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Obituaries

‘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

Sister Elise Mary, S.S.N.D., served 58 years in Baltimore schools

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

School Sister of Notre Dame Elise Mary Saydah, who for 58 years served in the Archdiocese of Baltimore as an educator and administrator at St. Mary’s High School in Annapolis, the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore and Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson,  died Oct. 15.

Former local superior of Daughters of Charity dies

October 30, 2017
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Sister Celeste Donohue, who served as an educator and local superior of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, died Oct. 16 at Villa St. Michael in Emmitsburg. She was 92, and had spent 74 years with the order.

Sister Mary Elko dies at 92

October 27, 2017
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries, Urban Vicariate, Western Vicariate

Sister Mary Elko, who gave 49 of the 73 years she spent as a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul to missions in Bolivia and nine years to a hospital in Baltimore, died Sept. 22 at Villa St. Michael in Emmitsburg. She was 92.

Franciscan sister taught nine years at Immaculate Conception School

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

Sister Catherine Georgine Porter spent 81 years as a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia.

Sister Evelina, Cumberland native, served schools in four states

October 11, 2017
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Sister Evelina served as an educator in four states.

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