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February 1, 2012
A funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 29 at the Monastery of St. Therese in Clinton Township, Mich., for Sister Teresa of Jesus Uhlen, a native St. Louisan. Sister Teresa died Dec. 26. Born Marilyn Uhlen in St. Louis, she attended Rosati-Kain High School. She professed vows in 1956 at the Carmelite Nuns' monastery in Kansas City. The Discalced Carmelite Nuns are cloistered contemplatives. She came to the Monastery of St. Therese in... |
February 1, 2012
A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 21 in Sacred Heart Manor Chapel in Hamden, Conn., for Sister Maria Gabriel McClain, retired teacher and librarian who had served in St. Louis. Sister Gabriel, 96, died Jan. 18 at Sacred Heart Manor. Born in Wilkinsburg, Penn., she attended St. Anthony High School in St. Louis and entered the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1932 in New Haven, Conn. She professed first vows in 1934 and... |
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February 1, 2012
PHILADELPHIA -- Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua, retired archbishop of Philadelphia, died Jan. 31 at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, where he resided. According to the Philadelphia Archdiocese, he died in his sleep at 9:15 p.m. He was 88. Cardinal Bevilacqua headed the archdiocese from February 1988 to October 2003. Funeral arrangements were pending. Pope Benedict XVI mourned the death of the cardinal, expressing his "... |
January 25, 2012
ALTOONA, Pa. -- Although Joe Paterno will be remembered as "a legend throughout our region and throughout our country," Bishop Mark L. Bartchak said the iconic football coach will be best remembered in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown as "a good Catholic, a family man and a friend to many." Bishop Bartchak made his comments Jan. 22 at a news conference at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Altoona, prior to a prayer service... |
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January 25, 2012
A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 14 in the Seton Residence chapel in Evansville, Ind., for Sister Jane (Ida Clementine) Walz,a native St. Louisan who was an educator and served in health care administration in the archdiocese. Sister Jane, 78, died Jan. 12 at Seton Residence in Evansville. She joined the Daughters of Charity in 1951. In the St. Louis Archdiocese, she served from 1966-72 as principal at St. Vincent School in... |
January 18, 2012
A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 10 in the chapel of the Little Sisters of the Poor residence in North St. Louis for Sister Maria Concepcion Kong, who served the elderly overseas and in the United States, including in St. Louis. Sister Maria Concepcion, 52, died Jan. 3 after a long illness with cancer. She was born in Palacion Victoria, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. After pronouncing her vows with the Little Sisters of the... |
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January 18, 2012
A memorial Mass was celebrated Jan. 14 for Father Edward E. Kelly, a longtime priest and author, at Christ the King Catholic Church in University City. Father Kelly, 83, died Jan. 7 at Mother of Good Counsel Home in Northwoods following a lengthy battle with leukemia. A Kirkwood native, he was baptized at St. Peter Church in Kirkwood. Following graduation from St. Louis University High School, he entered the Society of Jesus, earning... |
January 18, 2012
A funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 27 for Sister Joan Albaugh, CDP, in the Mother of Divine Providence Chapel of the Sisters of Divine Providence Motherhouse in Pittsburgh, Pa. Sister Joan, who ministered in education and health care for more than 40 years, died Dec. 24 at the motherhouse. An Ohio native, she entered the Sisters of Divine Providence in St. Louis in 1957, receiving the religious name... |
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January 18, 2012
A funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 30 for Sister Colette Marie Doering, CSJ, at St. Thomas More Church in Kansas City, Mo. Sister Colette Marie, a former artist and art teacher, died Dec. 26 at Nazareth Living Center in south St. Louis County from complications from a fall. She was 89. A St. Louis native, she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in September 1943, making her final profession of vows on Aug. 15, 1949. She... |
January 18, 2012
A memorial Mass was celebrated Dec. 23 for Sister Mary Anne Smith, a longtime educator, at Nazareth Living Center in south St. Louis County. Sister Mary Anne, a Sister of St. Joseph for 58 years, died at Nazareth Living Center Dec. 19. She was 77. An Illinois native, she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in September 1952 and made her final profession in 1960. She earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education from... |
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