Sister of Christian Charity Immacolata Scarogni passed away on the Feast of the Most Holy Rosary, Oct. 7, 2025 at St. John the Baptist Convent in Landeck.
Immacolata was born in the Bronx, New York, on March 23, 1968. She 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.
Immacolata entered the Sisters of Christian Charity in Mendham, NJ in 1987, after attending Bronx Community College for a year. She was invested as a Sister in 1988, receiving the name Sister Immacolata. She pronounced her First Vows on August 16, 1990 and Final Vows on August 15, 1996.
Sister Immacolata earned an Associate in Arts from Assumption College for Sisters, Mendham, NJ; Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education and Psychology from the College of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, NJ; and Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry with a Concentration in Youth Ministry from Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ.
Sister Immacolata’s energetic, selfless service during her 37 years as a Sister of Christian Charity included teaching grades 1-8 in Catholic schools in NY, NJ and PA. In several parishes, she simultaneously enjoyed working in Youth Ministry. Her joy, kindness, generosity, sense of humor and capacity to form the young in their faith was a witness to others of God’s boundless love for them.
In 2015, Sister responded to the call to begin a ministry in Ohio as Parish Manager and Religious Education Coordinator for St. John the Baptist Parish, Landeck. In 2020, a second parish, St. Patrick Parish, Spencerville was added to her numerous responsibilities. Her presence and willingness to serve often benefitted a third sister-parish, St John the Evangelist, Delphos. All three of these parishes are served by one pastor. Sister’s zeal, leadership and capacity to “get things done” endeared her to both priests and parishioners and resulted in a total restoration of both the Landeck and Spencerville churches during her tenure. She gave herself in countless seen and unseen ways to all whom she met and considered it “a great grace that God allowed her to assist in the spread of His Kingdom.” (Words of Blessed Pauline, foundress).
In 2020, Bishop Daniel Thomas of the Diocese of Toledo appointed Sister Immacolata to the Diocesan Seminarian Admissions/Formation Board.
In 2022, the Landeck 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, Rev. Dennis Walsh.
Sister Immacolata 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.
Funeral arrangements are as follows:
Sunday, October 12, St. Patrick Church, Spencerville, 6-7 pm Viewing; 7 pm Vespers/Evening Prayer Service.
Monday, October 13, Weber Funeral Home, Delphos, 2-8 pm Viewing. 8 pm Vigil Prayer Service
Tuesday, October 14, St. John the Baptist Church, Landeck, 10 a.m. Funeral Mass celebrated by Most Rev. Daniel E Thomas; Homilist, Most Rev. Dennis Walsh.
Burial will take place at the Motherhouse of the Sisters in New Jersey.
Memorial donations may be made to the Sisters of Christian Charity.
