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Sister Judith Shield, 91Let Us PrayAbsolve, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant Sister Judith Shield, from every bond of sin, that being raised in the glory of the resurrection, she may be refreshed among the Saints and Elect. We pray through Christ our Lord. MIAMI SHORES | A memorial Mass will be celebrated Tuesday, Nov. 18 at noon at Barry University for Sister Judith Shield, a longtime faculty member who died at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Mich., Oct. 24 at the age of 91, after 72 years of religious profession. Sister Shield, a member of the Adrian Dominicans, began teaching at Barry in 1970. She served as teacher in the business department from 1976 to 1988, as department chair from 1976 to 1980, and as associate dean in 1989. In 1994, she was named special assistant to the vice president of institutional advancement. From 1994 to 2004, she served as spiritual director and volunteer at the Barry Villa in Miami Shores. Prior to her work at Barry, she taught at St. Patrick School in Miami Beach from 1940 to 1943, and at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale from 1964 to 1969. She also taught and served as principal at St. Mary School in Fort Walton Beach, and taught and served as assistant principal at Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach. She moved to the Dominican Life Center in Adrian in 2004. A funeral Mass was celebrated Oct. 30 at St. Catherine Chapel there, followed by burial in the congregation’s cemetery. Donations in her name may be made to: Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 E. Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, MI 49221. RETURN TO TOP | RETURN TO ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI FRONT PAGE Sister Francis Leo Brown, 85Let Us PrayAbsolve, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant Sister Francis Leo Brown, from every bond of sin, that being raised in the glory of the resurrection, she may be refreshed among the Saints and Elect. We pray through Christ our Lord. TAMPA | Sister Francis Leo Brown, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany who served from 1973 to 1980 as principal of Corpus Christi School in Miami, and from 1980 to 1990 as coordinator of elementary education and federal programs for the archdiocesan Department of Schools, died Oct. 22 at St. Joseph Hospital in Tampa after suffering complications from surgery. She was 85 and had retired to St. Elizabeth Convent in 2004. Sister Brown never really retired. The longtime educator continued her involvement with schoolchildren even after her official retirement from active ministry in 2004 at the age of 81. “She was still actively engaged in prayer and helping others” while living at the order’s retirement residence in Tampa, said Sister Lucy Cardet, a member of the order who works at Barry University in Miami. Among Sister Brown’s post-retirement activities: tutoring students at St. Peter Claver School in Tampa and serving as co-director of her congregation’s associate program. She entered the order’s motherhouse in Allegany, N.Y., Aug. 15, 1942, and professed her final religious vows Aug. 16, 1949. To the end, Sister Brown retained “her spunk, broad interests, faith and sense of humor – and devotion to the Dolphins,” Sister Cardet said. After leaving the Archdiocese of Miami in 1990, Sister Brown served for 14 years as local minister at St. Francis Residence and St. Elizabeth Intercessory House of Prayer Convent in Tampa. From 1943 until her arrival in Miami in 1973, she taught at schools throughout New York and New Jersey, as well as in Carthage, Miss., Lakeland, Fla., and Winston-Salem, N.C. Sister Brown is survived by her brother, Leo E. Brown, and his wife, Gladys; sister-in-law Ruth and several nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Oct. 30 in the chapel of St. Elizabeth Motherhouse in Allegany. Interment will follow at St. Bonaventure Cemetery in Allegany. Donations in her name may be made to the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, 115 E. Main St., Allegany, NY 14706-1396, or www.alleganyfranciscans.org. RETURN TO TOP | RETURN TO ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI FRONT PAGE Abelardo Mendizábal, 71Radio Paz pioneer is remembered as ‘lay apostle’ Let Us PrayAbsolve, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant Abelardo Mendizábal, from every bond of sin, that being raised in the glory of the resurrection, he may be refreshed among the Saints and Elect. We pray through Christ our Lord. MIAMI | A couple of hours before he died, Abelardo Mendizábal had one thing in mind: The Catholic radio station he helped build and tirelessly continued to support. “Father, what hurts the most, is that I won’t be able