"Conventual Franciscan Father Linus DeSantis, who ministered in education for 45 years, died Dec. 1. He was 72"
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"Sister Helen Esther (Basile) Lueck, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 94, died Saturday, Sept. 4, 2015, at Villa St. Joseph. She was in the 71st year of her religious profession."
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"Armando (Padre Pietro) Lavini, “God’s builder”, died on August 9th, aged 88
WHEN the young St Francis knelt in prayer in the filthy, derelict church of San Damiano in Assisi, around 1206, the wide-eyed figure of Christ on the cross asked him to restore it. When Padre Pietro Lavini, already a Capuchin friar walking in Francis’s footsteps, came for the first time to the ruined church of San Leonardo high in the Apennines, his experience was almost the same. The stones seemed to say: “Why don’t you rebuild us?” Pushed by some mysterious force, he found himself answering: “Why not?”" CLICK HERE for Full Article
"Sister Joyce Bantle, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 92, died Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse. She was in her 62nd year of religious profession."
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"Sister Lorraine Biebel dedicated more than three decades of her life to helping the poor in and around Springfield, say her friends and colleagues.Biebel, 91, died Saturday, according to a press release from The Little Portion Franciscan Sisters of Republic."
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"YONKERS, N.Y. -- Sr. Marie DeCurtis, F.S.P. (Formerly Sr. M. Raymond) died Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at age 82.She was born Feb. 18, 2015, to Raymond and Marie (Giadello) DeCurtis in New York City, where she was raised and graduated from Cathedral High School. She received her BA in history from Ladycliff College and her masters from Hunter College.
She entered the Franciscan Sisters of Peace Sept. 8, 1950 and made her final vows Sept. 2, 1957. She worked as a teacher at Franciscan High School in Mohegan Lake and later became the administrator of the school. She then went to Assumption School in Peekskill for 14 years, and was the secretary/computer room supervisor at Maria Regina High School for 10 years." CLICK HERE for Full Article
"Father Roy Gasnick, a Franciscan priest bred in North Jersey, was a superhero to his order.
While heading the communications office of the Franciscan Friars of Holy Name Province, he plunged into a venture that was as wildly successful as it was improbable: a series of action-style comic books, produced in collaboration with Marvel Comics and the Paulist Press, about the lives of St. Francis of Assisi, Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II and Father Junipero Serra." CLICK HERE for Full Article
"Sister Lucille Kleinheinz, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 103, died Sunday, July 26, 2015, at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse."
CLICK HERE for Full Article UGA chaplain, Father Tom Vigliotta, died July 4; Franciscan prodded students to live deeper faith9/28/2015
"ATHENS—The leader of the Catholic community at the University of Georgia, Franciscan Father Thomas Vigliotta, died on July 4.He was a member of the Franciscan community for 34 years and a priest for 29 years. The New York native also served in parishes in South Carolina, New York and in retreat ministry. Due to failing health, he had transferred to Holy Name Friary in Ringwood, New Jersey, on June 9."
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"Sister Elora Schmidt age 81, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, died Tuesday evening, June 30, 2015 at Holy Family Convent, Manitowoc."
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