ADRIAN, MICHIGAN—January 30, 2023—Sister Patricia Downey, formerly known as Sister Jean Edmund, died on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 84 years of age and in the 66th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation. Sister Patricia was born in …

ADRIAN, MICHIGAN—January 23, 2023—Sister Helen Hankerd, formerly known as Sister Mary Ingrid, died on Friday, January 20, 2023, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Michigan. She was 93 years of age and in the 74th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation. Sister Helen was born …

The Province of the United States recommends to our fraternal prayers our dear brother, Alva James GILLIS, of the Marianist Residence Community, San Antonio, Texas, USA, who died in the service of the Blessed Virgin Mary on December 31, 2022, in San Antonio, at the age of 92 with 37 …

The Province of the United States recommends to our fraternal prayers our dear brother Michael John GALVIN of the Marianist Residence Community in San Antonio, Texas, USA, who died in the service of the Blessed Virgin Mary on January 1, 2023, in San Antonio at the age of 81 with …

Miller, Sister Maria Luisa, 86, died peacefully Jan. 2 at home in Dayton, Ohio, under the care of hospice. She was born November 1936 in Cloverdale, Ohio, the eldest daughter of eight children, and entered the Sisters of the Precious Blood, Dayton, Ohio, in January 1954. For 69 years she …

Deacon William “Bill” Petrie, a Deacon of the Archdiocese, died on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at the age of 100. Deacon Bill was ordained by Archbishop Joseph Bernardin for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati on September 26, 1976. He was among the very first cohort of permanent deacons ordained for the …

Father Arthur (Art) J. Espelage, OFM, 78, passed away Dec. 9 at Riverside Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, where he was receiving Hospice Care. Born on Aug. 13, 1944, in Cincinnati, Father Art was one of six children of Arthur Sr. and Antoinette. He attended St. Bonaventure School in Cincinnati. With …

Sister Margaret Zureick 85, died December 1 at Maria Joseph Center. She was born February 1937 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the eldest of 2 children into a loving family. In 1956, she entered the Sisters of the Precious Blood Dayton, Ohio, and faithfully served God, His people and the Congregation for …

Reverend Theodore C. Kosse died on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born on August 10, 1945, in Cincinnati, and baptized at St. Martin of Tours Parish, Cheviot (Cincinnati). He did his preparatory studies at St. Gregory Seminary and studied theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of …

ADRIAN, MICHIGAN—October 27, 2022—Sister Mary Catherine Nolan, formerly known as Sister John David, died on Thursday, October 27, 2022, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 89 years of age and in the 70th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation. Sister Mary Catherine was …