obituaries FeatureNewsObituariesWorld News Bishop who served Czechs in U.S., Canada, Australia dies in California Joe RuffAugust 17, 20214 min read A native of Czechoslovakia who fled persecution by that country’s communist regime and served in Minnesota for nearly 30 years before being appointed a bishop in the Czech Republic died Aug. 10 in California. Retired Bishop Peter Esterka was 85. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Katherine Ann Durney, C.B.S., nursed in Baltimore Archdiocese, dies at 97 Catholic Review StaffJuly 30, 20213 min read Sister Katherine Ann Durney, whose nursing career brought her to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died July 23 at Marian Hall in Marriottsville, the retirement home for the Sisters of Bon Secours, USA. She was 97. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Mary Brendan Conlon, OSU, served in hometown of Cumberland Catholic Review StaffJuly 26, 20213 min read Sister Mary Brendan Conlon, a Cumberland native who served in her hometown, elsewhere in Appalachia, and in Central America, died July 16 at Nazareth Home-Clifton in Louisville, Ky. She was 93. FeatureJournalismNewsObituariesWorld News Award-winning veteran Catholic journalist Gerald ‘Jerry’ Costello dies Catholic News ServiceJuly 21, 20218 min read Gerald “Jerry” Michael Costello, a Catholic press veteran who was a reporter, columnist, book author and founding editor of three newspapers, died July 19 a five-year struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 90. FeatureLocal NewsObituaries Father James L. Connor, Jesuit leader who taught at Loyola University Maryland, dies at 92 Catholic Review StaffJuly 12, 20213 min read Jesuit Father James L. Connor, who held national leadership roles and began and ended his active priesthood at what is now Loyola University Maryland, died June 21 at Manresa Hall Jesuit Community in his hometown of Philadelphia. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Mary Elizabeth Costello, I.H.M., taught in Baltimore Catholic Review StaffJune 29, 20211 min read Sister Mary Elizabeth Costello, a professed member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary for nearly seven decades whose ministry in education brought her to the Archdiocese of Baltimore in the 1960s, died June 26 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. She was 88. FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituariesSports Jim Phelan, basketball coach who elevated Mount St. Mary’s profile, dies at 92 Paul McMullenJune 18, 20218 min read Few laymen matched his contributions to the Mount, which gave Phelan a one-year contract to coach in 1954. It turned into 49 uninterrupted seasons on the same campus, the third longest in the history of the sport. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Mary Theresa McFadden, former pastoral associate, dies at 90 Catholic Review StaffJune 18, 20211 min read A funeral Mass will be offered at 2 p.m. June 18 at Our Lady of Victory in Arbutus for Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Mary Theresa McFadden, a longtime pastoral associate at Our Lady of Victory who died May 29 at 90. Local NewsNewsObituaries Former Highlandtown rector dies at 87 Catholic Review StaffJune 8, 20211 min read 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. FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituaries Father Lawrence Schanberger, Baltimore native who worked with St. Teresa of Kolkata, dies at 98 Tim SwiftJune 3, 20216 min read 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 Previous 1 … 42 43 44 … 72 Next
