Father Val Peter, Boys Town’s leader for 20 years, dies July 2, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Obituaries, World News Father Val Peter, who was executive director of Boys Town from 1985 to 2005, died June 30 at age 85. No cause of death was given.
Sister Carmen Marie D’Adamio, S.S.N.D., served schools from Annapolis to Hagerstown to Towson July 1, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries School Sister of Notre Dame Carmen Marie D’Adamio, a Baltimore native who helped lead Catholic schools in Annapolis, Catonsville and Hagerstown, died March 22. She was 77.
Kirk Gaddy, black Catholic educator and father figure to many, dies suddenly at 55 June 24, 2020By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Schools, Uncategorized A lifelong parishioner of Historic St. Francis Xavier in Baltimore and major influence in the education of black youths from pre-K to college, Gaddy was in his second stint on the staff at St. Frances Academy, where he had been in the class of 1983.
Carol Augustine, leader in religious education and evangelization, dies at 74 June 16, 2020By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: Faith Formation, Local News, News, Obituaries “Carol’s work was grounded in relationships,” Puls said. “It was all about relationships.”
Father John Kemper, restorer of historic St. Mary’s Seminary Chapel, dies at 62 May 28, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sulpician Father John Kemper, the driving force behind the restoration of the historic St. Mary’s Seminary Chapel on Paca Street in Baltimore and a former superior for his religious society’s Province of the United States, died May 21 after an 18-month battle with esophageal cancer.
Father Adolfo Nicolas, former Jesuit superior, dies in Tokyo May 21, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Obituaries, World News The Jesuit General Curia in Rome announced that its former superior general, Father Adolfo Nicolas, died May 20 in Tokyo. He was 84.
Sister Patricia Kelly, MSBT, served Severn parish May 11, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries While most of her ministry was spent in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Sister Patricia also served St. Bernadette Parish in Severn from 1982 to 1987.
Shula’s NFL record for coaching wins began in Baltimore May 5, 2020By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries The winningest coach in the history of the National Football League started that career in Baltimore.
Ray Repp dies; wrote ‘Allelu!’, ‘Hear, O Lord,’ ‘I Am the Resurrection’ April 27, 2020By Mark Pattison Filed Under: News, Obituaries, World News Ray Repp, the liturgical musician who spearheaded the concept of the folk group-led “guitar Mass” with his “Mass for Young Americans,” died April 26 in Palm Springs, California, of complications from cancer. He was 77.
Jesuit Father G. Richard Dimler, Baltimore native and Jesuit emblem researcher, dies at 88 April 22, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Father G. Richard “Dick” Dimler, a former professor of German literature at what is now Loyola University Maryland and an expert on Jesuit emblems, died April 14. He was 88.
Jesuit Father Francis Moan, former Loyola Blakefield headmaster, dies at 93 April 20, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: Coronavirus, Local News, News, Obituaries, Uncategorized Jesuit Father Francis X. Moan, a Baltimore native who eventually became a headmaster at his alma mater, Loyola Blakefield, and later tirelessly worked to improve the lives of refugees in America, died April 17 from complications of COVID-19, his family said. He was 93.
Sister Mary Gerald McCloskey, D.C., spent 56 years serving in Bolivia April 15, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered April 6 in the Daughters’ Villa St. Michael Chapel in Emmitsburg for Sister Mary Gerald McCloskey. A Baltimore native who spent 56 of her 66 years as a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, including as a missioner in Bolivia, Sister Mary Gerald died April 1, at age 85.
