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Obituaries

101-year-old Josephite priest, Father Robert O’Connell dies

January 19, 2012
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass was offered Nov. 27 for Father Robert O’Connell, S.S.J., who at 101 was the longest-lived Josephite priest, one who had served God for 66 years.

Father Kelmartin, area pastor, dies

January 19, 2012
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Father John. J. Kelmartin, a former pastor of St. Bartholomew in Manchester and Our Lady of Victory in Arbutus who taught in several seminaries across the country, died March 7 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 83.

Former Catholic Review columnist dies at 81

January 2, 2012
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Paulist Father James McCabe, former director of the Family Life Center in Baltimore and a longtime columnist for The Catholic Review, died Dec. 25, 2011 in Toronto. He was 81 and had been battling cancer.

Updated: Mount St. Joseph mourns revered president

December 5, 2011
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Ever the poetic soul, Xaverian Brother James M. Kelly died as the sun was rising Dec. 3, the feast day of his congregation’s patron, St. Francis Xavier.

Baltimore-native Father Oppitz survived famous ship’s sinking

October 13, 2011
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

A known author, philosophy professor, missionary and pastor, Father Oppitz survived the sinking of the SS Andrea Doria ship, which sank July 26, 1956.

Archbishop Hannan, 98, laid foundation for Baltimore CYO, counseled Kennedy

October 6, 2011
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Retired Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans, a World War II paratroop chaplain, counselor to President John F. Kennedy, and staunch defender of civil rights and the unborn who began his ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Sept. 29 at age 98.

Father Hemler, Fallston pastor, mourned at 74

July 28, 2011
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Father Edward B. Hemler, longtime pastor of St. Mark in Fallston and a former leader in Catholic education, died July 24 after suffering years of declining health.

Father Paulits, 88, guided Lake Shore parish with quiet dignity

June 11, 2011
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

The story of Our Lady of the Chesapeake, Lake Shore, can’t be told without Father Walter J. Paulits. The founding pastor of the Anne Arundel County parish, however, would not have sought such credit.

Monsignor Strempeck, hospital chaplain and pastor, dies

February 17, 2011
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Monsignor Martin R. Strempeck, a much-loved priest and former pastor who devoted much of his ministry to comforting others, died Feb. 8. Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien offered a funeral Mass Feb. 14 at St. Margaret in Bel, the parish where 82-year-old MonsignorStrempeck had retired but remained active in ministry until three months before his death.

Father Polk, urban leader and church builder, dies

November 18, 2010
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Father Thomas T. Polk, a priest who threw himself into urban ministry and later led a fast-growing parish in Frederick County, died Nov. 10 after battling dementia for several years. He was 69.

Mourners at funeral celebrate life of Yeardley Love, Virginia lacrosse player; challenged to forgive

May 8, 2010
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Hundreds of friends and family gathered at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland May 8 to celebrate the life of Yeardley Love, a senior lacrosse player at the University of Virginia and 2006 graduate of Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson.

Archbishop Borders, champion of collegiality and social justice, dies at 96

April 19, 2010
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Renowned for his commitment to collegiality, social justice and a pastoral approach to leadership, Archbishop Borders led the archdiocese from 1974 to 1989, when he retired.

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