Father Michael Jung OSB, a monk of Saint Joseph Abbey, died at Saint Benedict on May 29. He was 84 years old.
Harold Jung was born on November 30, 1935, in Bogalusa. His father was Harold Jung, Sr. and his mother was Elizabeth Whelan Jung. He had three siblings, Patricia Jung Bourg, Michael Jung, and Teresa Jung.
After grammar school, he attended high school and junior college at Saint Joseph Seminary, and, after graduating, entered the novitiate of Saint Joseph Abbey. He made first monastic profession in 1957, receiving the name Michael. He studied philosophy and theology at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, earning a B.A. in philosophy, and he earned a B.S. in education from Loyola University New Orleans. He was ordained a priest
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The Catholic Commentator
Father Donnell Kirchner CSsR died at home at the Holy Ghost Redemptorist rectory in Houston on May 13. He was 79.
Father Donnell Kirchner CSsR
Father Kirchner lived out the Redemptorist missionary charism, serving the poor and abandoned for 54 years, 40 in the Amazon Region of Brazil.
He also spent one year
Por Richard Meek
The Catholic Commentator
Padre Donnell Kirchner CSsR muere en su hogar en la rectoría del Holy Ghost Redemptorist en Houston el 13 de mayo. Tenía 79 años.
Padre Donnell Kirchner CSsR
El Padre Kirchner vivió durante 45 años el carisma misionero de los redentoristas sirviendo a los pobres y abandonados. Cuarenta de estos
Sister Mary John Hotard CSJ, a Sister of St. Joseph for 76 years, passed away at Our Lady of Wisdom Health Care in New Orleans on March 30. She was 93.
Sister Mary John was born in Union, one of eight children of the late Sidney Joseph and Olympe Chauvin Hotard. She was baptized Marie Francoise Therese.
Sister Mary John is survived by two sisters, Dorothy Hotard Prosperie and Rita Ann Hotard Prosperie, her niece, Adele
Sister Julia Ann Sheatzley, a Sister of St. Joseph for 61 years, died on Jan. 17 at Mount St. Mary Convent in Wichita, Kansas. Sister Julia was 81.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, she was the youngest of six children of the late Howard A. and Ruth Dahlheimer Sheatzley. After graduating from McNicholas High School in Cincinnati, Sister Julia, affectionately called Julie, entered the novitiate of the Sisters of St. Joseph in New Orleans, pronouncing first vows in 1959
Sister Maria Rabalais CSJ, a Sister of St. Joseph for 77 years, passed away at Mount St. Mary Convent in Wichita, Kansas, on Saturday, June 22 at the age of 94.
Sister Maria, born in Simmesport, one of nine children of the late Blanche Guilbeau and Joseph Rabalais, was baptized Catherine Anne. Her brother Harold (Yvonne) lives in Houston. She was predeceased by four brothers James, Durwood, Anthony and Sims and three sisters Anelia Rabalais Gros, Mae Rabalais and
Sister Bertrand Lieux CSJ, a Sister of St. Joseph for 72 years, passed away at Mount St. Mary Convent in Wichita, Kansas, on Tuesday, April 9 at the age of 88. Sister Bertrand was born in New Roads, one of 11 children of the late Joseph Bertrand Lieux Sr. and Frances Azema Lorio Lieux. Baptized Rita Ann, Sister Bertrand is survived by siblings Magda Lieux Bonnette and Ralph Lorio Lieux (Ellen) and four sisters-in-law: Meredith Lieux, Laverne Lieux, Shirley Lieux and M. Alice Lieux.
Sister Benedicta Berger SCSC, age 97, of Merrill, Wisconsin, died March 31 at Bell Tower Residence Assisted Living and Ministry Hospice. Sister Benedicta (Harriet Louise) was born Dec. 24, 1921, to Frederick and Clara (Wolf) Berger in Columbus, Ohio.
She entered Holy Cross Convent in Merrill on Nov. 19, 1947, and celebrated her first profession on July 2, 1949. She was in her 70th year of ministry at the time of her death. Sister received her early education in St.
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Blind and fiercely committed to his priesthood, Father Patrick J. Mascarella had more than a heightened sense of touch that helped him orientate himself in his physical surroundings, he knew how to touch other’s lives by offering Christ’s healing in their brokenness.
Father Mascarella poses for a portrait with his service dog Pace.
Father Mascarella passed away late Wednesday, Jan. 23
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The Catholic Commentator
Father Jerome LeDoux SVD, former columnist for The Catholic Commentator and who previously served as pastor at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Baton Rouge, died Jan. 7 in Lafayette following heart surgery. Father LeDoux was 88.
Father Jerome LeDoux SVD, is shown after speaking at the Louisiana Catholic Conference in 1990. Photo provided by the Archives Department | Diocese of Baton Rouge
Sister Mildred Guillot (formerly Sister Francis of Assisi) CSJ died at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center on Nov. 22 at age 92.
She was born in Natchitoches on October 17, 1926 to the late Leo and Norma Hill Guillot. She is survived by her sisters Betsy G. Roark and Mary Lee Guillot; her nephew Frank Roark of Orlando, Florida; and her nieces Rebecca Wall of Daytona, Holly Gordon of Orlando and Erin Rinker of Coco Beach, Florida.
Father Henry C. Vavasseur, 85, retired priest of the Diocese of Baton Rouge, died Thursday, Oct. 26 at Ollie Steele Burden Manor Nursing Home in Baton Rouge. Father Vavasseur was born in Port Allen and attended Catholic High School in Baton Rouge; St. Joseph Seminary in St. Benedict; Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans; and, Catholic University of American in Washington, D.C.
He was ordained a priest in June 1958. His pastoral assignments included Holy Family
Sister Therese St. Pierre CJS died Feb. 11 at the age of 84 at the Wichita Center of the Adorers of the Precious Blood in Wichita, Kansas.
Sister Therese was born in Lucy, Louisiana to the late Albin J. and Leila Hymel St. Pierre and was educated in public schools in St. John the Baptist Civil Parish.
She graduated from St. Joseph Academy in New Orleans and entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in New Orleans in 1948. She professed first vows
WASHINGTON (CNS) – While many tributes to former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo reference the impact of his 1984 keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention, for many Catholics, it was a different speech the same year that defined his political legacy.
Cuomo, who died Jan. 1 at age 82, served three terms as governor and was sought after as a possible candidate for president, though he never took the plunge.
Those two 1984 speeches may well have helped define both why
Sister Leyla Patricia Cerda-Sanchez CSJ, age 60, passed away unexpectedly Sept. 14, 2020 at the Congregation
Sister Jane Louise Arbour CSJ, a Sister of St. Joseph for 79 years, passed away
Sister Gracelyn Soignet CSJ, a sister of St. Joseph for 64 years, passed away at Mount
Father Henry C. Vavasseur, 85, retired priest of the Diocese of Baton Rouge, died Oct. 26 at
Sister Vernola Ann Lyons FMOL died Thursday, Oct. 11, at Our Lady of The Lake Regional Medical
