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Sister Kathleen Ann Gorres, O.P.

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Sister Kathleen Ann Gorres, O.P., a former longtime principal of St. Gregory Barbarigo School, Garnerville, died Sept. 5 at Dominican Convent in Sparkill. She was 71.

She had been serving as the director of the Dominican Learning Center, Sparkill, which offers tutoring services to elementary and high school students in Rockland County.

She was principal of St. Gregory Barbarigo, 1981-2005.

Sister Kathleen Ann also taught in the archdiocese at Rosary Academy, Sparkill, 1974-1981; Aquinas High School, the Bronx, 1966-1972; Cathedral High School, Manhattan, 1964-1966; St. Rose of Lima School, Manhattan, 1963-1964; and St. Agnes School, Sparkill, 1962-1963.

She also was an adjunct faculty member at St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill.

Born in the Bronx, she entered the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill in 1959 and professed final vows in 1966. She held a bachelor’s degree in natural sciences from St. Thomas Aquinas College and a master’s in geology and physics from Colby College.

A Funeral Mass was offered Sept. 10 at Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel at Dominican Convent, Sparkill. Burial was in St. Agnes Cemetery, Sparkill.

Sister Kathleen Ann Gorres, O.P.