Remembering the life of a beloved Black nun, leader and friend January 3, 2022By Shannen Dee Williams Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Obituaries, Social Justice 2021 saw the passing of some of the nation’s most important leaders, thinkers, writers and freedom fighters of the modern era.
Father Brian Rafferty, founding pastor of Ellicott City parish and advocate for social justice, dies at 84 December 28, 2021By Mary K. Tilghman Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Father Brian Rafferty, the founding pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City who later shepherded Our Lady of the Chesapeake in Lake Shore for 25 years, died on Christmas Eve after an extended illness. He was 84.
Desmond Tutu, known for commitment to justice, peace, dies at age 90 December 27, 2021By Bronwen Dachs Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s compassion and sense of humor, as well as his commitment to justice and processes of peace, were among the many reasons he was an icon, said Bishop Kevin Dowling of Rustenburg.
Tom Quigley, longtime foreign policy adviser to U.S. bishops, dies at 91 December 16, 2021By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Thomas J. Quigley, who worked for 45 years in service to the U.S. bishops, mostly in the realm of foreign policy, died Dec. 11 at age 91.
Leading voice for just treatment of African American Catholics dies at 75 November 24, 2021By Mary K. Tilghman Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Racial Justice A funeral Mass was offered Nov. 23 at St. Peter Claver in West Baltimore for Dr. Beverly A. Carroll, a social justice advocate who spent her life raising her voice for African American Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the United States and the world.
Father Ronald Bonneau, C.Ss.R, dies at 76 November 20, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Redemptorist Father Ronald E. Bonneau was offered Nov. 18 at St. John Neumann in Annapolis.
Sister Elizabeth Frances Scully, O.S.F., dies at 97 November 17, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Elizabeth Frances Scully, who ministered in education in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Nov. 14. She was 97
Redemptorist Father Carl Hoegerl dies at 98 November 8, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Redemptorist Father Carl W. Hoegerl will be offered Nov. 11 at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazon de Jesus in Highlandtown. Father Hoegerl died Nov. 4. He was 98.
Father Joseph Doyle, S.S.J., Baltimore native who led New Orleans school, dies at 82 November 4, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Father Doyle was inspired to become a Josephite while he was a student at Immaculate Conception School in Towson, where he read articles in The Josephite Harvest about the Baltimore-based religious society’s ministry in the African-American community.
Brother John Hollywood, S.J., who served Jesuit schools, dies at 83 November 4, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered Nov. 4 at the Chapel of Colombiere Jesuit Community in Baltimore for Jesuit Brother John B. Hollywood. Brother John, a former business administrator at Loyola Blakefield in Towson (2002-07) and a treasurer and assistant minister at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore (1980-87) died Oct. 31
Deacon J. Donald MacKnew, deacon at St. Margaret Church, dies at 88 October 26, 2021By Lisa Harlow Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Deacon J. Donald MacKnew, a deacon at St Margaret in Bel Air for 17 years who was known for his compassionate outreach, died Oct. 17 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center.
Lou Baldwin, Catholic journalist for 35 years, dies at 86 October 22, 2021By Matthew Gambino Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Obituaries, World News Louis “Lou” Baldwin, a Catholic journalist and a gentleman known by generations of Philadelphia Catholics for his bylines for 35 years, died Oct. 18 in Philadelphia. He was 86.
