Catholic Sisters Week: Meet Sister Margaret Oettinger, OP
| 03/14/2024
By: Mary Shovlain
For Catholic Sisters Week, we are highlighting some of the amazing women religious in the Archdiocese of New York! Meet Sister Margaret Oettinger, O.P., a member of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, NY (Rockland County).
She was a missionary in Pakistan for several years.
Sr. Margaret has served as part of the Dominican Order Chaplaincy Team for many years and is currently a Chaplain at Hospital for Special Surgery here in Manhattan.
Sr. Margaret was born in Manhattan and, growing up, attended Catholic elementary school and St. Jean Baptiste High School, both in Manhattan.
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Ahead of the Archdiocese of New York’s 175th anniversary of elevation, The Good Newsroom gives an inside look at what separates a diocese from an archdiocese.
By:
Patrick Grady
| 07/14/2025
As the Church prepares to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the birth of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini at her shrine in Manhattan on July 15, we’re sharing Cardinal Dolan’s 2021 three-part tour this beloved pilgrimage site.
By:
Mary Shovlain
| 07/14/2025
On July 19, 1850, Pope Pius IX recognized that the Diocese of New York deserved to become an archdiocese.