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 Sr. Marcella, who taught in Petersburg, dies
Sister Marcella Scully, a member of the Daughters of Charity who taught at St. Joseph’s School in Petersburg in two different assignments, died October 24 at Villa St. Michael, the province’s retirement residence in Emmitsburg, MD. She was 79 years of age and 60 years of vocation.
Marcella Regina Scully was born in Wildwood, NJ, and graduated from Wildwood Public High School in 1945. With the help of her great-aunt, Sister Camilla Maloney, DC, she came to attend St. Joseph College in Emmitsburg. It was during this association with the Sisters that she made the decision to enter the Community on December 5, 1946.
Upon completion of the seminary [novitiate] in 1948, Sister Marcella’s career in education began. After eight years at Seton High School in Baltimore, Sister was sent in 1958 to St. Joseph High School in Petersburg where she taught religion, math and science until 1961.
In 1989 Sister returned to Petersburg to serve at St. Vincent de Paul High School (formerly St. Joseph High School) first as assistant principal and then principal. Sister served three years in this duty followed by two years as a docent at the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg. The next two years were spent at Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, Md. as an administrative assistant.
St. Matthew’s Parish in Spotsylvania was Sister’s duty for one year before returning to the Shrine in Emmitsburg, her last active-duty assignment. She served as a Shrine docent for four years before retiring to Villa St. Michael in 2001.
Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Oct. 29 at the Basilica of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg.
Gloria Barrett, wife of finance director, dies
Gloria H. Barrett, the wife of John F. Barrett, longtime director of the Diocesan Office of Finance, died Oct. 21 in Richmond from acute leukemia.
She had been retired since 1989 after working for the federal government for the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission and Office of Housing and Urban Development.
Bishop Emeritus Walter F. Sullivan was the principal celebrant of Mass of Christian Burial Oct. 24 at St. Paul’s Church, Richmond. Burial was at Mount Calvary Cemetery.
Clergy appointments
Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo has announced the following clergy appointments, effective immediately:
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Rev. Arlon Vergara, originally from Sorsogon, the Philippines, and from the Order of St. Augustine, to parochial vicar for Transfiguration parish in Fincastle and St. John’s in New Castle.
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Rev. Richard Mooney, to be parochial vicar of St. Elizabeth, St. Patrick and Holy Rosary parishes, Richmond, with residence at St. Michael’s, Glen Allen.
Pink Day
 St. John the Apostle Catholic School in Virginia Beach celebrated breast cancer awareness day by having the students, faculty and staff pay $2 to dress down and wear pink to school or $3 if they chose not to wear pink. This was put together by the school’s student council association, and their teacher advisor Mr. Cress. Students raised over $430.00 for the cause. “We are teaching our students the importance of giving back to the community and that they can help make a difference,” Mr. Cress said.
Fr. McCarty, who taught at Va. seminary
Father Shaun McCarty, S.T., a member of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity who once served as president of the Diocese of Richmond’s Catholic Forensics League, died Oct. 21, at Holy Cross Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Burtonsville, Md., after a long bout with Parkinson’s disease and a brain tumor. He was 78.
A native of Texas, Fr. McCarty was raised in Elmhurst, Long Island, where he received his elementary and secondary school education. He attended the seminaries of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity and was ordained to the priesthood in May 1956.
He was then assigned to his order’s seminary in Monroe, Virginia, near Lynchburg, where he taught English and was Director of Studies. He subsequently did post-graduate work at St. Louis University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, and the University of Massachusetts.
While teaching in the seminary, Fr. McCarty served as the president of the Diocese of Richmond’s Catholic Forensic League, member of the Diocesan School Board, and president of the Diocesan Association of Secondary School Principals.
In 1971 he left the diocese and began a 21-year association with the Washington Theological Union, then in Silver Spring, Md. and, from 1978 to 1993 was an associate staff member of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, Bethesda. He lectured in various aspects of spirituality, with a specialty in spiritual direction.
 Light the Night Campaign
Peninsula Catholic High School National Honor Society organized a school-wide drive to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s “Light the Night Campaign” in Newport News. The students raised awareness for these and all blood cancers by inviting Ben Whanger, Peninsula Catholic graduate of the Class of 2004, to speak to the student body about his battle with blood cancer. The students openly supported this drive by raising over $3,000 for the cause. Peninsula Catholic partnered with Our Lady of Mount Carmel School to participate in the “Light the Night Walk” Oct. 13.
 Tappahannock celebration
The Hispanic community of St. Timothy’s in Tappahannock participated with the Anglo community of the parish in a bilingual liturgy Oct. 14 at which an icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, was placed permanently in an alcove on a side wall in the church sanctuary.
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