Brother Joseph F. Schafer, FSC, of the District of Eastern North America, died on Oct. 16, 2025, at De La Salle Hall in Lincroft, New Jersey. He was 79 years old and served 61 years of religious life.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
Thursday, Oct. 23
9 a.m., Visitation
10 a.m., Funeral Mass
De La Salle Hall
810 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738
Interment to follow.
MILESTONES
Born: Joseph Francis Schaefer, Aug. 28, 1946, Brooklyn, NY
Entered novitiate: June 27, 1964, Narragansett, RI
Received religious habit and name Joseph Lucian: Sept. 1, 1964
Pronounced perpetual vows: June 12, 1972, Narragansett, RI
ASSIGNMENTS
1965, scholasticate, Troy, NY; Washington DC
1969, De La Salle Academy, Newport, RI
1972, La Salle Military Academy, Oakdale, NY
1975, Saint Joseph’s School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1978, La Salle Academy, New York, NY
1979, Saint Joseph’s School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1981, Bisrate Gabriel School, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
1982, Saint Joseph’s School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1986, Sangre de Cristo Retreat Center, Santa Fe, NM, first semester
1987, Long Island – New England (LI-NE) District Leadership, Narragansett, RI
1990, La Salle Military Academy, Oakdale, NY
1991, Ocean Tides School, Narragansett, RI
1999, Tides Family Services, West Warwick, RI
2002, Ocean Tides School, Narragansett, RI
2012, Christian Brothers Center, Narragansett, RI, resident
2013, Pat Guidon Center, San Antonio, TX, first semester
2014, La Salle School, Albany, NY
2019, Christian Brothers Academy, Albany, NY
2020, La Salle Hall, Beltsville, MD, resident
2023, De La Salle Hall, Lincroft, NJ, resident