In 1975, she was as-
signed to Indonesia, where she worked
at a hospital laboratory in Bandung. She
returned to the Maryknoll Sisters Center
in 1982, returning to Hong Kong in 1987
to work in pastoral counseling at Queen
Elizabeth Hospital until 1994. She then
worked four years at the Maryknoll Sis-
ters Center, followed by three years in El
Sisters of Charity of New York
75 YEARS
Sister Mary Ellis S.C., formerly Sis-
ter Mary Bernadette, retired as librarian/
media coordinator of Mount St. Vincent
Convent, the Bronx. She began her ser-
vice as a primary school teacher at Visita-
tion School, the Bronx. Other ministries
included: St. Lawrence Academy, Holy
Trinity and Our Lady of Good Counsel,
Manhattan; St. Agatha Home and St. Pat-
rick Villa, Nanuet; and St. Francis of As-
sisi, Mount Kisco. She served in several
positions at St. Vincents Hospital, Harri-
son, before joining the library staff at St.
Elizabeth Seton Academy, the Bronx.
60 YEARS
Sister Wilda Asfour, S.C., formerly
Sister Michael Regina, retired in 2007.
She began her career as a teacher in 1954
at St. Gabriels School, and then taught
at SS. Peter and Paul, both in the Bronx;
St. John the Baptist, Brooklyn, and St.
Marys, Wappingers Falls. After earning
her masters in education in guidance,
she devoted the rest of her ministry to
counseling, starting a primary drug pre-
vention program at York Catholic High
School, York, Pa., 1969-1978, and a par-
enting program at St. Francis Prep, Fresh
Meadows, 19792003.
Sister Margaret C. Kelly, S.C., for-
merly Sister Mary Rita, began her edu-
cation ministry at St. Gregory the Great,
Harrison, then taught at St. Peters, Staten
Island; Cardinal Spellman High School,
the Bronx; and Iona Prep, New Rochelle.
From 1991 to 1999 she served on the con-
gregations leadership council. After re-
ceiving her certicate in Clinical Pasto-
ral Experience, she served as chaplain at
St. Joseph Medical Center, Yonkers, until
her retirement in 2008.
Sister Miriam Jude Trank, S.C., is
director of student activities at St. Joseph
by-the-Sea High School, Staten Island. A
lifelong educator, she began her ministry
at Visitation School, the Bronx, in 1954.
She also taught at St. Josephs, Yonkers;
Ascension, Manhattan; St. Barnabas, the
Bronx; and Blessed Sacrament and St.
Marys, both on Staten Island, as well at
St. Joseph by-the-Sea. She was assistant
principal at St. Barnabas for nearly a de-
cade and has held numerous administra-
tive positions at St. Josephs.
Sister Anne Marie Walsh, S.C., for-
merly Sister Mary Immaculata, began her
ministry as a nurse at Holy Family Hos-
pital, Brooklyn, in 1954. She then worked
at St. Vincents Hospital, Manhattan, and,
beginning in 1960, served as a nurse at St.
Josephs Hospital, Yonkers, for almost 25
years. She then worked in hospitals pub-
lic relations department for two decades
before retiring in 2004.
70 YEARS
Sister Anna T. Golden, S.C.
65 YEARS
Sister Claire Marian Barton, S.C.
Sister Margaret Beaudette, S.C.
Sister Jane Maria Hoehn, S.C.
Sister Anna Marian Lascell, S.C.
Sister Rita Elizabeth Moon, S.C.
Sister Clare Regan, S.C.
Sister Helen Scoltock, S.C.
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retired at the Maryknoll Sisters resi-
dence in Monrovia, Calif.
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VICARIATE OF THE SOUTH BRONX
Most Rev. Bishop Josu Iriondo, Vicar
Its Parishes, Priests, Deacons, Religious and Faithful
Offer Prayers and Congratulations to
His Eminence
Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan
Abraham House
Christ the King
Immaculate Conception
Our Lady of Victory
Our Savior
Sacred Heart
St. Angela Medici
St. Anselm
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Athanasius
St. Augustine
St. Crispins Friary
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Jerome
St. John Chrysostom
St. Joseph
St. Luke
St. Margaret
St. Pius V
St. Rita of Cascia
St. Roch
St. Simon Stock
St. Thomas Aquinas
SS. Peter and Paul
75 YEARS
Sister Madelyn Kortendick, O.P.,
a native of Milwaukee, served at two
schools in the archdiocese. She was a
teacher at Corpus Christi School, Man-
hattan, 1969-1974, and at Our Lady of
Refuge, the Bronx, 1957-1960, where she
was principal, 1978-1981. She also taught
in Chicago, and served in Milwaukee
and in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. She now
resides at St. Dominics Villa in Hazel
Green, Wis.
