obituaries
Sister Marian Katherine Schaechtel, S.N.D.de N., dies at 85
A funeral Mass for Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Marian Katherine Schaechtel was offered Jan. 27 at Mount Notre Dame Health Center Chapel in Reading, Ohio. Sister Marian died Jan. 21. She was 85.
Former principal of St. Peter Claver School dies at 93
In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Sister Anne Bernadette Mancini served as a teacher and then principal of St. Peter Claver School, Baltimore, and taught at Our Lady of Fatima School, Baltimore.
Father Anthony G. Jansen, S.M., dies at 98
Father Anthony Gerard Jansen died Jan. 27. He was 98 and had spent 79 years in religious life.
Sister Edna Naomi Maier, S.N.D.deN, dies at 85
A funeral Mass for Sister Edna Naomi Maier, a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for 67 years, will be offered Feb. 16 at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Victory in Arbutus.
Sister Vincentia Dorsey, I.H.M., dies at 87
A funeral Mass for Sister Vincentia Dorsey, a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, will be offered Feb. 13 at her religious community’s chapel in Scranton, Pa. Sister Vincentia died Feb. 7.She was 87.
Sister Catherine Thomas Dwyer, O.P., dies at 88
A funeral Mass for Dominican Sister Catherine Thomas Dwyer was offered Feb. 7 at her religious community’s motherhouse in Sinsinawa, Wis. Sister Catherine Thomas died Jan. 27. She was 88.
Sister Nancy Crossen, O.S.F., dies at 94
A funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Nancy Crossen will be offered Feb. 14 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Nancy (formerly Sister Mark Francis) died Feb. 7. She was 94 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 74 years.
Sister Margarita Musquera, O.S.P., dies at 93.
An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Oblate Sister of Providence Margarita Musquera will be offered Feb. 8 at her religious community’s motherhouse in Arbutus. Sister Margarita died Jan. 29. She was 93.
Sister Alice Klein, O.S.F., dies at 91
A funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Alice Klein (formerly Sister Margaretta Marie) was offered Feb. 2 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Alice died Jan. 30. She was 91 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 69 years.
Thousands flock to Sydney’s cathedral for funeral of Cardinal Pell, a ‘lion of the church’
The Catholic Church in Sydney bid farewell to its former archbishop, Cardinal George Pell, in a funeral at times solemn, reverent, defiant and sorrowful, shot through with wry Australian humor, and attended by mourners from all walks of life.