Category : In Memoriam

June 11, 1945 – May 7, 2023 Bishop McGrath was born in Dublin, Ireland, where he attended Catholic schools of the Sisters of the Holy Faith and Marist Fathers. He entered Saint John Seminary, Waterford, Ireland, in 1964 and was ordained to the priesthood on June 7, 1970, at Holy Trinity Cathedral, W

Sister Karolina was born in Ulmbach, Germany on March 23, 1938.  She entered with the   Dominican Sisters of Oakford in Neustadt am Main in 1959.  She trained as a nurse and worked as a surgical nurse for ten years at the Mariankrankenhaus in Floersheim.  When the Oakford   Sisters responded to the

Fr. Paul-Cuong Phan died on December 7, 2022, at O’Connor Hospital in San Jose, where he was a chaplain since 2021.  He is survived by his mother and five siblings. His hospital ministry at O’Connor and Valley Medical Center was brief, but he was known as a chaplain with a compassionate heart and ch

October 6, 1930 – August 5, 2022 Monsignor Ludwig Andre, a retired priest of the Diocese of San José, passed away the morning of Friday August 5, 2022 in Alamo, California. He was 91 years old. He was ordained for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1957. Locally, he served as acting president - pri

March 7, 1940 – August 3, 2022 Rest in eternal peace: Monsignor John Sandersfeld, a retired priest of the Diocese of San Jose, passed away the morning of Wednesday August 3, 2022 in San Francisco. He was 82 years old. He attended St. Leo the Great elementary school in San Jose and later Bellarmine C