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Obituaries

Josephite priest who influenced generations of youths in West Baltimore dies

January 18, 2018
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Urban Vicariate

Josephite Father Joseph Francis Xavier Del Vecchio, whose gruff exterior could not hide the compassion he showed several generations of children in West Baltimore, died Jan. 13

Sister Caroleen Baummer, S.S.N.D., dies after 71 years as a professed religious

January 18, 2018
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

School Sister of Notre Dame Sister Caroleen Baummer, who spent most of her 43 years in education teaching music at Notre Dame Preparatory Lower School in Towson, the former St. Ann School in Baltimore and the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore, died Dec. 4 at 94.

Sister Mary Teresa Carmichael dies at 93

January 18, 2018
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Teresa Carmichael was offered Jan. 2 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. A professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 71 years, Sister Mary Teresa died Dec. 28 at Assisi House, at age 93.

Former director of the office of liturgy dies

January 10, 2018
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries, Worship & Sacraments

Atonement Father C. Donald Howard, director of the office of liturgy for the Archdiocese of Baltimore from 1985 to 1988, died Jan. 6. He was 71. A funeral Mass will be offered Jan. 17 at 11 a.m. at Christ the Redeemer in Sterling, Va., the parish he served as associate pastor and then pastor for 25 years until his 2013 retirement.

Father Donaghy served as Ellicott City pastor, dean of seminary

January 9, 2018
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Western Vicariate

Father Donaghy’s time at St. Paul included considerable improvements to its worship space. Restoration of the interior of its church, which dates to 1838, was completed in 1992, the year he arrived. Father Donaghy then oversaw an expansion of the worship space, which was rededicated in 2001.

‘Saintly man’ of Cumberland dies after life of service

January 5, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Western Vicariate

“He had a very deep faith, but it wasn’t a showy kind of faith,” said Capuchin Franciscan Father Gregory Chervenak, pastor of Our Lady of the Mountains. “He was very unassuming and never, ever drew attention to himself.

Brother Kevin Strong, ‘one of the giants’ of the Christian Brothers, dies at 85

January 4, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Schools

Brother Kevin Strong, a groundbreaking leader at Calvert Hall College High School in Towson and Cardinal Gibbons School in Baltimore who served as the first president of both all-boys institutions, died Jan. 3 in New Jersey after years of declining health.

Sister Rosa Mystica served at St. Joseph Medical Center

January 3, 2018
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

During her 16 years of ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Sister Rosa Mystica McFadden worked as a nursing supervisor at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson.

Sister Marion Agnes Jerzak, SSND, dies at 88

December 19, 2017
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Sister Marion was 88. She served six schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Beloved former Cumberland and Ellicott City pastor dies at 78

December 11, 2017
By Emily Rosenthal Alster
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Western Vicariate

“He was so well-loved in all the parishes he served,” said Father Michael Roach, longtime friend of Monsignor James McGovern. “I’ve never known his equal.”

Former Dundalk teacher dies at 75

November 22, 2017
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass for Sister Ann Grayeski, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, was offered Nov. 21 in Scranton, Pa.

Father Gordon, T.O.R., who served in East Baltimore, dies at 76

November 16, 2017
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Third Order Regular Franciscan Father M. Gerald Gordon died at 76 Nov. 10

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