obituaries FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituaries Father Diehl’s ministry ranged from Howard County parish to papal visit commentary Matthew LiptakOctober 12, 20208 min read Father Dennis Diehl, a Cumberland native who lent his communications and liturgical expertise to coverage of St. John Paul II’s 1995 visit to Baltimore and then led St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Fulton through two decades of growth, died Oct. 9. FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituaries Sister Ardeth Platte, Baltimore nun who resisted war through prayer and action, dies at 84 Dennis SadowskiOctober 12, 20205 min read Dominican Sister Ardeth Platte long considered herself a peacemaker and devoted nearly 40 years of her life to praying and witnessing to end war and rid the world of nuclear weapons. Her actions led to imprisonment multiple times, including for the 2002 defacement of a missile silo in Colorado in collaboration with her best friend, […] FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituariesSports Vince Bagli, legendary sportscaster, remembered for kindness and commitment to Baltimore Jeff SeidelOctober 8, 20205 min read Vince Bagli, a legendary Baltimore sportscaster who died Oct. 6 at 93, is being remembered by friends and fans alike as a supremely kind person whose down-to-earth on-air presence didn’t go away when the cameras went off. Local NewsNewsObituaries Longtime health care minister dies at 93 Catholic Review StaffOctober 5, 20202 min read During her nine years in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Sister Francis Anne ministered for two different terms at what is now University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson. She also served for a time as coordinator of St. Anthony Convent in Baltimore. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Eileen Walsh, taught in Baltimore Catholic schools, dies at 84 Catholic Review StaffSeptember 21, 20201 min read Sister Eileen Walsh, who taught for several years at Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic schools in the early 1960s and 1970s, died Sept. 20 at the Assisi House in Aston, Pa. The Sister of St. Francis of Philadelphia was 84. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Rosemary Dilli, S.S.N.D., Catholic school administrator, dies at 89 Catholic Review StaffSeptember 21, 20202 min read School Sister of Notre Dame Rosemary T. Dilli, a professed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 69 years and a former Catholic school educator, died at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore Sept. 9. She was 89 FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituariesSchools Sister Shawn Marie Maguire, ‘heart and soul’ of Maryvale, dies at 81 Tim SwiftSeptember 19, 20205 min read Sister Shawn Marie Maguire, who became synonymous with Maryvale Preparatory after leading the Brooklandville private girls school for more than three decades, died Sept. 17 at Stella Maris, a long-term care facility in Timonium. FeatureNewsObituariesSupreme CourtWorld News Ruth Bader Ginsburg is remembered as ‘jurist of historic stature’ Carol ZimmermannSeptember 19, 20206 min read The second woman appointed to the court, who served there for more than 27 years, is primarily remembered for her pioneering work for gender equality and for writing pointed dissents and asking tough questions. CommentaryObituariesThe Catholic Difference Father Mankowski, who died suddenly Sept. 3, was ‘off-the-charts brilliant’ George WeigelSeptember 16, 20205 min read He rarely expressed doubts about anything; but he displayed a great sensitivity to the doubts and confusions of those who had the humility to confess that they were at sea. Black Catholic MinistryFeatureLocal NewsNewsObituariesRacial JusticeSchools Sister Mary Reginald Gerdes, champion of St. Frances Academy, Johnston Square, dies at 88 Tim SwiftSeptember 15, 20206 min read Oblate Sister of Providence Mary Reginald Gerdes, a tireless and fearless advocate of St. Frances Academy and the surrounding Baltimore neighborhood of Johnston Square, died Sept. 7 at her religious community’s motherhouse in Arbutus Previous 1 … 33 34 35 … 57 Next
