NEW YORK – The Province is praying for two friars and their families, upon the deaths of relatives earlier this month.
Richard McFeely, OFM, lost his nephew, Patrick Rein, who died Feb. 5 at the age of 28 in a car accident. A Mass of Christian Burial took place in Rockville Centre on Long Island, N.Y.
James Scullion, OFM, lost his father, James, on Feb. 10, after a long illness. Funeral services were held Feb. 14 in Toms River, N.J.
In addition, the Province mourns the death of Sister Vera Agnes McCarron, OSF, of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, N.Y. She died on Jan. 30 at St. Elizabeth Motherhouse, Allegany.