obituaries
Former Highlandtown rector dies at 87
Redemptorist Father Dennis Maurice Foley, rector at Sacred Heart of Jesus in Highlandtown from 1993 to 1996 and an associate pastor of St. Mary in Annapolis from 1990 to 1993, died June 6 at 87.
Father Lawrence Schanberger, Baltimore native who worked with St. Teresa of Kolkata, dies at 98
Maryknoll Father J. Lawrence Schanberger, whose missionary work spanned the globe, including serving the poor of India with St. Teresa of Kolkata, died May 22
Sister Agnes Borkowski, OSF, who taught at home parish in Essex, dies at 93
Sister Agnes Borkowski, a Baltimore native and professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 72 years, died May 25.
Father Gosnell, who served as pastor and on archdiocesan Tribunal, dies at 69
Father Stephen D. Gosnell, a Knight of the Holy Sepulcher and former pastor of the parishes of All Saints in Liberty Heights, Prince of Peace in Edgewood, and St. Andrew by the Bay in Annapolis, died May 23 in his apartment at Mercy Ridge in Timonium.
Jean Rozanski, devoted Catholic and mother of archbishop of St. Louis, dies at 84
Jean Rozanski, a devoted Catholic, wife and mother whose son rose to become the archbishop of St. Louis, died May 19 after suffering a stroke. She was 84.
Sister Carol Wheeler, who transformed Mercy High School over more than three decades, dies at 84
Sister Carol Wheeler, who as its longtime leader modernized North Baltimore’s Mercy High School with an emphasis on medicine, science and the arts, died May 15 at Stella Maris in Timonium. She was 84.
Sister Paula Slama, D.C., who taught in Baltimore, dies at 90
Sister Paula Slama, a Daughter of Charity who taught and served as a docent in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died April 17 at St. Louise House in Albany, N.Y. She was 90.
Sister Mary Patricia Cummings, taught at Ascension school in 1950s, dies at 96
Sister Mary Patricia Cummings, a Sister of Providence who taught at then-Ascension Catholic School in Halethorpe in the 1950s, died on Apr. 12 in Mother Theodore Hall in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. She was 96.
Carol Clews, ‘towering figure’ in Maryland’s pro-life community, dies at 78
Carol Clews, the former longtime leader of the Center for Pregnancy Concerns in Baltimore who spearheaded the expansion of pro-life pregnancy resources centers throughout the region and was part of a protracted legal battle to defend free speech rights, died April 16.
Deacon John Langmead, dedicated St. Rita’s pastoral life director, dies at 77
Deacon John Langmead, a former pastoral life director of St. Rita who used his business skills to strengthen the finances of the Dundalk parish, died April 14 of complications of lung cancer in Hemet, Calif. He was 77. Because of a shortage of priests, the Archdiocese of Baltimore has sometimes enlisted deacons such as Deacon […]