Brother Charles Raymond Madden, O.F.M., Conv., dies at 83 January 19, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Conventual Franciscan Brother Charles Raymond Madden was offered Jan. 19 at the National Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe in Libertyville, Ill. Brother Charles died Jan. 13. He was 83. Brother Raymond was born in Baltimore and graduated from Mount St. Joseph High School in 1957. He worked for 10 years at the Social Security headquarters in Baltimore, but felt called to the religious life. He entered the Conventual Franciscan Novitiate in Lake Forest, Ill, in 1969. He professed his solemn vows in 1973 and then spent the entirety of his religious life at the friars’ National Shrine of St. Maximilian Kolbe, first in Kenosha, Wis., and then in “Marytown,” Libertyville, Ill, where the shrine relocated in the late 1970s. Brother Charles was the unofficial historian of Marytown and wrote several articles and books. He was devoted to eucharistic adoration and beginning Aug. 14, 1975, he prayed a Holy Hour every night at 11 p.m. in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Read more obituaries Sister Mary Louise Zollars, who ministered to poor of Baltimore, dies at 91 Deacon Coster, who served two decades in Westminster, dies at 91 Sister Peggy Mathewson, nursing supervisor for Sisters of Bon Secours, dies at age 82 Sister Margaret McCabe, mental health advocate, dies at 80 Sister Anne Marie Mack, past president of the Sisters of Bon Secours USA, dies at 76 Father Byron, former economics professor at Loyola University Maryland, recalled as ‘visionary leader’ Copyright © 2023 Catholic Review Media Print
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