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Obituaries

Sister Lewandowski, who taught in Archdiocese of Baltimore for 43 years, dies at 84

May 1, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass will be offered May 6 for Sister of St. Francis of Philadelphia Mary Catherine Lewandowski. Formerly Sister Anne Christi, she died April 30 at age 84.

Daughter of Charity Elizabeth Ann Lingg, a pharmacist and hospital administrator, dies at 93

April 29, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

 A funeral Mass was offered April 16 for Daughter of Charity Sister Elizabeth Ann (Shirley Elizabeth) Lingg in the Villa Chapel in Emmitsburg. Sister Elizabeth Ann, a pharmacist and hospital administrator, died April 2 at Villa St. Michael. She was 93.

Christian Brother Kevin Stanton remembered for his repeated leadership at Calvert Hall

April 29, 2025
By Patricia Zapor
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Alumni and others connected to Calvert Hall College High School in Towson and to the De La Salle Christian Brothers mourned the April 12 death in Philadelphia of Chistian Brother Kevin Stanton at the age of 86, just three days shy of his 87th birthday.

Terry Brashears, longtime employee in Archdiocese of Baltimore advancement, dies in car accident

April 28, 2025
By Kurt Jensen
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Teresa Ellen “Terry” Brashears, an Annapolis resident who found a second career in fundraising for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died April 19 from injuries sustained in a car accident in Frederick County.

With pastor’s touch, Pope Francis preached mercy, embraced ‘peripheries’

April 21, 2025
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88 gave new energy to millions of Catholics — and caused concern for some — as he transformed the image of the papacy into a pastoral ministry based on personal encounters and strong convictions about mission, poverty, immigration and dialogue.

Conventual Franciscan Francis Lombardo, former teacher at Curley, dies at 90

April 17, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries, Uncategorized

A funeral Mass will be offered April 24 in Hamburg, N.Y., for Conventual Franciscan Father Francis (Frank) J. Lombardo, who taught English for five years at Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore. Father Lombardo, a priest  of the Our Lady of the Angels Province, died April 8. He was 90.

Deacon DeCapite, pro-life advocate, dies at 73

April 11, 2025
By Kurt Jensen
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Respect Life

Deacon James Robert DeCapite, a longtime deacon at St. Margaret in Bel Air and a visible figure in the local pro-life movement, died April 7 after a battle with cancer. He was 73.

Sister Norma Loraditch dies at 92

April 11, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Norma Loraditch was offered March 26 at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore. Sister Norma died Feb. 26. She was 92.

Former Ellicott City and Odenton pastor Father Harrison dies at 84

April 7, 2025
By Sharon Crews Hare
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Redemptorist Father John Barron “Harry” Harrison, a former pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City and St. Joseph in Odenton who was remembered for his pastoral care of parishioners, died March 31. He was 84. 

Disgraced former cardinal McCarrick dies at 94

April 4, 2025
By Maria Wiering
OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Obituaries, World News

The disgraced former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, removed from the clerical state in 2019 after revelations of credible allegations of sexual abuse of minors and misconduct against adults, has died in Missouri. He was 94.

Conventual Franciscan Father Richard Florek, first Franciscan at St. Clement Mary Hofbauer, dies at 80

March 27, 2025
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Conventual Franciscan Father Richard Florek, the first Franciscan to lead St. Clement Mary Hofbauer parish, died March 22 at age 80.

Margaret ‘Margie’ Meyers remembered for skill at pastoral planning

March 26, 2025
By Kurt Jensen
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Margaret “Margie” Meyers, a longtime parishioner of St. Peter parish in Westernport and a force in Catholic faith formation and pastoral planning in Western Maryland, died March 10 at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa., following a brief illness with a neuromuscular disorder. She was 65.

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