Sister Mary Ruth Hill, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 79 years, died in Bishop Kearney Convent, Feb. 29.
Obituaries
Obituary: Sister Philothea Larisch, O.P.
Sister Philothea Larisch, O.P., 83 and a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville for 58 years, died March 16.
Obituary: Sister Carmelita Currie, S.C.
Sister Carmelita Currie, S.C. (formerly Sister Michael Marie) died on March 8, at Caritas Residence, Halifax, Nova Scotia, at the age of 84.
Obituary: Father Virgilio Elizondo
Father Virgilio Elizondo, a nationally known professor of pastoral and Hispanic theology at the University of Notre Dame and founder of what is today the Mexican American Catholic College in San Antonio, Texas, was found dead in his home March 14. He was 80.
Obituary: Sister Francis Louise Sheridan, M.S.B.T.
Sister Francis Louise Sheridan, M.S.B.T., a native of Brooklyn who was born as Agnes Theresa Sheridan, and a member of the Missionary Servants of the Blessed Trinity for over 65 years, died Feb. 14.
Obituary: Jesuit Father Fernando Cardenal
Jesuit Father Fernando Cardenal, who worked for years to promote education in Nicaragua, died Feb. 20 after complications from an abdominal operation. He was 82.
Obituary: Sister M. Josephine Thibodeau, S.C.
Sister Mary Josephine Thibodeau, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 72 years, died at Caritas Residence, Halifax, Feb. 13. She was 91.
Obituary: Frances Marie Brophy
Frances Marie Brophy, 82, who worked as the assistant librarian at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington, L.I., died after having suffered a stroke a few weeks ago.
The God Squad’s Msgr. Hartman Developed Catholic Television on LI
Half of TV and radio’s “The God Squad” and the longtime head of the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s Telecare cable TV station, Msgr. Thomas Hartman died Feb. 16.
Father Candreva Served As Deacon and Priest
Father Art Candreva, I.V. Dei, a member of the Voluntas Dei Institute who served as a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Hope parish, Middle Village, died Feb. 18.