Category : In Memoriam

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

The Province of the United States recommends to our fraternal prayers our dear brother Robert J. Juenemann of the Cupertino Marianist Community in Cupertino, California, USA, who died in the service of the Blessed Virgin Mary on July 28, 2022, in San Antonio at the age of 87 with 66 years of religio

The Reverend Michael Burns, a retired priest of the Diocese of San Jose, died peacefully at Stanford Hospital on Tuesday, June 7, 2022.  He was 90 years old. Born on August 22, 1931 in Oakland to Michael J. Burns and Sarah Curran, Father Burns attended St. Joseph’s School in Alameda and St. Joseph’s

The Province of the United States recommends to our fraternal prayers our dear brother Francis (Frank) Theodore SPAETH, of the Marianist Community in Cupertino, California, USA, who died in the service of the Blessed Virgin Mary on March 16, 2022, in Cupertino at the age of 98 with 72 years of relig

Sister Susan Barry, OSU, died peacefully May 2, 2022, at St. Andrew’s at Francis Place in Eureka, Missouri. Eighty years old at the time of her death, she ministered in California for more than 20 years, primarily in the San Jose diocese.  The daughter of Eugene Joseph and Helen Koch Barry, she was