Month: November 2018

Sister Flora Marinelli. CSJ

By Clara Santoro | November 30, 2018 | Comments Off on Sister Flora Marinelli. CSJ

Sister Flora Marinellii, a woman of deep faith, enduring love and exceptional kindness, was a Sister of St. Joseph for fifty seven years. At last evening’s vigil prayer, we heard Jesus proclaim the greatest commandment: “You shall love the lord your God, with your whole heart, with your whole soul, and with your whole mind. And the second is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Flora enfleshed…

Sister Victoria Karp, CSJ

By Clara Santoro | November 30, 2018 | Comments Off on Sister Victoria Karp, CSJ

St. Paul wishes for all of us in the first reading: “May Christ dwell in your hearts through faith and may charity be the root and foundation of your life.” We are here today to celebrate the life of someone who lived with charity as the foundation of her life, Maria Victoria Karp, Sister Marion Ann, a Sister of St. Joseph for almost seventy five years Born to Mary and…

Sister Jeanette Tenaglia, CSJ

By Clara Santoro | November 22, 2018 | Comments Off on Sister Jeanette Tenaglia, CSJ

Our congregation’s mission of unity through love of God and neighbor without distinction was visible and shared with all who knew and loved Jeannette Tanaglia, a sister of St. Joseph for sixty eight years Born in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish to Sabina and Antonio, Jeannette attended public school in Astoria and Long Island City. Entering our congregation in 1950, she taught elementary school in St. Michael’s, both in…

Sister Marilyn J. Kennedy, CSJ

By Clara Santoro | November 17, 2018 | Comments Off on Sister Marilyn J. Kennedy, CSJ

We all come together to give thanks for the life of a Marilyn Kennedy, Sister Mary Leonard, a Sister of St. Joseph for seventy years. Marilyn was born in Brooklyn to Emily and Francis and attended the Academy of St. Joseph and St. Joseph High School. After graduation Marilyn entered the congregation and taught elementary school in a number of parishes in Brooklyn, Queens and here in Brentwood at the…

Sister Eileen Diana Christie, CSJ

By Clara Santoro | November 14, 2018 | Comments Off on Sister Eileen Diana Christie, CSJ

We come together as sisters, associates, co-ministers and friends to remember and celebrate the life journey of our sister, Eileen Diana Christie. In remembering, we are drawn to the mystery of Eileen’s last journey in Lake Hallstatt, Austria and the long waiting to know how she went missing. But in that waiting we became more aware of her precious life and its influence on countless persons. We were joined in…