Divine Word Brother Patrick Hegarty, who helped to make Ireland’s The Word one of the country’s most successful magazines, died May 28. He was 97.
Obituaries
Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo
Once honored by his native Nicaragua as a “father of peace and reconciliation,” Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, retired archbishop of Managua, died June 3. He was 92.
Sister Rita Jane Vanson, C.I.J.
Sister Rita Jane Vanson, C.I.J., a Sister of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus, Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor, for more than 55 years, died May 3.
Father Michael Morrison
Jesuit Father Michael Morrison, the longest serving president of Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., and a major force in its growth, died May 24 in hospice at St. Camillus in Wauwatosa, a retirement and health care community. He was 81.
Sister M. Irene Fugazy, S.C.
Sister M. Irene Fugazy (Mildred), S.C., a member of the Sisters of Charity of New York, for 82 years, died May 18. She was 99.
Sister Mary Bertram, O.P.
Sister Mary Bertram, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 72 years, died May 18. She was 93.
Sister M. Helen Hemmer, I.H.M.
Sister M. Helen Hemmer, I.H.M., a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary for 72 years, died May 18 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. She was 90.
Lucille Parella-Scalabrino
Lucille Parella-Scalabrino, 68, of Brick, N.J. died May 12 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.
Colombian Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos
Colombian Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, a longtime Vatican official, died May 18 in Rome at the age of 88.
Bishop Anthony M. Milone
Bishop Anthony M. Milone, 85, who was an auxiliary bishop in the Omaha Archdiocese, Neb., 1982-87, and was head of the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings, Mont., from 1988 to 2006, died May 17 in Omaha.