Praying for our deceased priests
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Reverend Patrick O'Reilly was ordained on February 7, 1953 at The Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. He served the church in Cape Palmas, Liberia, W. Africa 1954-1957; Associate Pastor, Tucson, AZ 1957-1962; Society for the Propagation of Faith, … Read more
Reverend Louis Dunleavy was born Aug. 25, 1931, in Ireland. Read more
At the funeral Mass Oct. 7 (1978) for Father Neil A. Sager, Bishop Thomas J. Grady told the people of Good Shepherd Parish that "it was as if for ten months your pastor shared one Eucharist with you: The long, slow liturgy of his dying; his sacrifice and your sacrifice united with the sacrif… Read more
Monsignor Matthew Connolly died October 26, 2008 in Altamonte Springs. He was born on September 8, 1928 in Chicago, IL, the son of Matthew and Read more
The Rev. Philip J. Stegeman was born in Quincy, Ill., and moved to Leesburg from Dunnellon in 1983. He was pastor of St. Paul's Catholic Church for five years. Read more
Father Michael Giglio was born on July 26, 1936 in Brooklyn, NY to Caesar and Eileen (nee Guzzi). He studied theology at Pope John XXIII National Seminary. He was credentialed with a Masters in Art, Masters of Science in Education, Masters of Art in Teaching, and Masters of Divinity. Read more
Reverend Raymond J. O'Leary, age 86, of Daytona Beach, Florida, passed away on Wednesday, October 9, 2019. Raymond was born January 26, 1933, in Australia. Read more
Monsignor Kamide was born on July 15 1935 in Carthage New York where he attended elementary and high schools operated by Augustinians. He received a bachelor's and master's degree from Villanova University. He also received a Master's Degree in Theological Studies from Augustinian College in… Read more
Father Joseph Nolan, 79, who served as pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Melbourne Beach for 26 years, died Oct. 5, 2015. Read more
Monsignor Bartok was born on January 19, 1921, in Hungary to Charles F. and Mary Bartok (nee Koscso). Msgr. Bartok was ordained on May 15, 1947, and served the Dioceses of St. Augustine and Orlando. He was the founding pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Orlando with assistance from the… Read more
Reverend Bernard Hickey became the Pastor of St. Lucie Parish in July 1965. By 1968, St. Lucie became part of the newly established Diocese of Orlando. Father Hickey proved to be a builder for the church with the beginning of construction of a new rectory and education building. In the ten y… Read more
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MIAMI | Word spread quickly among alumni of St. Thomas Aquinas High School that Father Guy Fenger was dying. Read more
James E. Quinn, Commander, U.S. Navy ret., 87, Chapel Hill, NC, passed away on October 7, 2021 at his home after a brief but sudden illness. Read more
CLEVELAND (CNS) — Retired Bishop Anthony M. Pilla of Cleveland, who led initiatives to bring... Read more
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Mary Ngoc-Minh Vu, ICM. Sister Mary Ngoc-Minh Vu was born March 19, 1937 in Vietnam. She entered the Sister of Incarnation-Consecration-Mission on January 19, 1950. Her religious formation and life was "underground" due to the repressions of t… Read more
It took a while for Father Andrzej “Andrew” Pietraszko to find his special calling. Ordained a priest in 2003 for the Archdiocese of Miami, he served at parishes and as a high school chaplain before discovering his true talent: ministering to the sick. Read more
ADRIAN, Michigan | Sister Anne Elizabeth Monahan, formerly known as Sister Margaret George, died on Aug. 20, 2021, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Michigan. She was 86, and in the 71st year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation. Read more
MIAMI | A transplant from Minnesota, Father William Bowles made himself at home at St. John the Baptist Church in Fort Lauderdale, where he served from 2004 until his retirement in 2020. Read more
MIAMI | Brother Richard DeMaria, who chronicled his “journey to death” in monthly letters to his friends, fellow Edmund Rice Christian Brothers, and in the archdiocese’s Let’s Talk blog, has died. Read more
Sr. Katherine Ann Durney, CBS, died on July 23 at the age of 97 of natural causes. She died in Marriottsville, Maryland, at her home on Marian Hall, the retirement home for the Sisters of Bon Secours, USA. Read more
POMPTON PLAINS, N.J. (CNS) — Gerald “Jerry” Michael Costello, a Catholic press veteran who was... Read more
