Deacon Hodges, instrumental in restoration of Bolton Hill church, dies at 93 February 5, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Deacon Frank Hodges, whose engineering expertise played an integral role in the restoration of Corpus Christi Church in Bolton Hill, died Jan. 11 at age 93.
John Sweeney dies; child of Irish immigrants was national labor leader February 3, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News John Sweeney, who led the AFL-CIO for 14 years from 1995 to 2009, and headed one of the nation’s largest unions, the Service Employees International Union, for 15 years before that, died Feb. 1 at age 86 at his home in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, Maryland
Sister Mary Dee Smith, who taught in Baltimore Archdiocese for 30 years, dies at 81 February 2, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Mary Dee Smith, who entered the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart in 1965 and served 30 years in education in the Archdiocese of Baltimores, died Jan. 27 in Philadelphia. She was 81.
Father Rochus Hoat Dinh Vu served in Govans, Halethorpe January 27, 2021By Mary K. Tilghman Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Father Rochus Hoat Dinh Vu, a priest who served in his native Vietnam before coming to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Jan. 21 in Carthage, Mo. He was 86.
Sister Patricia McAlpin, O.S.F., served in Baltimore, dies at 88 January 27, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Patricia McAlpin, who was attracted to the Franciscan Sisters of Baltimore by their ministry with African American orphans and served in several ministries in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Jan. 14.
Sister Hildegarde Grogan, O.S.F., ministered in archdiocese, dies at 87 January 27, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Hildegarde Grogan, a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 64 years, whose ministry in health care and education brought her to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Jan. 20 in Assisi House in Aston, Pa.
Sister Lois Marie Blessing, S.N.D.deN., taught in Baltimore Archdiocese, dies at 83 January 27, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Lois Marie Blessing, a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for 63 years who spent much of her teaching ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Jan. 1 at the Hospice of Cincinnati.
Sister Marie Dolores Beck dies at 85 January 26, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Marie Dolores Beck, a Sister of the Good Shepherd who ministered for decades at the Good Shepherd Center in Halethorpe, died Jan. 5. She was 85.
Home run king Hank Aaron overcame racism to excel on and off the field January 22, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Sports, World News Hank Aaron, who was baseball’s home run king for 33 years, overcame racism to make his mark in the game he loved. Aaron died Jan. 22 at age 86.
Father Bonadio, Sulpician known for pastoral warmth, dies at 83 January 22, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Sulpician Father Joseph J. Bonadio, who shared his gift for homiletics with seminarians and served his home parish of St. Francis of Assisi in Mayfield, a retirement community and a college with great warmth, died Jan. 20 from complications of COVID-19.
Sister Catriona M.K. MacLeod, OP, taught at Baltimore college, dies at 89 January 21, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Catriona M. K. MacLeod, a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa for more than six decades whose career in academia took her to Rome and what is now Notre Dame of Maryland University in Baltimore, died Dec. 19 at St. Dominic Villa in Hazel Green, Wis. She was 89.
Retired Senator Miller dies, remembered as ‘lion’ of Maryland’s Senate January 17, 2021By Mark Zimmermann Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland General Assembly, News, Obituaries Retired Maryland State Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. – who had been the country’s longest-serving state senate president – died Jan. 15 at the age of 78 at his home in Chesapeake Beach from complications from prostate cancer.