Category : In Memoriam

October 27, 1945 – October 13, 2018 Father Tim Kidney was born in LaPorte, Indiana, the son of John and Dolores Kidney. He attended Catholic elementary schools in Illinois and Minnesota. His first two years of high school were in Minnesota; moving to California, he graduated from Serra High School i

April 4, 1925 - October 9, 2018 Sister Patricia Marie Mulpeters, PBVM, entered eternal life on October 9 at the Presentation Motherhouse in San Francisco, CA. She was a Sister of the Presentation for seventy-three years. Born to William and Dorothy Kentzel Mulpeters on April 4, 1925 in San Francisco

Father Joseph M. Stefanelli, S.M., was born on November 24, 1921 in Cincinnati, OH. He made his first profession of vows as a Marianist in 1940, an was ordained July 22, 1951 in Fribourg, Switzerland. He entered into eternal life on August 16, 2018 and was the son of the late Michael and Cesarina (C

Long-time Leader of Hispanic Community at Saint Athanasius Dies Sister Diana Petz, RSM, died on July 9, at age 85. Born in Buffalo, New York, she moved with her family to Los Angeles where she attended Bishop Conaty Memorial High School and entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1950. Her religious name wa

Sister Ethel Dignan, BVM (Howard), 94, died June 14, at Marian Hall, Dubuque, Iowa. Burial was in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery. In the Diocese of San José Sister Ethel was a staff psychologist at Agnew State Hospital in San José, and a clinical psychologist and director at West Valley Mental Health Cente

Two Sisters of the Presentation (who are also biological sisters) both died in April. Sister Maryann Healy, PBVM, (religious name Sister Mary Eugenia) entered eternal life on April 4 at the Presentation Motherhouse in San Francisco. A native of San Francisco, California, Sister Maryann was born in D