Obituaries

Bishop DiLorenzo “cheerfully did whatever the church asked of him,” Archbishop Lori says

August 18, 2017
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries, World News

Archbishop William E. Lori remembered Richmond Bishop Francis Xavier DiLorenzo as a “good moral theologian,” an “excellent seminary rector” and a bishop who “cheerfully did whatever the church asked of him.”

Sister M. Evelyn Howard, IHM, Catonsville teacher, dies at 89

August 16, 2017
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Local News, News, Obituaries

Sister M. Evelyn Howard taught at St. Agnes School in Catonsville from 1984 to 1991.

Sister Helena Joseph Balbach, OSF, taught at six schools in Baltimore Archdiocese

August 8, 2017
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Sister of St. Francis of Philadelphia taught at six schools inside Baltimore Beltway.

Pezullo, who oversaw CRS’ move to Baltimore, dies at 91

August 7, 2017
By Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Coming to CRS after a career in the U.S. Foreign Service, Pezzullo is credited with taking the agency “to a new level of professionalism and impact”

Donald J. Reitz, first lay superintendent of schools in Baltimore Archdiocese, dies

July 24, 2017
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Schools

Donald J. Reitz, the first lay superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, was described as a “renaissance man,” equally adept at writing books on education as he was maintaining a car.

Loyola University grapples with murder of Dean’s List student

July 19, 2017
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Colleges, Local News, News, Obituaries, Video

Jesuit Father Brian F. Linnane, president of Loyola University Maryland, used Scripture and the sentiments of the grandparents who raised the deceased in attempting to make sense of the grisly murder of one of the college’s rising sophomores.

Sister Mary Ita Lashley, vowed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, dead at 102

July 13, 2017
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Sister Mary Ita Lashley died peacefully on June 21, 2017. She was 102 years of age and lived the religious life she so desired.

Father Callahan, longest-serving pastor of St. Margaret in Bel Air, dies at 80

July 6, 2017
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Local News, News, Obituaries

“He was a great intramural football player, tough as nails,” Deacon Patrick Goles said of Father Callahan. “He was a hard-nosed pastor, too. He knew what he wanted. Do the right thing, and let the chips fall where they may. That’s how he lived.”

Former St. Elizabeth of Hungary pastor was humble adventurer

July 6, 2017
By Erik Zygmont
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries, Urban Vicariate

Third Order Regular Franciscan Father Robert T. Sisk, who died June 23 at the St. Francis Friary at Mount Assisi in Loretto, Pa., was remembered as a kind-hearted parish priest whose humble personality contrasted with an adventurous past serving in foreign missions.

Baltimore native served 21 years as chaplain in US Air Force

July 5, 2017
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass for Conventual Franciscan Father Samuel Zebron was offered June 27 at St. Mark Church in Boynton Beach, Fla. The Baltimore native was 84 years old when he died June 19.

School Sister of Notre Dame who spent decade teaching in Howard County dies

July 5, 2017
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Mary Amalia Menardi was offered June 19 in the Chapel of Villa Notre Dame in Wilton, Conn. Sister Amalia died June 13 at age 99 at Lourdes Health Care Center in Wilton.

Case worker and local superior for Daughters of Charity dies at 88

July 3, 2017
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Beard, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, was offered June 10 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg. Sister Mary died June 7 at age 88, after giving 53 years to her vocation.