obituaries Local NewsNewsObituaries Tom Clancy, 66, was supporter of Catholic education George P. Matysek Jr.October 2, 20133 min read Bestselling novelist Tom Clancy died Oct. 1 at 66. Local NewsNewsObituaries Bishop Gossman, first urban vicar, dies at 83 George P. Matysek Jr.August 13, 20134 min read Bishop F. Joseph Gossman, a former auxiliary bishop of Baltimore who served as the archdiocese’s first urban vicar, died Aug. 12. Local NewsNewsObituaries Christopher Gaul, former managing editor of the Catholic Review, dies at 72 George P. Matysek Jr.October 18, 20127 min read Christopher Gaul worked at the Catholic Review beginning as a writer in 1995 before becoming associate and then managing editor. Local NewsNewsObituaries Father Martin, leader in addiction treatment, dies Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20125 min read Sulpician Father Joseph C. Martin, a leader in the addiction treatment field who cofounded the Father Martin’s Ashley treatment center, died March 9. He was 84. Local NewsNewsObituaries Pioneering Josephite priest dies George P. Matysek Jr.January 19, 20125 min read Father Robert “Rocky” Kearns, a pioneering Josephite priest, pastor and superior general who was active in the social justice movement, died in an Alabama hospital Dec. 6 from complications of cancer. He was 72. Local NewsNewsObituaries Father Funk, Frederick pastor, dies George P. Matysek Jr.January 19, 20123 min read Father Wayne G. Funk, the longtime pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Frederick who was known for his encouraging, pastoral presence, died Feb. 16 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The 70-year-old priest had battled cancer for nearly five years. Local NewsNewsObituaries 101-year-old Josephite priest, Father Robert O’Connell dies Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20123 min read 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. Local NewsNewsObituaries Father Bak, ‘pioneer’ in diaconate, dies George P. Matysek Jr.January 19, 20123 min read Father Bernard S. Bak, one of the first permanent deacons ordained in the United States who later became a priest for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died in his Dundalk home June 8. He was 85. A funeral Mass was offered June 11 at St. Casimir in Canton, the parish in which Father Bak grew up and where he served as a deacon after his 1971 ordination. Father Bak also served as a deacon at Christ the King in Dundalk. After his wife of 35 years, Antoinette Stefanowicz, died in 1984, Father Bak petitioned the archdiocese to become a priest. He studied at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park and was ordained a priest in 1988. Local NewsNewsObituaries Father Kelmartin, area pastor, dies Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20122 min read 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. Local NewsNewsObituaries Archbishop Hannan, 98, laid foundation for Baltimore CYO, counseled Kennedy George P. Matysek Jr.January 19, 20124 min read 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. Previous 1 … 20 21 22 … 22 Next
