Redemptorist Father Arthur Wendel dies at 90 October 2, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Redemptorist Father Arthur Wendel was offered Aug. 5 at Holy Redeemer Church in New York. Father Wendel died July 26 at the St. John Neumann Community at Stella Maris in Timonium. He was 90. Born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Father Wendel entered the Redemptorists in 1954, professing his perpetual vows in 1959, the same year he was ordained to the priesthood. In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Father Wendel ministered at the St. John Neumann Residence from 2013 to 2023, often playing the organ and leading his brother Redemptorists in song. Elsewhere, he served in New York and Connecticut. He was active in AIDS ministry and was the founder of the Alphonsian Center for Spirituality Through the Arts in New York. Father Wendel held a bachelor’s degree in history from St. John’s University in New York. He also held a master’s degree in U.S. history from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and took an additional baccalaureate degree in music at Manhattanville College. More obituaries Deacon Wayne Matthews, longtime church leader and scientist, dies at 81 Betty Contino, a giant in empowering Baltimore’s Catholic school students, dies at 81 Sister Marian Joseph Baird, R.S.M., dies at 87 Mary Pat Stoval, longtime archdiocesan fiscal services director, dies at 67 Sister Mary Laurentilla Back, S.S.N.D., dies at 93 Sister Maria Soledad Gutierrez dies at 101 Copyright © 2023 Catholic Review Media Print