60 YEARS
Sister Joan Crampton, O.P., a na-
tive of Omaha, Neb., taught at two
Bronx schools: Our Lady of Mercy,
1986-1997, and Our Lady of Refuge, 1983-
1984. She was formerly known as Sister
Mary Jacques. She also taught in the
District of Columbia and in New Jersey,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Florida, Ne-
braska, Oklahoma and Colorado. She is
residing at St. Dominics Villa in Hazel
Green, Wis.
Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, Wis.
50 YEARS
Sister Mary Ann Carroll, O.P., a na-
tive of Chicago, has served as prioress of
St. Dominics Villa in Hazel Green, Wis.,
since 2010. In the archdiocese, she was
principal of Our Lady of Refuge School,
the Bronx, 1988-1991, and taught at St.
Elizabeths in Manhattan, 1991-1992. She
taught in Minnesota, Wyoming and Wis-
consin, where she also did pastoral min-
istry and held community leadership po-
sitions. She was formerly known as Sister
Marie Richarde.
Sister Carolyn Wildrick, O.P., a native
of Monona, Wis., taught at two schools in
the Bronx: Our Lady of Mercy, 1990-1993,
and Our Lady of Refuge, 1985-1990. Sister
Carolyn taught and served as a principal
at schools in Wisconsin, where she also
served as a hospital chaplain. Formerly
known as Sister Theodora, she is currently
ministering in family care.
70 YEARS
Sister Leopold Kaufmann, O.P.
Sister Mary Ann Smith, M.M., works
in the Maryknoll Ofce of Global Con-
cerns and with End Child Prostitution,
Pornography and Trafcking USA (EC-
PAT), an international childrens advo-
cacy network. Born in Archibald, Pa.,
she began her missionary career in the
Philippines in 1960, serving as a teach-
er in Baguio and Quezon City, and as a
maintenance supervisor in Santo Tomas.
From 1973 to 1976, she served at the Di-
ocesan Adult Training Center in Baguio,
fostering adult education and commu-
nity development.
Sister Joan Toomey, M.M., is a spe-
cial projects assistant in the Treasury De-
partment at the Maryknoll Sisters Center.
She had been director of congregational
services at the center, 1995-2003. Born
in New Orleans, La., she rst served at
the Maryknoll Society in Ossining while
earning her bachelors degree at Mary-
knoll Teachers College. She taught high
school math and science in Los Angeles,
1960-1962, and Oahu, Hawaii, 1962-1969,
followed by 17 years in Maryknolls De-
velopment Department in Ossining. In
1987, she was missioned to Hong Kong.
Sister Agnes Christine Welscher,
M.M., who retired in 1998, continues to
do outreach work in several local par-
ishes. She lives at the Maryknoll Sisters
Center in Ossining. A native of Brooklyn,
she served locally as religious education
coordinator of St. Columbanus parish in
Cortlandt Manor and religious education
director at St. Patricks parish, Armonk,
1977-1984, before providing support ser-
vices at Maryknoll Sisters Center. She
spent her rst ve years with Maryknoll
teaching at a school in Chicagos China-
town, and was assigned to Hong Kong in
1965, where she served as assistant prin-
cipal and then principal in Maryknoll
schools in Kowloontong and Chai Wan.
Sister Marcelline Yurkovic, M.M.,
spent most of her religious life serving
Bolivia. She was the executive secretary
of the Department of Family for the Bo-
livian Conference of Bishops in La Paz,
1987-2005. She also served as coordinator
of the Archdiocesan Family Life Center,
1979-1982, and as co-secretary of the Bo-
livian Bishops Conference, from 1974-
1979, both in La Paz. She was also part of
the pastoral team for a parish in La Paz
in 1973, and served in Cochabamba, Rib-
eralta and Santa Ana, Bolivia, 1961-1972.
She was born in Pottsville, Pa.
70 YEARS
Sister Mary Powers, M.M.
Sister Edith Rietz, M.M.
Sister Pauline Sticka, M.M.
Sister Edith Rietz, M.M.
Sister Joan Uhlen, M.M.
Sister Margaret Rose Winkelman, M.M.
