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A funeral Mass will be offered May 10 at St. Joseph in Cockeysville for Jesuit Brother Darrell J. Burns. Brother Darrell, a former theater director and chaplain at Loyola Blakefield in Towson, died May 3. (Courtesy USA East Province of the Society of Jesus)

Jesuit Brother Darrell Burns, former chaplain at Loyola Blakefield, dies at 79

May 8, 2024
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

A funeral Mass will be offered May 10, 10 a.m., at St. Joseph in Cockeysville for Jesuit Brother Darrell J. Burns. Brother Darrell, a former theater director and chaplain at Loyola Blakefield in Towson, died May 3. He was 79.

The Canonsburg, Pa., native taught, served as admissions director and led the Blakefield Players at Loyola from 1970 to 1973 and returned in 1984 to serve 11 years as the school’s chaplain.

Elsewhere, Brother Darrell served as an assistant theater professor and ROTC chaplain at Xavier University in Cincinnati. He also taught English and founded the drama department at Xavier High School in Cincinnati. In addition, he served as chaplain at Scranton Prep.

He entered the Society of Jesus at the Novitiate of St. Isaac Jogues in Wernersville, Pa., Feb. 1, 1964. He received a degree in communication arts and a master’s in theology from Xavier University. He also received a master’s in theater from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

In 2019, Brother Darrell moved to the Colombiére Jesuit Community in Baltimore to serve in pastoral ministry.

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