obituaries Movie & Television ReviewsNewsObituariesWorld News James Earl Jones, distinguished actor and Catholic convert, dies at 93 OSV NewsSeptember 11, 20243 min read James Earl Jones, a distinguished actor known for his resonant voice and a Black Catholic, died Sept. 9 in Dutchess County, New York, at age 93. FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituaries Father Joseph Benicewicz, former president of Archbishop Curley, dies at 64 Catholic Review StaffSeptember 10, 20242 min read Funeral Masses will be offered Sept. 11 and 14 for Conventual Franciscan Father Joseph Benicewicz, a Baltimore native and former president of Archbishop Curley High School In Baltimore. Father Benicewicz died unexpectedly Sept. 6 in Kensington, Conn. The 1978 graduate of Archbishop Curley was 64. FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituaries Sister Corda Marie Bergbauer, former teacher at Catholic High, dies at 98 Catholic Review StaffSeptember 10, 20243 min read A funeral Mass will be offered Sept. 11 for Sister of St. Francis of Philadelphia Corda Marie Bergbauer, a former teacher at St. Stephen School in Bradshaw and The Catholic High School of Baltimore. The former superior general of the Sisters of St. Francis died Sept. 5 at Crozer Chester Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Local NewsNewsObituaries Mercy Sister Mary Ellen Brodie dies at 91 Catholic Review StaffSeptember 5, 20241 min read A funeral Mass for Sister of Mercy Mary Ellen Brodie (formerly known as Sister Martin Marie) was offered Sept. 4 at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Baynesville. Sister Mary Ellen died Aug. 25. She was 91 and had been a Sister of Mercy for 72 years. NewsObituariesWorld News Mercy Sister Theresa Kane dies at 87; she challenged pope in ’79 on women’s roles in church OSV NewsAugust 26, 20245 min read The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Aug. 22 announced the death of Mercy Sister Theresa Kane, 87, who served in many roles during her 69 years of religious life, including being elected in 1978 as president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sulpician Father William E. Hartgen Jr., member of St. Mary’s Seminary faculty, dies at 89 Catholic Review StaffAugust 26, 20242 min read A funeral Mass will be offered Sept. 7 for Suplician Father William E. Hartgen at St. Joseph’s on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The former St. Mary’s Seminary and University faculty member died Aug. 12, just weeks before his 90th birthday, in Washington after an extended illness. Local NewsNewsObituaries Suplician Father Gerald L. Brown, who welcomed pope to St. Mary’s seminary, dies at 85 Catholic Review StaffAugust 19, 20242 min read A funeral Mass for Sulpician Father Gerald L. Brown was offered Aug. 19 at Our Lady of the Angels in Catonsville. Father Brown died Aug. 11. He was 85. NewsObituariesWorld News Woman religious who was Our Lady of Akita visionary dies at 93 on feast of Assumption OSV NewsAugust 19, 20245 min read A Japanese woman religious and Marian visionary has died some five decades after witnessing the miraculous weeping of a statue of Mary and receiving urgent messages to pray in reparation for humanity’s sins. FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituaries Deacon Lehr, who helped get new church built in Hickory, dies at 79 Kurt JensenAugust 16, 20243 min read Deacon Robert “Bob” Lehr, the first member of St. Ignatius parish in Hickory to become a permanent deacon and a key figure in the building of a new church in 2001, died Aug. 11 following a fall at his home in Forest Hill. He was 79. FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituaries Father Kolson, former pastor of Edgewood and Bradshaw parishes, dies at 76 Kurt JensenAugust 15, 20244 min read Father Lawrence Florian “Larry” Kolson, a Baltimore native who served six parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and recently marked his 50th year in the priesthood, died Aug. 13 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium following a long illness. He was 76. Previous 1 … 2 3 4 … 57 Next
