Obituaries
Sister Mary Bentz taught for 40 years in Philadelphia, Allentown schools
The Immaculate Heart sister from West Reading died April 28 at age 86.
Immaculate Heart sister who served at St. Katherine in Wayne dies at 91
One of eight children of an Easton, Pa. family, Sister M. Ann Dorothy Gittings, I.H.M., served in archdiocesan schools and her home parish's school.
Dominican sister who gave retreats in Elkins Park dies at 104
Dominican Sister of Peace Josefina Rivera-Ortiz was a native of Puerto Rico. In addition to serving at Dominican Retreat House, she also worked at the Dominican Residence for Women in Philadelphia.
Franciscan sister dies at 96, was teacher for 72 years
Sister John Catherine Rohe was one of seven sisters from Baltimore, three of whom became Sisters of St. Francis, along with three of her cousins.
Franciscan priest from Havertown dies in Florida at 64
Father Art Johnson, a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, died March 26. Ordained in 1977, he served on the Governor’s Advisory Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse in New York State and worked in ecumenism for the Los Angeles Archdiocese, among other assignments.
Franciscan Sister Kathleen McDonagh, native of Ireland, dies at 79
Sister Kathleen Patricia McDonagh, O.S.F., formerly Sister Etheldreda, died April 3 at age 79. She ministered in domestic work, child care, elder care and parish ministry during her 60 years as a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia.
Sister Michel Graham dies after long ministry in Catholic high schools
Sister Michel Marie Graham, I.H.M., died March 29 in Camilla Hall, Immaculata, at age 87. She spent most of her 65 years of her religious life teaching in high schools, including in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Msgr. Tomichek, priest with devotion to St. John Neumann, dies
Msgr. George Tomichek, a priest of the Diocese of Calbayog in the Philippine Islands but stationed in Philadelphia where he ministered to the Filipino, Spanish and Mexican communities, died March 26.
Sister Margaret Mary Kreider, I.H.M., dies at 88
The native of Most Blessed Sacrament Parish in West Philadelphia taught in grade schools for more than half a century after entering the Immaculate Heart sisters in 1948.
Sister Barbara Anne Brady dies; taught for 47 years in grade schools
The Stone Harbor, N.J. native taught in seven dioceses in the United States, including the Philadelphia Archdiocese.