Obituaries, Week of November 14, 2026

Sister Theresa Sweeney, CSJ (formerly Sister Teresa Corde) and Sister Patricia Sweeney, CSJ (formerly Sister Maura Patricia) passed away one day apart — Sister Theresa on Oct. 16 and Sister Patricia on Oct. 17, two months short of their 98th birthday, and just after celebrating 80 years as Sisters of St. Joseph. Born in Brooklyn on Dec. 3, 1928, the twin daughters of Patrick and Helen Sweeney, immigrants from Ireland, who settled in Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Brooklyn, and sent their five children (the twins, John, Dennis, and Helen) to elementary school there. The twins were enrolled in St. Joseph Juniorate in Brooklyn, the preparatory high school for the Sisters of St. Joseph, and on Feb. 5, 1947, they entered the CSJ Novitiate in Brentwood. Each, in her own way, was gifted in the ministry of education, and touched the lives of many children. Sister Theresa began at Holy Name School, Brooklyn, with second grade, followed by teaching assignments at St. Pascal Baylon, St.

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