obituaries 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. Local NewsNewsObituaries Redemptorist Father Stephen Vanyo dies at 88 Catholic Review StaffAugust 14, 20241 min read A funeral Mass for Redemptorist Father Stephen Vanyo was offered June 6 in Brazil, where the priest had devoted decades of ministry. Father Vanyo died June 5. He was 88. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister M. Josaire Brady, IHM, dies at 93 Catholic Review StaffAugust 9, 20241 min read A funeral Mass for Sister M. Josaire Brady, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, was offered Aug. 9 at Our Lady of Peace Residence, in Dunmore, Pa. Sister Josaire died Aug. 5. She was 93. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Mary Cabrini Bonnett, former Bon Secours receptionist, dies at 97 Catholic Review StaffAugust 2, 20243 min read A funeral Mass for Sister of Bon Secours Mary Cabrini Bonnett will be offered Aug. 6 at her order’s chapel in Marriottsville. Sister Cabrini died July 30. She was 97 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of Bon Secours for 67 years. JournalismNewsObituariesWorld News Tony Spence, Catholic journalism veteran, dies at 71; called his work ‘a vocation I truly love’ Kurt JensenJuly 30, 20247 min read Anthony J. “Tony” Spence, former director and editor-in-chief of Catholic News Service, died July 28 in Nashville, Tennessee, after a long illness. He was 71. “The Catholic Media Association is grateful to God for the life of Tony Spence,” Gretchen R. Crowe, editor-in-chief of OSV News and president of the CMA board, and Rob DeFrancesco, […] FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituaries Sister Janice Marie Hallacher, former principal of Catholic High, dies at 92 Catholic Review StaffJuly 27, 20241 min read A funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Janice Marie Hallacher (formerly Sister Victor) was offered July 26 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Janice died July 23. She was 92 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 72 years. FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituaries Charles Bauermann, supporter of Catholic media and religious vocations, dies at 91 Kurt JensenJuly 24, 20244 min read Charles Louis “Chuck” Bauermann’s accounting acumen and imagination helped the Cathedral Foundation that once oversaw the Catholic Review to include new publishing and consulting ventures. Previous 1 … 3 4 5 … 57 Next
