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Sr. Francis Dominici Piscatella, center, a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, New York, is seen attending Mass at St. Aidan Church in Williston Park, New York, April 17, 2021. She is flanked by her friends, Amityville Dominican Sr. Francis Daniel Kammer, left, and Lillian DeMarco. According to searchable public data, Piscatella, who celebrated her 108th birthday April 20 is the second-oldest living religious sister in the U.S. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)
East Williston, N.Y. To put Sr. Francis Dominici Piscatella s extraordinarily long life into historical perspective, consider that Pope Pius X was pontiff and Woodrow Wilson was U.S. president when she was born in 1913.
Published Dec 3, 2020
From the streets of New York City to service trips to El Salvador, Edward Cramsie thanks Sister Diane Capuano, an Amityville Dominican, in a reflection written for the most recent issue of the Dominican Youth Movement Newsletter. Here is the reflection.
Before I even attended a single class at Molloy College, the first person I met was Sister Diane Capuano. From the moment I met Sister Diane, I knew that she was the embodiment of the Four Pillars of Dominican Life and she immediately became a role model in my life. We initially spoke for 20 minutes on the different service programs that Molloy had to offer and she wanted to start me off with a Midnight Run. From there, I traveled with Molloy on numerous service trips to El Salvador, West Virginia and New Orleans. Each trip I grew deeper in faith and friendship with other students and counselors and I could never truly put my finger on why these connections became so meaningful to me. One day af