Brother Stephen Olert, FSC, of the District of Eastern North America died on Dec. 26 at Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, New York. He was 87 years old and served 73 years of religious life.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
Tuesday, Dec. 30
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., Visitation
10:30 a.m., Funeral Mass
Christian Brothers Center, The Chapel of Saint Benilde, 4415 Post Road, The Bronx, NY, 10471
Interment to follow.
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
10 West Stevens Ave., Hawthorne, NY, 105532
MILESTONES
Born: Robert Gerard Olert, May 27, 1938, The Bronx, NY
Entered junioriate: Sept. 2, 1952, Barrytown, NY
Entered novitiate: June 25, 1956, Barrytown, NY
Received religious habit and name: Christian Stephen, Sept. 7, 1956
Pronounced perpetual vows: Aug. 25, 1963, Barrytown, NY
ASSIGNMENTS
1957, Troy, NY/Washington, D.C., scholasticate
1961, Saint Jerome’s Elementary School, The Bronx, NY
1962, Christian Brothers Academy, Syracuse, NY
1966, De La Salle Collegiate, Detroit, MI
1973, Saint Raymond High School for Boys, The Bronx, NY
1975, CIL (sabbatical/renewal second semester), Rome, Italy
1975, Novitiate, Skaneateles, NY, sub-director
1976, Christian Brothers Academy, Albany, NY
1979, District Leadership – NY (formation), Lincroft, NJ
1987, Queen of Peace High School, North Arlington, NJ
1999, De La Salle Hall, Lincroft, NJ, director
2002, District Leadership – NY, Lincroft, NJ, Auxiliary Visitor
2005, Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft, NJ
2008, Hawkstone Hall (sabbatical/renewal, first semester), Shrewsbury, UK
2008, District Leadership – NY (second semester), Lincroft, NJ, senior FSC coordinator
2009, District Leadership – DENA, Eatontown, NJ, director of Office for Senior FSCs
2017, Novitiate, Chicago, IL, sub-director
2018, Archdiocese of New York, New York, NY, consultant and counselor
2020, De La Salle Middle School at La Salle Academy, Providence, RI
2022, Saint Edmund’s Retreat Center, Mystic, CT, volunteer
2022, Conference of Major Superiors of Men, Greenbelt, MD, volunteer
2022, Saint John Vianney Center, Downingtown, PA, volunteer