Sister Augusta Conter
Obituaries
Obituaries, Week of August 22, 2026
Deacon Francois Innocent
Father Benedict Chao, World’s Oldest Trappist Monk, Dead at 108
The Diocese of Hong Kong announced the death of Trappist Father Benedict Chao, who, prior to his death at 108 years old, was the oldest Trappist monk in the world.
Obituaries, Week of August 15, 2026
Sister Anne Christine Janke, OP
Woman Whose Confirmed Miracle as Child Led to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Canonization Dies at 78
Generations of Catholics came to know Ann Teresa O’Neill as the child whose miraculous cure from acute lymphatic leukemia in 1952 helped lead to the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint.
Obituaries, Week of July 11, 2026
Sister Claudia Bradshaw, CSJ; Sister Helen Dolores Byrne, CSJ; Sister Elizabeth Graham, CSJ; Father Andrew Varano
Obituaries, Week of June 20, 2026
Msgr. John Keppler; Msgr. Robert Ecker; Sister Richard Mary Peters, IHM
Obituaries, Week of June 13, 2026
Sister Maureen Morgan, RSM
Obituaries, Week of June 6, 2026
Sister Mary Rassley, IHM; Sister Maureen Keating, CSJ; Sister Joan Lenihan, OP
Obituaries, Week of May 30, 2026
Brother Francis Leary; Brother Thomas Grady, OSF