Obituary for Sr. Carmel Therese

Please remember in your Prayers : Sister Carmel Therese Favazzo     Obituary

Sr. Carmel Therese Favazzo passed away on June 1, 2024. She is survived by her brother Thomas Favazzo and sister-in-law, as well as a number of nieces and nephews. Sister was a member of the Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines) for 72 years.

Sister was born in the Bronx, NY on November 10, 1927, entered the Pallottine Community September 8, 1951 and made her final vows on September 1, 1959. She offered her services to the Church through her teaching and administration in various parish schools of the Archdioceses of New York and New Jersey. Sister Carmel Therese was the former president of Harriman College which was located in Monroe, NY. In addition, Sister served in Rome, Italy, as a General Councilor for the Congregation.

Sister was a remarkable leader of the Pallottine Sisters especially during the post Vatican changes in the Catholic Church and in many religious communities. She was instrumental in bringing the Sisters at that time, through the process of those significant changes.

We thank God for her 96 years of life and 72 years of religious life in the Pallottine Community, as well as for her service to the Church and our Congregation.

We pray for her eternal rest and for the comfort of her family and community.

Lent -2024

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 Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!
Let us continue to explore the theme of discernment. Last time we considered prayer, understood as familiarity and confidence with God, as its indispensable element. Prayer, not like parrots. No: prayer as familiarity and confidence with God; prayer of the sons of the Father; prayer with an open heart.  Today I would like, in an almost complementary way, to emphasize that good discernment also requires self-knowledge. Self-knowledge. And this is not easy, eh! Indeed, it involves our human faculties: memory, intellect, will, affections. Often, we do not know how to discern because we do not know ourselves well enough, and so we do not know what we really want. You have heard many times: “But that person, why doesn’t he sort out his life? He has never known what he wants…”. There are people who… And then, yes, his life goes like that, because not even he knows what he wants. Without arriving at that extreme, it happens to us too that we do not know clearly what we want, we do not know ourselves well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remembering Sr. Olivia

 

Remembering Sr Olivia

Grateful for your service

Sister Olivia Reginella

August 19, 1929 – February 2, 2024

Monroe, NY

Sister Olivia Reginella, a member of the Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottines) in Monroe, NY, passed away on Friday, February 2, 2024. She was 94 years old. Daughter of the late Angelina (LoGuidice) and Benedetto Reginella, she was born on August 19, 1929, in West New York, NJ, and given the name Mary Grace.

Sister Olivia was an outstanding educator and Religious. She was a dedicated member of the Pallottine Sisters community for 75 years, having served as major superior. She will be missed by those she taught throughout her years of service, and by her religious family. Sr. Olivia was instrumental in establishing the Monroe Senior Center.

Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at Queen of Apostles Chapel, 98 Harriman Heights Rd., Monroe, NY. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, February 7th, at 11:00 a.m. at Queen of Apostles Chapel, followed by interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Monroe, NY.