Praying for our deceased priests
Father Patrick J. O'Carroll, 83, died May 6, 2013 at William Childs Hospice House in Palm Bay. He was ordained as a Priest in Ireland and moved to Florida where he was ordained for the Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida in September 1954. He became a member of the newly formed Diocese of Orla… Read more
ORLANDO | Hundreds of faithful from all over the Diocese of Orlando came to pay homage to Msgr. Fachtna Joseph Harte, June 27, 2020, rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe for 25 years. Msgr. Harte died May 30 after a long illness. Read more
Father John William Garvy, of Black Mountain, North Carolina, 100, passed away Sunday, May 1, 2005. Born onMarch 16, 1905, he grew up in Chicago, the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Cosmos Garvy and the eldest son in a family of 10. Read more
Father James John MacLoughlin passed away peacefully May 20, 2010, in the rectory of St. Augustine Church, Casselberry. Read more
ARCADIA | Sister of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods Catherine Buster passed away June 26, 2022, in Indiana. She was 85 and had been a religious sister for 66 years. Read more
NORTH PORT | The Diocese of Venice mourns the passing of Father Patrick C. Organ, who has served as Pastor of San Pedro Parish in North Port since 1992. Father Organ died June 9, 2022, in Sarasota after experiencing some health challenges. He was 77. Read more
NOKOMIS | Carmelite Father Niles Gillen, Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary, died at the age of 90 May 25, 2022, in Nokomis. Father Gillen served as Parochial Vicar at St. Raphael Parish in Englewood from 2002, until his retirement in the summer of 2012. Father Gillen then retired loc… Read more
MARGATE | Parishioners of St. Vincent Parish, along with members of South Florida’s Brazilian Catholic community, are mourning the loss of their pastor, Scalabrinian Father Volmar Scaravelli, who died of a heart attack April 25, 2022. Read more
FORT MYERS | Father Charles K. Sullivan, founding Pastor of St. Columbkille and St. John XXIII Parishes in Fort Myers, died April 27, 2022, at the age of 85 in Ocala. Read more
Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki said the life and work of Project Rachel founder Vicki Thorn, who died unexpectedly April 20, stand “as a living testimony to an unwavering and unconditional defense of life at all stages, and to the mercy of God’s love.” Read more
CARY, N.C. | Father John Catoir, president and founder of St. Jude Media Ministry and a former director of The Christophers, died April 7 in Cary. He was 90. Read more
CAPE CORAL | The Diocese of Venice is mourning the loss of Father Timothy Murphy, a retired priest of the Diocese of Venice who passed away March 19, 2022, at the age of 97. Read more
MIAMI | A priest by day, a crooner at night, a charmer 24/7. Msgr. James Reynolds — known for his trademark line, “Baby, baby” — never made it in show business, but he never lacked for a joke or a song to entertain his parishioners. In doing so, he hoped to bring them closer to each other,… Read more
