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Compiled by Angela Arrington Sister Maria Devota Dempsey, S.S.J.Sister Maria Devota Dempsey, S.S.J., formerly Margaret Veronica Dempsey, died Jan. 13, 2009. She was 95. She was born in Philadelphia to John Dempsey and Winifred Flynn. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on Sept. 8, 1933, and served for many years in the Archdiocese of […]
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Compiled by Angela Arrington Sister Margaret Mary Smith, S.S. J.Sister Margaret Mary Smith, S.S.J., formerly S. Anne Cyrille, died on Dec. 16, 2008. She was 82. She was born in McSherrystown, Pa., to Paul F. Smith and Marie Lawrence. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on Sept. 12, 1947, and served in the Archdioceses […]
Former CS&T ad manager dies at 86
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T William R. (Bill) McCarney, 86, a longtime advertising manager of The Catholic Standard & Times, died Feb. 5. He was born in Philadelphia to the late Raymond and Catherine McCarney. After service in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater, he joined his father who sold newspaper advertising, particularly […]
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Compiled by Angela Arrington John M. DoughertyJohn M. Dougherty died on Dec. 29, 2008, after a battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). He was 72. He was born in West Philadelphia and graduated from St. Thomas More High School in 1954. He was one of the founders of the St. Thomas High School Alumni Association. […]
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Compiled by Angela Arrington Sister Maria Coronata Hansbury, I.H.M.Sister Maria Coronata Hansbury, I.H.M., formerly Beatrice Hansbury, died Dec. 27, 2008 at Camilla Hall. She entered into the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1953 and professed her first in 1956. She later went on to earn her undergraduate degree […]
‘Outstanding African-American Catholic’ Robert James dead at 74
By JIM GAUGERSpecial to The CS&T Robert James saw a need, and he filled it. “It was back in the early 1970s that Bob was mostly connected with Most Precious Blood Parish, 28th and Diamond Street,” said Msgr. Wilfred Pashley, pastor of St. Rose of Lima and St. Barbara Parishes in West Philadelphia. “He was […]
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Compiled by Angela Arrington Romeo D. ManziRomeo D. Manzi died Dec. 27, 2008. He was 99. He was born to the late Dominic and Frances O’ Donnell Manzi and was the husband to the late Mary Regina Hogan Manzi and the late Gladys M. Ferguson Fitzgerald Manzi. He was in the first class to graduate […]
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John SemanikJohn Semanik, 78, a hospice patient and lifelong member of Holy Ghost Byzantine Church in South Philadelphia who was the subject of a feature story in the Nov. 27, 2008 edition of The Catholic Standard & Times, died, Dec. 25, 2008, in Paoli. The CS&T story highlighted Semanik’s attendance at Mass Sunday, Nov. 16, […]
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Sister Alice Ignatia Ackerman, O.S.F.Sister Alice Ignatia Ackerman, O.S.F., died on Dec. 4, 2008. She was 88. She was born in Wilmington, Del., and later became a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 65 years. Prior to her entrance into the congregation, she graduated from P.S. DuPont High School and […]
Father Joseph Senske dies at 87
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer Father Joseph A. Senske died at Villa St. Joseph in Darby on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009 after almost 61 years of priestly service. He is remembered for his gentleness, humility, compassion and great sense of humor, according to those closest to him. Father Senske was born in Philadelphia on […]