Former Mercy chaplain dies at 77 July 26, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Jesuit Father James F. Joyce, a former chaplain at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore from 2012 to 2016, will be offered July 27 at Fordham University Church in New York. Father Joyce died July 21. He was 77. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Father Joyce entered the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) right after high school in 1963. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1975. Assignments outside the Archdiocese of Baltimore included ministry in New York, New Jersey, Ireland, Africa and Jamaica. He held a master’s degree in American Studies from Seton Hall University in New Jersey. Also see Exploring Catherine O’Hara’s Catholic roots Sister Joan Elias, leader in Catholic education, dies at 94 Deacon Lee Benson, who ministered in Harford County, dies at 73 Jesuit Father Vincent de Paul Alagia dies at 99 Sister Sigrid Simlik, former teacher in Baltimore, dies at 97 A silent life behind three popes: Farewell to Angelo Gugel, the iconic papal butler Copyright © 2023 Catholic Review Media Print