to be there for the marathon,” Mendizábal told Father Albert Cutié, president and general manager of Pax Catholic Communications. The marathon Mendizábal referred to was the twice–a–year fundraiser for the station — truly a marathon in that it continues from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays for a period of two weeks. Mendizábal felt ill Sept. 18 and entered the hospital after working at the station. He was diagnosed with a blood clot in his heart which could not be treated because he suffered a stroke a few days later. He died Sept. 22. A viewing and funeral Mass are scheduled at St. Timothy Parish in Miami on Sept. 24, which would have been his 72nd birthday. Due to his death, the start of the marathon was postponed until Sept. 25. Mendizábal began the call–in prayer program La Oración Da Paz (prayer gives us peace) and had been hosting it every night since 1996, when the station began airing 24 hours a day. But he had been involved with Radio Paz, and praying with its audience, since 1990. “Abelardo was one of the pillars of Radio Paz, since the time our founder, Father Federico Capdepón, invited him to host our nighttime prayer shows,” Father Cutié said. “He, along with his wife Pupy, have been an integral part of our programming since our first days on the air. The Catholic community in south Florida has lost a great lay apostle.” Mendizabal also was one of the first leaders of the Renovación Carismática Católica Hispana in the archdiocese and served the Charismatic Renewal at the national level in several leadership capacities. In addition to his wife, Marina (nicknamed Pupy), Mendizábal is survived by two sons, Jorge Luis and Marion, and a daughter, Ivette, who works as chief financial officer and administrator for Pax Catholic Communications, the umbrella corporation that oversees Radio Paz. RETURN TO TOP | RETURN TO ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI FRONT PAGE Sister M. Vincentia LawlorLet Us PrayAbsolve, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant Sister M. Vincentia Lawlor, from every bond of sin, that being raised in the glory of the resurrection, she may be refreshed among the Saints and Elect. We pray through Christ our Lord. Sister M. Vincentia Lawlor, a member of the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary who was the principal of Epiphany School and superior of Epiphany Convent during her years in South Florida, died Aug. 22. She had been a professed religious for 73 years. In addition to Miami, she taught and served as principal in schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and was regional superior of the congregation for six years. She was buried at Immaculata Cemetery in Pennsylvania.
RETURN TO TOP | RETURN TO ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI FRONT PAGE Sister Marie Carol Hurley, 89Let Us PrayAbsolve, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant Sister Marie Carol Hurley, from every bond of sin, that being raised in the glory of the resurrection, she may be refreshed among the Saints and Elect. We pray through Christ our Lord. Sister Marie Carol Hurley, a member of the Adrian Dominicans who taught at Barry University for more than 30 years, died Aug. 26 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Mich. She was 89 and in the 72nd year of her religious profession. A native of St. Paul, Minn., Sister Hurley graduated from St. Ann High School in West Palm Beach, then studied English at Siena Heights College and obtained a master’s degree in speech and drama from the Catholic University in Washington, D.C. She taught at St. Patrick High School in Miami Beach from 1945 to 1946, then at Dominican schools in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois before coming to Barry in 1954, where she chaired the Speech Department until 1974. She returned to Barry as a teacher from 1982 to 1993. Sister Hurley also was a member of the Adrian Dominican Preaching Team for two years, worked as a legislative aide for U.S. Congressman William Lehman for six months, and in 1993 was instrumental in the creation of the interfaith Peace Education Foundation in Miami. She is survived by a sister, Joanne Johnson of Payson, Ariz. Memorial gifts may be made in her name to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, MI 49221. RETURN TO TOP | RETURN TO ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI FRONT PAGE Joan C. DembowskiLet Us PrayAbsolve, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant Joan C. Dembowski, from every bond of sin, that being raised in the glory of the resurrection, she may be refreshed among the Saints and Elect. We pray through Christ our Lord. Teachers, students and staff at St. Timothy School in Miami are mourning the death of Joan C. Dembowski, a former teacher and athletic director