Cardinal Karl Lehmann, longtime president of the German bishops’ conference and a respected theologian who participated in the Second Vatican Council, died March 11.
Obituaries
Sister Margaret Mary Hannon, S.C.
Sister Margaret Mary Hannon, S.C., (Sister Marie Daniel) a member of the New York Sisters of Charity for 75 years, died March 4 at Kittay House, Bronx.
Christopher J. Kauffman
Christopher J. Kauffman, 81, church historian was the author of numerous books and scholarly articles, died Jan. 30 at Oakcrest Village Care Center in Parkville, Md.
Sister Bernadette Wynne, R.S.M.
Sister Bernadette Wynne, R.S.M., 83, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 66 years, died Feb. 21 at the Sisters of Mercy Convent in Whitestone.
Sister Mary Gloria Garcia, C.S.J.
Sister Mary Gloria Garcia, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 65 years, died Feb. 2 at the Maria Regina Residence in Brentwood.
Sister M. Francine Connolly, I.H.M.
Sister M. Francine Connolly, I.H.M., a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary for 77 years, died Feb. 25 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. She was 94.
Sister Mary Sullivan, O.P.
Sister Mary Sullivan, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 69 years, died Feb. 24 after a long illness. She was 87.
Priest Recalls Graham’s First Invite to Speak to Catholics
The late Benedictine Father John Oetgen, a past president of Belmont Abbey College and a monk of the Belmont Abbey Monastery, had a groundbreaking idea: invite the extremely popular evangelist the Rev. Billy Graham to the school for a talk and a degree.
Columbia McGreevey
Columbia McGreevey died Feb. 15, two days after her husband Deacon John McGreevey passed away.
Rona Jack
Rona Jack, 88, a long-time parishioner at St. Gregory the Great, Crown Heights, died Feb. 22.