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60 YEARS
Sister Elizabeth Loomis, S.H.C.J.,
formerly known as Mother Christopher
Mary, was a teacher at St. Elizabeths,
Manhattan; Holy Child Academy, Suf-
fern, and in Old Westbury. She spent
30 years in formation work and spiri-
tual ministries in Louisiana, Nigeria and
Rome. She now serves at the San Diego
Spiritual Center in California.
50 YEARS
Sister Marlene Brownett, S.H.C.J.,
formerly known as Mother Mary
Magdalen, was a teacher at Holy Child
Academy, Suffern, for nine years and
principal for two years. After ministries
in Summit, N.J., and in Rome, she lived in
New York City, caring for her sister who
had been secretary to Archbishop Fulton
J. Sheen. She now lives at Marian Woods,
Hartsdale, and works for the cause for
Archbishop Sheens canonization.
Sister Margaret Crowley, S.H.C.J.,
formerly known as Mother Mary Mark,
Society of the Holy Child Jesus,
American Province
is a native New Yorker who served on
the boards of several Holy Child schools
in the New York City area. Her minis-
tries were in Massachusetts, Illinois
and Washington, D.C. She was provin-
cial superior, 1989-1993, and is now on
the staff of St. Lukes Institute, Silver
Spring, Md.
Sister Barbara Linen, S.H.C.J., for-
merly known as Mother Mary St. Kevin,
taught at St. Elizabeths, Manhattan, and
in Old Westbury. She served in Loui-
siana, Nigeria and in Rome, where she
was a member of the Societys leader-
ship team. She teaches theology at Iona
College and Felician College, in Lodi,
N.J.
Sister Ann Murray, S.H.C.J., for-
merly known as Mother Mary Ann,
taught for nine years at St. Elizabeths,
Manhattan. She served as a counselor
for New York Catholic Charities and the
Riverdale Mental Health Clinic. She
now counsels in Port Chester and lives
in Rye.
75 YEARS
Brother Christopher Dardis, F.S.C.,
a native New Yorker, served as director
of the department of education at Man-
hattan College in Riverdale, 1986-2000,
and chairman of the department of edu-
cation there, 1970-1986. He served as
superintendent of schools in the Arch-
diocese of New York, 1966-1970, and
director of curriculum for the archdio-
cese, 1963-1966. He taught in the Bronx
at Cardinal Spellman High School, 1961-
1963. He was principal at St. Nicholas of
Tolentine, the Bronx, 1953-1958. He also
served in Albany, Brooklyn and in New
Jersey. He retired in 2000.
60 YEARS
Brother Dominic Gisondo, F.S.C.,
has been a teacher at St. Peters High
School on Staten Island since 2003. He
taught at St. Bernard Day School, Man-
hattan, 1964-1965; St. Raymonds High
School for Boys, the Bronx, 1962-1964;
and Sacred Heart School in Manhattan,
1956-1962. He also served in Buffalo and
in New Jersey. He was born in Ozone
Park.
Brother John Muller, F.S.C., was
a longtime assistant professor at Man-
hattan College in the Bronx, where he
taught government and politics, 1968-
2003. He taught in the Bronx at Cardinal
Spellman High School, 1966-1968; and in
Manhattan at Good Shepherd School,
1959-1961 and Ascension, 1956-1959. He
served as part-time assistant princi-
pal at Resurrection School, the Bronx,
2003-2006. The Queens native retired
in 2006.
Brother David Van Hollebeke,
F.S.C., a native of Detroit, Mich., was
a professor at Manhattan College, 1999-
2005, and worked in admissions there,
1971-1999. He taught at Holy Name
School in Manhattan, 1960-1961, and
60 YEARS
Brother Leo Shea, F.M.S., a native
of Lawrence, Mass., teaches in the Focus
Program at Mount St. Michael Academy
in the Bronx and resides at the Marist
Brothers community in Pelham. He was
provincial and vice provincial of the
Brothers former Esopus Province. He
was president and director of guidance
at Our Lady of Lourdes High School
in Poughkeepsie and a guidance coun-
selor at John A. Coleman Catholic High
School in Hurley. In 1986, he was one of
the founding brothers of St. Francis El-
ementary School in Pleebo, Liberia, and
served as its principal. He was also the
rst president of Guadalupe Regional
Middle School in Brownsville, Tex. He
Sacred Heart School, Manhattan, 1956-
1960. He also served in Brooklyn and
Lincolndale, and in New Jersey and New
Mexico. He retired in 2005.