who had been affiliated with the school for more than 30 years. “Mrs. D,” as she was affectionately known, died June 23. She was noted within archdiocesan school athletic circles as an outstanding leader and generous person who promoted that the more prosperous parish schools donate their old and used equipment to the poorer parish schools. During her years in sporting circles, she sponsored many tournaments at St. Timothy for the various archdiocesan schools. She also personally coached several of the school’s teams to championship wins. Dembowski was born in Portland, Maine, in 1933 and is survived by Chester, her husband of 51 years, who was also a teacher at Little Flower Parish in Coral Gables; three sons, Peter, Paul, and Phillip; and eight grandchildren. RETURN TO TOP | RETURN TO ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI FRONT PAGE Kaye O’Bara, 80MIAMI | Kaye O’Bara who devoted the last 38 years of her life to single-handedly caring at home for her comatose daughter died in her sleep March 6 of natural causes. Kaye O’Bara was 80. Her daughter, Edwarda, will celebrate her 54th birthday March 27. She has been in a coma since age 16. “Kaye was a shining example of what it means to be a mother, a teacher and a faithful Catholic,” said Joan Crown, archdiocesan director of respect life. “She embraced the teachings of her church and never gave in to the calls of many to end the life of her daughter through euthanasia. She taught all of us how we are called to live our faith — to defend those who cannot defend themselves.” Read the complete article here. RETURN TO TOP | RETURN TO ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI FRONT PAGE Father Jorge Sardiña, S.J., 80MIAMI | The community of Belen Jesuit Preparatory School bid farewell to a great priest and friend Feb. 12, when parents, students, alumni, faculty, priests and friends gathered to pay tribute to Jesuit Father Jorge Sardiña, who died at age 80 of heart failure. Father Sardiña had worked at the school since 1981, both as a teacher and as counselor to students in sixth and seventh grade. All who knew him said they treasured indelible memories of the dedicated priest. “He was my father figure,” said Demetrio Perez, a 1994 graduate of the all-boys school, “the person who welcomed me, supported me when I needed it and interceded with my family when I got in trouble. He was more than a friend. He was a father.” Read the complete article here. RETURN TO TOP | RETURN TO ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI FRONT PAGE Father William Kidwell, S.J., 83MIAMI | Had his health permitted it, 83-year-old Father William Kidwell would have been braving cold and ice this weekend, leading a group of young people to the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. He had done the same thing — in his words “spent many a cold day marching for life” — for more than 20 years, since arriving in the Archdiocese of Miami in 1986 and before that, when he was assigned to the Diocese of St. Petersburg. A Jesuit known as the “Pied Piper” for his ability to bring youths to pro-life events, Father Kidwell died Jan. 13 of complications from pneumonia. He had lived at Our Lady of Wisdom Health Care Center in New Orleans since leaving the archdiocese in August 2007. Read the complete article here. RETURN TO TOP | RETURN TO ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI FRONT PAGE Father Richard P. Scherer, 83MIAMI | Those who worked with Father Richard P. Scherer remember him as a “people person” who loved serving as a hospital chaplain and whose ministry extended beyond the patients to include everyone on the hospital’s staff. “He was loved by all,” said Sister Immaculate Moraglia, a Sister of St. Joseph who worked with Father Scherer at Mercy Hospital in Miami from his arrival there in 1975 until his retirement from active ministry in 1992. Read the complete article here. RETURN TO TOP | RETURN TO ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI FRONT PAGE Manolo Reyes, 83MIAMI | Family and countless friends gathered at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Miami Jan. 4 to celebrate the life of Manolo Reyes, a Cuban exile who hosted the first Spanish-language news program on local television and dedicated the better part of his life to serving the community. Reyes was a Mercy Hospital executive and south Florida community icon who died Jan. 3 at age 83. Born and raised in Havana, Cuba, he was known for his decades of volunteering to countless community initiatives as well as his staunch advocacy of the Mercy Hospital mission to providing assistance to the poor and underserved. Read the complete article here. RETURN TO TOP | RETURN TO ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI FRONT PAGE
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