Just two weeks shy of his 97th birthday, Josephite Father Joseph M. Calamari, the oldest living member of his order, died on Aug. 21 at St. Joseph Manor, Baltimore, Md.
Obituaries
Obituary: Brother Cletus Burke, O.S.F.
Brother Cletus Burke, O.S.F., died Aug. 27. Born Daniel in Brooklyn, he entered the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn while a student at St. Anthony’s Juniorate, Smithtown, L.I.
Retired Cardinal Laszlo Paskai led the Church in Hungary
The retired primate of Hungary led the Catholic Church in Hungary as the country moved from communism to democracy at the end of the 1980s.
Sister Agnes Virginia Manning, S.C.
A Sister of Charity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 72 years, she was missioned at Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge, 1943-49, as a third-grade teacher.
Sister Alma Marie Van Buren, O.P.
Sister Alma Marie Van Buren, O.P., a member of the Sparkill Dominican Sisters, for 69 years, died Aug. 8 in Sparkill, N.Y. She was 90.
Sister Alice Marie Carey, O.P., was a life-long educator
Her ministry in elementary education included teaching assignments at St. Martin of Tours, Amityville; Fourteen Holy Martyrs, Bushwick; St. Ignatius, Hicksville, L.I.; Little Flower, Montauk, L.I.; St. Joseph, Kings Park, L.I.; Corpus Christi, Woodside; Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Lindenhurst, L.I.; and St. Hugh of Lincoln, Huntington Station, L.I.
Sister Julia Hannigan, Maryknoll missioner to China
Sister Julia Hannigan, M.M., a Brooklyn-born Maryknoll missioner to China, died Aug. 15. She was 99 years old, and just six and a half weeks shy of her 100th birthday.
Retired USCCB Deputy Communications Director Dead at 79
WASHINGTON (CNS) – William A. Ryan, whose career as a journalist and communicator with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops covered more than 40 years, died July 25 at the age of 79. He retired as deputy director of communications at the USCCB in 2007 and had served a period as interim director of the […]
Douglas A. LeVien Jr.
A Mass of Christian Burial for retired NYPD detective Douglas A. LeVien Jr., was celebrated at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, Aug. 5. He died July 30. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, LeVien spent over 44 years in law enforcement and served as executive assistant to former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes. LeVien is […]
Gladys Kelly Hirten
Gladys Kelly Hirten, 88, the mother of Father Timothy J. Hirten, a priest of the Brooklyn Diocese currently on active duty as a U.S. Air Force chaplain in the Middle East, died July 28 at her home in Bellemore, L.I. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Aug. 4 at St. Barnabas Church, Bellemore. In […]