50 YEARS
Brother Brian Carty, F.S.C., is prin-
cipal and founder of De La Salle Acad-
emy in Manhattan. He has served there
since 1984. He also served as principal
at Msgr. William R. Kelly School in
Manhattan, 1969-1972, and taught there,
1966-1969. He served in Lincolndale and
in New Mexico.
Brother Robert Deary, F.S.C., has
taught at St. Raymonds High School
for Boys in the Bronx since 2002. He
also served at Sacred Heart Elementary
School in the Bronx, 1968-1970, and St.
Marys in Yonkers, 1966-1968. He served
in Michigan and on St. Vincents Island.
Brother Thomas Egan, F.S.C., is a
programmer at the Data Systems Cen-
ter at the New York Catholic Center in
Manhattan, a position he has held since
1995. He earlier served as a computer
programmer at the Data Systems Cen-
ter in Yonkers, 1986-1995 and 1979-1985.
He also served in Rhode Island, Illinois
and in Ethiopia. He was born in Provi-
dence, R.I.
Brother Raymond Meagher, F.S.C.,
a Manhattan native, has served on the
faculty at Manhattan College since 1993.
He was principal at St. Raymonds High
School in the Bronx, 1988-1993, and
taught there, 1981-1988. He also served at
St. Peters Boys High School on Staten
Island, 1966-1969. He served in Lincoln-
dale.
70 YEARS
Brother John Perry, F.S.C.
40 YEARS
Brother Les Luker, F.S.C.
holds two masters degrees: in English
from Seton Hall University and in coun-
seling from Manhattan College.
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YEARS
Brother David Cooney, F.M.S., a
native of Flushing, is director of pasto-
ral care at the Brothers retirement resi-
dence at Mount St. Michael Academy
in the Bronx, where he resides in the
Brothers Champagnat Hall Community.
He previously taught special education
to the developmentally disabled in the
Diocese of Brooklyn. He also taught at
Sacred Heart School in the Bronx. He
was one of the founding brothers of St.
Francis Elementary School in Pleebo, Li-
beria, where he also served as principal.
Brothers of the Christian Schools
Marist Brothers
He was a pastoral associate and worked
with the homeless in Wheeling, W. Va.
He holds a masters degree in rehabili-
tation and counseling for the disabled
from Columbia University.
Brother Gerald Doherty, F.M.S., a
native of the Bronx, is a guidance coun-
selor at Mount St. Michael Academy
in the Bronx and resides at a Marist
Brothers community in Manhattan. He
also served as a guidance counselor at
St. Agnes Boys High School in Man-
hattan. He served as vocation director
of the Brothers former Poughkeepsie
Province. He taught at high schools in
Lawrence, Mass., and Chicago. He holds
a masters degree in history from Man-
hattan College.
Brother Anthony Iazzetti, F.M.S.,
a native of the Bronx, resides at the
Brothers Champagnat Hall Commu-
nity in the Bronx. He served as presi-
dent and principal of Mount St. Michael
Academy in the Bronx. He was princi-
pal of Marist High School in Eugene,
Ore.; Marist High School in Chicago;
and Msgr. Pace High School in Miami,
Fla. He also taught at a high school in
Trumbull, Conn. He received a masters
in administration from the University of
Notre Dame.
Brother Michael Laratonda, F.M.S.,
a native of Lawrence, Mass., does re-
treat ministry in Queensbury, where he
resides. He was a teacher and assistant
principal at Union Catholic High School
in Scotch Plains, N.J. He holds masters
degrees in communication arts from the
University of Notre Dame and in indi-
vidual counseling from Seton Hall Uni-
versity.
25 YEARS
Brother Benjamin Consigli, F.M.S.,
a native of Queens, is serving as pro-
vincial of the Brothers U.S. Province
in Bayonne, N.J. He has also served as
vice provincial of the Brothers former
Esopus Province and director of edu-
cation of the U.S. Province. He was a
teacher and assistant principal of Arch-
bishop Molloy High School in Queens,
and principal of St. Josephs Academy in
Brownsville, Tex. He received a masters
degree in history from Rutgers Univer-
sity and a professional diploma in edu-
cation administration from St. Johns
University.
Brother Stephen Milan, F.M.S., a
native of Bayonne, N.J., is director of
the Marist Brothers Holy Rosary Young
Adult Community in Esopus, where he
resides in the Brothers Community.
He has served as vocation director for
the Marist Brothers Province. He was
principal, assistant principal and guid-
ance counselor at Sacred Heart School
in the Bronx. He served as a guidance
counselor at Our Lady of Good Counsel
School in Newark, N.J.
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