Obituaries
Monsignor Francis X. Dreger dies at 95
Reverend Monsignor Francis X. Dreger, Pastor Emeritus, Saint Cecilia Parish, Philadelphia, died on Wednesday, September 21, 2022.
Sister Patricia Friel dies at 84
Sister Patricia Friel SSJ (formerly Sister Anne Terrance, SSJ), age 84, died September 10, 2022, at Saint Joseph Villa.
Sister Annemarie Crowley dies at 84
Sister Annemarie Crowley SSJ (formerly S. William Annice SSJ), age 84, died September 1, 2022, at Saint Joseph Villa.
Sister Mary Louise Gallagher dies at 93
Sister Mary Louise Gallagher, IHM (Formerly Sister Marie Eloise, IHM) died in Camilla Hall on August 25, 2022 in the 75th year of her religious life. Sister died just shy of her 93rd birthday.
Sister Mary Louise Heinle dies at 94
Sister Mary Louise Heinle (formerly Sister Kathleen Joseph), OSF, 94, died in Assisi House on September 5, 2022. She had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 73 years.
Deacon Paul McBlain, former CatholicPhilly columnist, dies at 84
Assigned to St. Joseph Parish in Collingdale, the Yeadon native was active in diaconate ministry even after his 2013 retirement, co-writing a column with his wife on real-life family issues.
Sister Marie Peter Conboy dies at 92
Sister Marie Peter Conboy died in Camilla Hall on July 26, 2022 in the 74th year of her religious life.
Sister Mary Shaun Conroy dies at 98
Sister Mary Shaun Conroy died in Camilla Hall on August 17, 2022 in the 69th year of her religious life.
Sister M. Barbara J. Troutman dies at 83
Sister M. Barbara J. Troutman, IHM (Formerly Sister M. Paul Catherine, IHM) died in Camilla Hall on July 25, 2022 in the 63rd year of her religious life.
Retired Bishop Moskal of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat dies
The first bishop of the Eparchy of St. Josaphat, Bishop Moskal, who passed away Aug. 7, established St. Anne Ukrainian Catholic Church in Warrington, Pennsylvania.