Category : In Memoriam

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

The Province of the United States of America recommends to your prayers our dear brother, Eugene Frank, S.M., of the Marianist Community of Cupertino, who died in the service of the Blessed Virgin Mary on April 22 in Cupertino at the age of 86 with 59 years of religious profession. Brother Gene was

October 3, 1932 – February 4, 2018 We remember with gratitude Sister Barbara (James Marie) Geib, a Bay Area native who died surrounded by a roomful of friends singing “Amazing Grace” in her adopted hometown of Monroe, Wash. Sister Barbara was a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for 65 years. Born in San