A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Oct. 14 at John the Baptist Church in Landeck, Ohio, for Sister of Christian Charity Immacolata Scarogni. She died on Oct. 7 at St. John the Baptist Convent. She was 57. Sister Scarogni was a Sister of Christian Charity for 37 years.
Born in the Bronx, N.Y., Sister Scarogni was the second youngest of six children of Ercole and Assunta (Iodice) Scarogni and the first of her siblings to be born in the United States.
In 1987, Sister Scarogni entered the Sisters of Christian Charity in Mendham, N.J., after attending Bronx Community College for a year. She was invested as a sister in 1988, receiving the name Sister Immacolata. She made her first vows in 1990 and her final vows in 1996.
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Sister Scarogni earned an associate’s degree from Assumption College for Sisters when it was located in Mendham, N.J.; a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and psychology from the College of St. Elizabeth (now St. Elizabeth University), in the Convent Station neighborhood of Morris Township, N.J.; and a master’s degree in pastoral ministry with a concentration in youth ministry from Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J.
Sister Scarogni’s ministry included teaching grades 1 through 8 in Catholic schools in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. In several parishes, she simultaneously worked in youth ministry.
In 2015, Sister Scarogni responded to the call to begin a ministry in Ohio. She became the parish manager and religious education coordinator for St. John the Baptist Parish in Landeck. A second parish, St. Patrick Parish in Spencerville, Ohio, was added to her duties, followed by the addition of a third sister-parish, St. John the Evangelist in Delphos, Ohio. She endeared herself to priests and parishioners, which resulted in a restoration of the Landeck and Spencerville churches during her tenure.
In 2020, Bishop Daniel Thomas of the Diocese of Toledo, Ohio, appointed Sister Scarogni to the diocesan Seminarian Admissions/Formation Board. In 2022, St. John the Baptist Parish dedicated a baseball field in her honor, “to show appreciation for everything Sister Immacolata has done in being a force that has energized the community,” according to then-pastor, Father Dennis Walsh.
Sister Scarogni is survived by the Sisters of Christian Charity; her brothers, Luigi (Deborah) Scarogni, and Massimo (Anna) Scarogni; her sisters, Doriana (Frank) Passafiume and Susie (Walter) Walsh; her sister-in-law, Gigi; her nieces and nephews; and the many people who were blessed to call her “friend.” She was predeceased by her parents and her brother, Anthony Scarogni.
Memorial donations in Sister Immacolata Scarogni’s memory can be sent to the Sisters of Christian Charity, 350 Bernardsville Road, Mendham, N.J. 07945, or made online at sccus.org/donate.
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A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Oct. 14 at John the Baptist Church in Landeck, Ohio, for Sister of Christian Charity Immacolata Scarogni. She died on Oct. 7 at St. John the Baptist Convent. She was 57. Sister Scarogni was a Sister of Christian Charity for 37 years.
Born in the Bronx, N.Y., Sister Scarogni was the second youngest of six children of Ercole and Assunta (Iodice) Scarogni and the first of her siblings to be born in the United States.
In 1987, Sister Scarogni entered the Sisters of Christian Charity in Mendham, N.J., after attending Bronx Community College for a year. She was invested as a sister in 1988, receiving the name Sister Immacolata. She made her first vows in 1990 and her final vows in 1996.
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Sister Scarogni earned an associate’s degree from Assumption College for Sisters when it was located in Mendham, N.J.; a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and psychology from the College of St. Elizabeth (now St. Elizabeth University), in the Convent Station neighborhood of Morris Township, N.J.; and a master’s degree in pastoral ministry with a concentration in youth ministry from Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J.
Sister Scarogni’s ministry included teaching grades 1 through 8 in Catholic schools in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. In several parishes, she simultaneously worked in youth ministry.
In 2015, Sister Scarogni responded to the call to begin a ministry in Ohio. She became the parish manager and religious education coordinator for St. John the Baptist Parish in Landeck. A second parish, St. Patrick Parish in Spencerville, Ohio, was added to her duties, followed by the addition of a third sister-parish, St. John the Evangelist in Delphos, Ohio. She endeared herself to priests and parishioners, which resulted in a restoration of the Landeck and Spencerville churches during her tenure.
In 2020, Bishop Daniel Thomas of the Diocese of Toledo, Ohio, appointed Sister Scarogni to the diocesan Seminarian Admissions/Formation Board. In 2022, St. John the Baptist Parish dedicated a baseball field in her honor, “to show appreciation for everything Sister Immacolata has done in being a force that has energized the community,” according to then-pastor, Father Dennis Walsh.
Sister Scarogni is survived by the Sisters of Christian Charity; her brothers, Luigi (Deborah) Scarogni, and Massimo (Anna) Scarogni; her sisters, Doriana (Frank) Passafiume and Susie (Walter) Walsh; her sister-in-law, Gigi; her nieces and nephews; and the many people who were blessed to call her “friend.” She was predeceased by her parents and her brother, Anthony Scarogni.
Memorial donations in Sister Immacolata Scarogni’s memory can be sent to the Sisters of Christian Charity, 350 Bernardsville Road, Mendham, N.J. 07945, or made online at sccus.org/donate.