Sister Charlotte Tighe, O.P., a member of the Dominican Sisters of Amityville, L.I., for 84 years, died June 28. Sister was 100 years old. Sister Charlotte Born outside Limerick City in Ireland, she read a Mission magazine and decided to become a missionary sister. In 1929, she arrived at Ellis Island. After a brief stay at St. Bartholomew Convent in Elmhurst, she was brought to the Novitiate in Amityville. Having received the name Sister Jean Baptist, she took her vows on April 30, 1931. She taught at St. Luke, Whitestone; St. Clement, South Ozone Park; American Martyrs, Bayside; and Good Shepherd, Marine Park, where she also was principal for three years. At St. Joseph Patron, Bushwick, she served as coordinator of the convent and endeavored to bring forth the changes resulting from Vatican II. She volunteered at Wyckoff Heights Hospital, which led to her pursuing a course in practical nursing. She then worked as an LPN at Menorah Nursing Home in Brooklyn for one year, when she received a call from Amityville to minister in the infirmary in the Motherhouse, 1974-76. The following two years, she worked at Caritas Medical Services in Jamaica. From 1978 to 1990, she ministered as a school nurse at Dominican Commercial H.S., Jamaica. From 1990 to 1992, she served as an advocate at the Diocesan Marriage Tribunal in Rockville Centre. As a staff assistant at Siena Spirituality Center, Water Mill, L.I., she assisted with pastoral services from 1992 to 1996 when she moved to Queen of the Rosary Motherhouse to engage in intercessory prayer. She moved to Carlin Hall as her health diminished. Interment was in the Sisters’ cemetery in Amityville
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